The Cambridge Pledge will play a critical role in tackling the challenges faced by so many in our community, by our neighbours. It will see Cambridge leading the way in social innovation, alongside our world-leading tech and life sciences innovation. It’s something to be really proud of – and so I’m delighted that Bridges Foundation is able to support this important work. I know others will be inspired to join us.

Cambridge is full of creative, entrepreneurial, and generous people doing highly impressive and impactful things, many of whom want to help to tackle pressing social problems in their home city but are perhaps unsure of where to start. The Cambridge Pledge is a wonderful initiative which provides a clear avenue for that generosity to be converted into tangible, lasting social outcomes. In a deeply unequal city, it reasserts our shared humanity and offers hope for a fairer future.

At its best, Cambridge is a place for bold ideas that change the world. It’s also a city with significant differences in life chances and health outcomes. The Cambridge Pledge goes some way to demonstrating how we can change that with the same big thinking our city is renowned for. It provides a route for the wealth created here to complement our and local charities work to tackle some of the most pressing social challenges in our communities

Jesus College is proud to support the Cambridge Pledge as part of our local charity and community engagement work. We want to encourage others who share our long-term commitment to addressing some of the challenging issues facing Cambridge to get involved, so that we can all work towards building a better future for the city.

Innovate Cambridge is so proud to support The Cambridge Pledge to create a community of peers who are committed to achieving real change by tackling the most pressing challenges in our community. Founders, entrepreneurs and businesses benefit each day from being at the heart of an innovation superpower –it’s time to ensure its the most inclusive innovation ecosystem in the world too.

Innovate Cambridge is all about making Cambridge one of the best places in the world to build knowledge intensive businesses that drive solutions to technical, economic and social challenges. What we have all worked out is that this can only succeed if the benefits are felt throughout our community – trickle down, in the sense of an automatic benefit of wealth generation, is a myth. The Cambridge Pledge allows us, individually and collectively, to make sure it happens.

I started Charco because I wanted to improve the quality of life for people with Parkinsons. And I’m supporting The Cambridge Pledge because I want to be part of a movement to improve the quality of life for our community. Seeing innovators coming together to tackle social challenges makes me feel inspired and hopeful for the future.

The Cambridge Pledge is key to demonstrating that growth and innovation visibly benefit everyone in our community – and securing public support for the ambitions set out by Innovate Cambridge. It will be feature prominently in our discussions with government about a substantial programme of investment for our region.