Case Studies | FutureGov

Brighton | Staffordshire

Patchwork

Patchwork uses social technology to join up the team around the family – leading to earlier interventions and better outcomes for families. Initially developed in response to the Baby Peter tragedy, we’ve been working closely with users and front line staff to design a tool and approach that helps to reveal the network of practitioners working with a child or family.

Design Council | NESTA | TSB

Casserole

Casserole is working to reduce social isolation and improve meals on wheels services by coupling the willingness of regular people to cook an extra portion of dinner to share with the needs of local community members who struggle to cook for themselves.

Coventry | Google

Simpl Challenges

Simpl is the Social Innovation Marketplace - an online space that matches ideas for social change with resources and people who want to make good things happen using more than money. FutureGov created Simpl to help support social innovators looking to make connections with people in local councils [...]

Surrey County Council

Shift – an innovation lab for Surrey

Shift is an innovation lab developed and delivered in partnership with Surrey County Council and its partners. Shift provides a fresh approach to embedding change within local public services powered by design and digital technology.

Enabled by Design

Enabled by Design is a community of people passionate about Design for All. We believe that good design can support people to live as independently as possible, by helping to make day-to-day tasks that little bit easier. Born out of a desire to challenge the one-size-fits-all model of assistive equipment, Enabled by Design has evolved from [...]

Google

Interactivism

Interactivism is a series of Hack Weekends where participants are challenged to design and create web based solutions to specific social problems. These events are delivered by FutureGov on behalf of Google, and in partnership with other organisations depending on the challenge. The first Interactivism posed the challenge of making the Internet more accessible for [...]

Local Government Association

Digital Democracy and TweetyHall

TweetyHall is our online community, news sharing resource and search engine for local elected politicians on Twitter, helping members of the public find their local politician, connect and stay in touch [...]

Camden

Social innovation funds

Over the last year, FutureGov and the RSA have supported Camden Council with the design and development of their local Innovation and Development Fund. Camden used the current local government funding situation as an opportunity to re-define their relationship with the organisations that they give money to, creating a fund that encourages risk taking and experimentation to [...]