There’s been lots of interest FutureGov’s work with Lewes District Council on re-thinking support for the financially vulnerable, where we’ve been working with local people on benefits to explore where the real pinch points are in their lives and what can we do to meet them. Research conducted so far shows that “payday loans” feature [...]
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 [...]
Hi all I have RSI in my right hand and also a bad back that seems to be the result…
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…
Wednesday 12 October 2011, London
We recently celebrated the first birthday of the CityCamp movement – looking at how gov 2.0, local leaders and (most importantly) citizens can design the future of our cities. So, we thought it would be the ideal time to hear how friend of FutureGov Chris Haller, founder and CEO of Urban Interactive Studios, thinks the movement is [...]
Last November, we kicked off the Local by Social programme in Coventry
Bonjour! I’ve just returned from the World E-Government Forum, which was held in Paris last week. As well as some great social activities like a preview of The Social Network (AKA The Facebook Movie) and a trip to the Louvre (I can confirm the Mona Lisa is tiny), I was invited to be a judge [...]