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Tag Archives: community
Hymid R & D
Hello, My name is Richard Child, and in August of this year I co-founded Hymid R & D, a company…
A Day at the Redhill Markets
Bag full of homemade treats….check, plenty of warm clothes…check, 6am start…check this could only mean one thing…. Casserole was hitting the markets in Redhill. After a long drive through South London we were finally up and about in Redhill to chat to local … Continue reading →
Dexterity Aid
Hi – I’m an Industrial Design student in my second year at Northumbria Uni. I am currently designing an…
Kowsky Crutches
In honour of BBC Ouch!‘s #DisabilityGadgets hashtag on Twitter, I’ve decided to dig out the product review of my black…
Eat, Cook, Share: Casserole hits the markets
Roll up, roll up! Casserole is hitting the markets. This Saturday 26th November we’ll be running a Casserole stall at the Redhill market where we want to talk to all sorts of people about what we are doing. We want to spread … Continue reading →
Introducing Casserole
Knives and forks at the ready? Good because we want to introduce you to Casserole, a community project that connects people – one good shared meal at a time. The project is being developed and piloted with Future Surrey and has just won a contract with the TSB and Design Council on their joint Independence Matters programme. It’s been a busy [...]
Hi, I’m Murtz. Let me introduce you to we:care.
Hey I’m Murtz (short for Murtaza) and I’ve just touched down at FutureGov for the first of a ten week prototyping project funded by the Technology Strategy Board and the Design Council after my idea made it through the “Independence Matters – Home and Away” selection process. The Independence Matters challenge looks at enhancing the [...]
Camden hearts social innovation
It goes without saying times are tough in local government right now, perhaps tougher than at any time in its history. Cuts loom large, experienced and committed local politicians and their officer colleagues are facing some very challenging decisions, prioritising priorities and thinking the unthinkable. What this has meant though is that those same politicians [...]