The team over at Shift Surrey have been blogging about their Election Dashboard, which was developed in-house using an “agile” process (more on that process in the post). In a Q&A with the development team - Chris Spring, Sue Shoesmith and Drew Daruval – the post looks at the background to the project, what the design process was and what [...]
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 [...]
Editor’s note: this is an early version one of the site so we’re looking for feedback on how we can make Casserole the best darn social cooking site going. So please drop our project lead Murtz a line with any thoughts. Thanks! Home-cooked food made by neighbours for neighbours. Donate a dinner or charge a little – [...]
Stellar ideas, cunning coding, savvy social innovation, dynamite design, and some truly impressive young people came together at last week’s Interactivism Young People’s Hack Weekend to work on 10 ideas (out of a whopping 81 that were submitted!) to help … read more »
We were a bit bowled over by the response to Google’s Interactivism: Young People Hack Weekend challenge. An astounding 81 ideas were submitted by the deadline. Thank you so much to all of you who took the time to enter! … read more »
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 »
The Camden Innovation and Development Fund has finally launched and is open for applications. This is something that we are are quite excited about as we, along with our friends at the RSA, have been supporting Camden Council throughout the year to develop the fund from its inception, as Dominic explained in this blog post published in March. [...]
Interactivism Hack Weekend from FutureGov on Vimeo. This post is co-authored by the Google and FutureGov teams on what makes a great hackday. It draws inspiration from posts like this from LinkedIn and this one from @Hubmum. We talk below about the specifics of the lessons learned from the Interactivism – Accessibility Hack Weekend, but [...]
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 [...]
Get your CityCamp London tickets here now! Image: Brandon Shigeta That’s right, the time has come for us to end your waiting. With just 5 weeks to go until CityCamp London we have released those tickets (well, the first bunch of them at least)! We have a stella line up waiting for you on the [...]