Solutions Hub
In response to the question of "How do we find solutions?", we have categorized and listed some solutions hubs. This will also act as a beta version of a future Solutions Hub website, although if this scrappy version works, we don't actually need to.
We like solutions that have a seed of structural change embedded in them.
Contents
Solution Hubs
Evidence Clearing Houses or 'What Works' Hubs
These are hubs curated and led from a scientific approach
Campbell Collaboration
https://www.campbellcollaboration.org/
This an evidence-based clearing house that consolidates of systematic reviews so as to understand what works. It focuses on broader social domains and was inspired by the Cochrane Collaboration that focuses on health and medical care.
You can click on their link to evidence portals to find other sites classified by domains like disability, education, social welfare etc.
What Works Network
Set up by the UK Government to help them improve the creation, sharing and use of evidence for public services. Made up of separate 'What Works Centres' focusing on ageing, children, homelessness etc.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-works-network
Civic Participation or Democratic Innovation Hubs
Participedia
Crowdsourced approaches and case studies on civic participation and democratic innovations. Click on their methods to get a sense of the solutions they care about.
Democracy Collaborative
https://democracycollaborative.org/
They have also set up separate programmes and have links to these other websites:
https://community-wealth.org/ (focuses on building community wealth)
https://thenextsystem.org/ (focuses on systems change because 'systemic problems require systemic solutions')
Solutions Journalism
https://www.solutionsjournalism.org/
Journalists who report about solutions rather than just problems. These stories are searchable in a database called their Story Tracker.
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/
Social or Policy Innovation Labs
Join Others: Connect to Learn, or Collaborate to Implement
These are ideas that some groups are interested to learn more about. Others already have Informal Networks or Communities of Practice in Singapore interested or even ready to implement. If they are listed here, they are keen to engage with potential partners or just people who are curious.
[We'll insert contact information of the people, groups or organizations interested in each concept as we go along]
Citizen Participation
Open Collaboration, Co-Production, Deliberative Polling
Crowdlaw
https://thegovlab.org/project/project-crowdlaw
Participatory Budgeting
Children's Assemblies
Children's Parliament (India)
Capital of Children (Billund, Denmark)
Governance, Organisations & Organising
Sociocracy
Beyond Social Services has embarked on an organizational transformation journey using sociocracy.
Money
Community Currencies
See this page on Community Currency
Interest-Free Loans
The Institute of Policy Studies has secured funding from The Ngee Ann Kongsi and currently designing an interest-free loans project to be implemented with Yishun FSC (Singapore Children's Society) and Beyond Social Services. We are trying to work out whether mobile banking platform LUCY will legally be allowed to disburse loans. See ST coverage and request for a background brief if interested.
Offers:
- Open to new implementing partners. Contact Justin Lee from IPS.
Abundant Community Initiative / Giving Circles
Work
Worker and Platform Cooperative Network
Worker and Platform Cooperative Network
This is an informal network for 1) non-profits, community groups or entrepreneurs interested to start a worker or platform coop; 2) consultants interested in providing technical assistance; 3) funders interested to resource; 4) existing cooperatives and their associations and 5) researchers interested to study and understand them.
Debt Relief and Timebanking
Learning
Peer-to-Peer Learning (Instead of Tuition)
Future of Learning Network
Care and Social Support
Community Circles
Games, Sports, Fun and Conviviality
Games for Change
https://www.gamesforchange.org/
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262043489/locally-played/
Dance
https://www.nolightsnolycra.com/
Study Trips - Possible Destinations
New Zealand