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. [...]
Participatory Budgeting is a bit of a tricky area, and we recently found ourselves thinking about how we’d reinvent it. The team threw around a load of ideas, but nothing really made us excited. There didn’t seem to be much we could make that would engage citizens from start to finish, understanding the priorities, evaluating [...]
[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 [...]
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 [...]
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…
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 →
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…