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What if there were a way for people with social innovation ideas to meet councils? and what if there were a way for councils to pose problems that need solving to a community of people with bright ideas?

There are a few other marketplaces around (like this one, or this one) but they mostly focus on bidding cash for projects. Cash is important for making new ideas part of the fabric of the public sector, but in this climate asking many government bodies to fully fund projects that have no precedent is a road to nowhere.

Public sector organisations have more than cash to offer – office space, service users, staff, local networks, experience, server space to mention just a few. FutureGov came up with Simpl (Social Innovation MarketPlace) as a way of connecting organisations with people with ideas and letting them bid with more than just cash.

With the seed of an idea we got chatting to the dudes at Rock Creek Strategic Marketing who instantly got it and generously promised to provide the technology to make the idea into a Real Thing. After months of testing we’ve opened up Simpl to the world.

We’d love to hear what people think – drop us a line or say hello in the comments – as this is a tool for anyone who wants to radically improve public services. Take a look and tell us what you reckon…

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