Today is Food Revolution Day, a global day of action for people to make a stand for good food and essential cooking skills. It’s a chance for people to come together within their homes, schools, workplaces and communities to cook and share their kitchen skills, food knowledge and resources. Jamie Oliver, who’s Better Food Foundation is behind [...]
Our food sharing project Casserole Club is looking for a Community Engagement Intern to help promote and support our work in Tower Hamlets and Barnet. Casserole Club is a community food-sharing initiative encouraging people to” do something great with an extra plate”. The project connects enthusiastic Cooks who don’t mind making an extra portion of dinner [...]
The team over at Shift Surrey have been blogging about their Election Dashboard, which was developed in-house using an “agile” process (more on that process in the post). In a Q&A with the development team - Chris Spring, Sue Shoesmith and Drew Daruval – the post looks at the background to the project, what the design process was and what [...]
It’s T-20 days until the food-sharing highlight of the year. On 2nd June, it’s World Food Sharing Day AND The Big Lunch. A foodie serendipity. To make the countdown even more exciting, and mark the launch of our new Casserole Club, we’ve set a challenge for the good people of Tower Hamlets. In the next 20 days, can [...]
The Camden Challenge has launched today and is now open for entries! Following Camden Council’s Data Hack Day that took place on Friday, with Google and the Big Innovation Centre, Camden have teamed up with FutureGov to ask people to come up with great ideas in response two important questions: – “What can we do [...]
My name is Kirsty Elderton and I am a Prince2 accredited practitioner. There, I’ve said it. I know Prince2 gets some bad press these days – often with good reason. However, whether you love or hate Prince2, it is also the methodology that the Public Sector and in particular Local Government have invested most heavily [...]
Thanks to everyone that came to our first Casserole Club afternoon tea in Tower Hamlets last week. A merry time was had by all, and copious amounts of carrot cupcakes were consumed. Our next meetup is on Saturday 18th May at The Create Place in Bethnal Green, London. We’ll be bringing Cooks and Diners together to share lunch, so sign up [...]
As if kicking off Patchwork in Australia isn’t enough, this week also sees Patchwork get rolling in Surrey County Council. Patchwork is one of a number of projects that FutureGov is partnering with Surrey on as part of the Shift Surrey innovation lab. It will be anchored in the Family Support Programme, helping practitioners to connect as a team around the family, building on [...]
There’s been lots of interest FutureGov’s work with Lewes District Council on re-thinking support for the financially vulnerable, where we’ve been working with local people on benefits to explore where the real pinch points are in their lives and what can we do to meet them. Research conducted so far shows that “payday loans” feature [...]
supported by As part of Big Data Week 2013, FutureGov and HUB Westminster spent a couple of hours talking all things data. The panel of 11 brilliant speakers had five minutes to do a Lightning Talk on how they’ve solved social problems by using data creatively, while the questions and discussion were passionate and got [...]