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Our mission

Putting inclusivity
at the heart of
UK innovation

The Inclusive Innovation Network aims to deliver faster growth and more equitable prosperity by challenging the industry to champion inclusivity as much as it drives innovation.

Why we need to reform innovation
Innovation has tended to be exclusive, its benefits isolated from large parts of the population.

Too many people are locked out of the innovation economy: large sections of the population face systemic barriers to starting innovative businesses, working in innovation-intensive sectors, or benefiting from the use and diffusion of new technologies or services.

£250BN
If women started and scaled new businesses at the same rate as men up to £250BN of new value could be added to the UK economy.
4x
If all groups invented at the same rate as white men from high-income families, the rate of innovation would quadruple.
£24BN
If BME talent is fully utilised, the economy could receve a £24bn boost
10x
People from families whose incomes are below the national median and 10x less likely to become inventors than those in the top 1% of families
1 in 7
Only 1 in 7 applications for Innovate UK funding came from women.
£250BN
If women started and scaled new businesses at the same rate as men up to £250BN of new value could be added to the UK economy.
4x
If all groups invented at the same rate as white men from high-income families, the rate of innovation would quadruple.
£24BN
If BME talent is fully utilised, the economy could receve a £24bn boost
10x
People from families whose incomes are below the national median and 10x less likely to become inventors than those in the top 1% of families
1 in 7
Only 1 in 7 applications for Innovate UK funding came from women.
What we are building?
IIN is about building a collaborative network that puts inclusion at the heart of the innovation ecosystem to drive faster growth and more equitable prosperity for people and places.

This is an exciting opportunity to help us shape the future of inclusive innovation in the UK. We are seeking to be bold and experimental in our thinking and approaches.

To reimagine and reform innovation processes by putting inclusion at its heart. We want to drive inclusive growth and equitable prosperity for people and places.



Our MISSION
We want inclusion at the heart of innovation to drive faster growth and more equitable prosperity for people and places.

By 2030, we will place the UK at the forefront of inclusive innovation. We will reform innovation processes by working with multiple actors to drive inclusive growth and equitable prosperity for people and places.

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