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FutureGov’s New Future Home

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2013 has seen a bit of a growth spurt for FutureGov, meaning space was getting a little tight at Hub Westminster (they’re a very accommodating bunch – and highly recommended – but we were pushing our luck a bit with 25 people!). So, we went looking and found a new space of our very own, [...]

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New Faces at FutureGov

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Things have been stepping up in 2013 for FutureGov, what with Patchwork expanding to Australia, events such as Councillor Camp, and our recent trip to SXSW. These busy times also means more hands on deck to deliver what we’ve promised to the high-quality we always strive for. The FutureGov team is bigger and better than [...]

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Re-thinking support for the financially vulnerable

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[View the full Beyond Benefits report here] Late last year, Dom blogged about a project that we were kicking off with Lewes District Council to look at how they and their partners might be able to help people who are struggling financially, particularly in the light of upcoming welfare changes. We’ve spent an insightful couple [...]

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Ready for Doc Ready

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FutureGov is delighted to join up with Enabled By Design, Neontribe and Social Spider to build Doc Ready, a web tool for young people to help get more out of visits to the doctor. Through conversations with young people, we’re finding that they want something that helps them know what to expect from a GP visit, helps them get ready for it, [...]

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Patchwork goes global as pilot kicks off in Victoria, Australia

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In our first major step into working with local public services outside of the UK, Patchwork will be launching in Australia over coming months, kicking off a pilot with a consortium of councils thanks to our partners MAV (or Municipal Association of Victoria) and a number of local councils. Originally designed with frontline practitioners in [...]

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Five Quotes About Lean Startups

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Day two at SXSW, and Dom and were I bright and alert* for the first session of the day, in which we got to hear from three wise men from three very different companies that are all equally successful and disrupting things using the web: Uber, GitHub, and Air BnB.  If you haven’t heard of [...]

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Let us blow your mind…

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This week is one of the most exciting weeks in our calendar as we’re on our now annual adventure to Austin, Texas, for South by Southwest (SXSW).  For one week, the small city of Austin is flooded with geeks for this massive tech conference – Dom hit the nail on the head when he described [...]

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FutureGov turns 5

I’m intending to write a fuller piece when I get a chance to reflect on the last 5 years, but for now in celebration of today being FutureGov’s 5th birthday I wanted to say a short and sweet thank you. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of the FutureGov journey. From those [...]