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Councillor Camp launches today – get your tickets now!

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         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. [...]

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Patchwork now available to all local authorities to support work with children and families

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[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 [...]

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Judging the Guardian Public Services Awards 2012

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“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 [...]

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Catching up on #benefitscamp: ideas update

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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 [...]

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Supporting Service Jam London 24-26 February 2012

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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 [...]

A Day at the Redhill Markets

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