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Rise Up UK: My campaign site, thecreativecrip.com (and my nom de plume) was borne of the frustration in trying to become self-employed having become disabled and exhausted my redundancy savings. The of aim this project has always been to chronicle my thoughts and experiences as an entrepreneur trying to successfully grow a business despite the limitations of physical, mental and invisible disabilities. I don’t want to carry on living my life as it is now – becoming disabled and needing benefits is not a lifestyle choice, especially given the not insignificant skills and experience I’ve gained from nearly 25 years working on Wall Street and in The City of London. The reality is proving to be quite different to the idea. I have spent the better part of two years floundering, barely keeping my head above water as I begged for help and fought to not be forced into the usual dead-end workfare schemes. I have received very little in the way of factual, practical help.

Lisa - 03/08/2012
EZPZ Browser ("eezy-peezy browser"): This is a joint proposal from the RSA Digital Engagement Working Group (RSAde) and Lancaster University Management School and Computing Department. Our objective is to provide a simple user-friendly educational browser for older people who have no or very little prior experience of using a computer or smartphone. It will provide a built-in tutorial and online guide. The browser will provide simple instructions that are very easy to navigate for a PC novice. It could be either a website that would act as the PC homepage or an app that runs on a smartphone on a tablet PC such as iPad or ePad running the Android operating system. The tutorial navigation would be included in a permanent position of the screen with a clear route to return to the start if someone loses their way.

Jemima - 06/01/2011
An internet directory that improves disabled access: To produce a dynamic multimedia web directory of goods and services that is accessible to all and improves their access to those services that are advertised on it.

ashley - 05/30/2011
Game that educates about disabilities, accessibility needs and techniques: Advancements in computers and assistive technologies have empowered people with disabilities (PWDs) to lead an independent life. Number of visually impaired flyers is increasing so is the number of wheel chair users who want to go around a museum. However smarter the technologies become, insufficient awareness and lack of sensitization about people with disabilities and their special needs, hinder the possibilities of inclusion. Game environment can be an interesting way to educate the population about accessibility needs and accommodations.

Shrirang - 05/26/2011
A recipe for access: You have to have a reason to want to be online if there are barriers like mouse use or having never typed to getting online. And once you've learnt the skills, they're no use if you have no reason to come back & use them. So what do the older gen want to do & how can we help remind them how to get to the sites they want to visit?

louise - 05/25/2011
Go Genie: A network of Knowledge to get you in. To build a web and mobile based platform to share information that enables people to make informed decisions to plan a trip if they are disabled, elderly, are carers, have disabled family members, carrying heavy luggage, temporarily disabled or have young children with pushchairs. It harnesses the ethos of crowdsourcing and collaborative consumption so that local knowledge we have of our own area could be shared with others to make a big difference to everything you do everyday. It makes the real world and virtual world more accessible and welcoming. It offers realtime information and updates - it's the little things that also matter.

Alison - 04/01/2011
One Click Orgs: Remove the pain of creating a legal entity for your organisation, and benefit from a democratic decision-making platform that you can run your entire organisation on.

One Click Orgs - 03/24/2011
Go 10,000: The Go 10,000 challenge is a work based/ community team event which aims to make it easier for people to fit exercise into their busy daily routine by utilising the festival effect of London 2012

Danielle - 01/11/2011
Gaming community co-design: The Social by Social card-based workshop game has been used and evolved by a wide range of innovators and trainers to help groups plan how to blend their use of social media with other communication methods in organisations and communities. A new European project offers scope for collaborative development.

David - 12/29/2010
Sharing workflows: Create a simple showcase where people can share the pathways they use on mobile and desktop devices - for example, to find and store information, and turn it into knowledge.

David - 12/29/2010
Help People Help Each Other: Do you have an idea on how to improve your neighbourhood or your local services? Do you want to win the chance of getting people to turn your idea into reality?

Noel - 09/29/2011
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