The Department of Health and Social Care is funding SCIE, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) and Shared Lives Plus to develop the Innovation Network to help local areas take innovative approaches to social care which work.

The Innovation Network will bring together:

• innovative providers
• commissioners
• interested citizens

The Network will support them and local authority commissioners, local partners, care providers and others to test new ideas and share learning and support with others.

The Network builds on Social Care Future, a platform bringing people together to bring about major positive change in social care. It's hoped that a self-supporting movement will be built, committed to bringing the best care and support to more people by developing practical solutions to scaling innovations. The Network will:

• develop a digital platform which will draw together learning from the group to make tools, ideas and good practice examples
• deliver face-to-face action learning events to look at specific challenges and to identify practical solutions.

This site is designed to be a collaborative digital platform on which to share learning and resources on innovation from across the social care sector. Browse through the pages and expand on sections to understand more about each theme. Learn more about contributing to the site.