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On 19 /20 Oct 2017 FuSIon Fest-The Social Innovation Festival takes place in Northern Ireland over 2 days in 2 cities (19 Oct | Derry~Londonderry and 20 Oct | Belfast). The festival is brought to you by Social Innovation NI in association with the Building Change Trust, supported by the Department for Communities and managed by Innovate-NI.

This exciting Festival is a unique showcase of international best practise and will highlight and explore innovative solutions to some of the social challenges faced in Northern Ireland communities and it will be a celebration of community spirit, collaboration and creativity.

Why should I support it?
By taking part in FuSIon Fest, you will help to promote stronger communities, healthier citizens, an improved quality of life, economic opportunity and healthy recreation by combating silo and traditional thinking. The intention is to have fun, meet interesting people and explore. The Social Innovation Festival brings together those ingredients with an extra dose of inspiring keynotes and hands on break-out sessions.

What is Social Innovation?
Social Innovation is finding new and innovative solutions to existing social problems. These solutions can take the form of new products, services, models, markets or processes. Crucially, social innovation seeks not only to resolve the immediate social problem but also enhances society’s capacity to act in future.