The first Social Startup Lab!

On Tuesday the 15th of June, London Creative Labs held the first of its Social Startup Labs in Vauxhall, South London.

At Social Startup Labs, 50 participants (social entrepreneurs from across London) learned by doing how communities can work together to create and grow social businesses that provide or enable employment opportunities for all (including the disadvantaged) and make their neighbourhoods better places to live, work and play!

Overview video. Actual lab footage available later!

At the end of the day, five social ventures successfully emerged with clear actions to be taken within a week of the Lab.

The Event in three sentences.

The morning was about building the bigger picture of needs, assets and opportunities of a bunch of people in a room.

The afternoon was about taking action that was informed by the bigger picture from the morning.

The power of community was used to encourage and provide lift-off for individual initiatives, working them from idea to social startup, social project or to bring fresh teams around existing social project or startups.

Photos by Pip Dudrah

For unedited feedback, output and to get involved: read the full Lab Report!

The next Social Startup Labs will be take place on the 23rd of July. Info and tickets here.