[This post was originally published over on the Patchwork blog] It’s three years to the month since we first shared our idea with the world. Today sees us celebrate the launch of version one of Patchwork at our “Working with Troubled Families” event. Today really marks the start of a new phase for Patchwork. The official, post-pilot launch. Yes you heard it [...]
Image: nebarnix Already almost at the end of January and 2012 is racing by. It’s been a busy return to the office post-Christmas and last week saw FutureGov hosting the first…
Talking to a room full of child protection practitioners at the launch of our work with Brighton and Hove
Following our recent announcement of our on-going partnership with Staffordshire County Council and long-time supporters of Patchwork at Lichfield, we’ve been working hard with the councils and partner agencies to build on the work already done…
This week we marked the launch of the beta version of Patchwork – our Safeguarding app with our partners at Lichfield District Council
Having spent four months working closely with eternally supportive project partners Lichfield District Council and NESTA, the time has come to announce the next stage in the development of the…
Following our recent updates on user requirements gathering and how to use social technology to support better information sharing and, importantly, improve relationships, we were keen to give you a…
Today we’re really pleased to announce the launch of the next stage of the Safeguarding 2.0 initiative. Back in August last year we hosted a round table discussion in partnership with the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) to talk about how we might use social web technologies to better safeguard children – and today we can announce that we have received initial funding from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) to carry out the research phase of the project.