[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 [...]
Back in April, FutureGov joined forced with Isledon Partnership (who are a great team of like minded people who, amongst other things, run two big youth hubs in Islington), to start work on a project for Islington Council to help local people do more in their area. The council wants to see ‘Volunteering’ (we hate that [...]
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 [...]
Carlisle City Council are making the most out of being located in a Government Super Fast Broadband pilot area (Cumbria) by investing in developing their own digital economy. As part of this they, along with Carlisle College and the Carlisle Economic Partnership, are running “Carlisle: Super Fast City”, a digital inclusion conference on 30th May [...]
After our initial two-week pilot before Christmas, we took a long look at what we started to learn from the experience, and have been working on developing the next stage of our pilot process ever since! Well today is the day … Continue reading →
The Next Generation leadership programme was devised by the Leadership Centre
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…
As reported on Simpl in December, Google have asked FutureGov to team up with the RSA and Livity
Exciting news from Simpl HQ! We are happy to announce the forthcoming launch of round two of Google’s Interactivism challenge – this time looking to harness the power of the web to help young people get into the work, training … read more »
This month has seen the launch of the Patchwork project in Brighton – and it’s been a busy and exciting few weeks. The project kicked off with a packed launch…