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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Councillor Camp is coming! Councillor Camp will be a free day-long event held on Saturday 12th January at Facebook’s new Central London headquarters (fancy huh?). The idea of holding an event around digital and social stuff with local politicians has been bounced around here at FutureGov HQ many times in recent years. [...]
Wolverhampton makes things, and makes things happen. This industrial revolution powerhouse still has a thriving engineering and creative sector, is birthplace to the traffic light, Slade , Beverly Knight and Goldie. The city produces parts for the aerospace industry, without which every plane in the air worldwide would fall from the sky. Despite that, the [...]
Far be it for us to pass up the opportunity to support really great people putting on really great local government related events, this summer (such as it is) we will be heading on down to two fun and fascinating events to listen, learn and share our thoughts with localgov curious colleagues on all things [...]
“Our public services are changing fast. And the best providers and commissioners of services are responding to spending constraints not by curbing innovation, but by accelerating it. From the top of the civil service down to local community groups, austerity is being met head on with fresh thinking, creative planning and flexible service delivery.” Guardian [...]
A few weeks have passed now since people joined us and our partners, Enabled by Design and MarkThree Media, in the Hub Westminster - and virtually through the powers of the web (live streaming, social media and Skype) – to take part in Benefits Camp. So we felt it was time to update you on the ideas [...]
This weekend the Global Service Jam is back. Global Service Jam is a two day event that runs concurrently in cities across the globe. Each city competes against one another (in the nicest possible way) to design and deliver the most innovative, creative and interesting solutions to a challenge they are set. It’s a fast [...]