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My 88 year old mum has become confused selecting her TV channels since the intoduction of the new digital services. A simplified remote control using a computer tablet makes it easier so she can watch what she likes.
Richard - 05/28/2011
Your Town is an open platform for over 60's to get involved in community projects, through both online and offline engagement.-
Amy - 05/24/2011
The Good Gym finds meaningful ways for people to exercise, like visiting older people in their homes or helping to clear a room in a community centre.
Mark - 03/16/2011
Organization : Housing trust
Role : IT Engineer
Interests : information architecture, information technology, innovation for inclusion, innovation platforms, innovation problem solving, internet solutions, knowledge management, local, localgov, local government, local government communities, london, network society, networks, older people services, older people, old people, online learning, operating system, problem solving, public, public access computing, public administration improvement, public and voluntary and community sectors, public engagement, public participation, public sector improvement, public sector innovation, public service, public service transformation, public technology education, social media and other innovative channels of communication, social interaction design, user experience and usability, user experience design, user involvement, web, web accessibility, web development
Email : mark@thegoodgym.org
Organization : The Good Gym
Role : Project Manager
Interests : Running, volunteering, getting fit, older people services, collaborative consumption, befriending, communities, isolation, local government, social enterprise, social innovation
Organization : Centrifuge Consulting ltd
Role : Director
Interests : action, ageing well, agencies, agile, adaptive technology, anthropological studies, apps, arts, arts education, arts funding, asset transfer, assistive technology, befriending, big society, bureaucracy, business startups, business support, business value, catalytic change, change, children, children services, cities, citizen engagement, citizen engagement/voice, citizen journalism, civic engagement, co-creation, co-design, co-production, co-working, collaboration, collaborative, collaborative consumption, collaborative decision making, collaborative governance, collaborative technologies, commissioning, communications, communities, communities of practice, community, community assets / transfer, community buildings, community development, community development trusts, community management / ownership, community mapping, community media, community solutions, community profit, connecting social innovators with great resources, consumer research, council, creative industries, creativity, crowdsourcing, cultural industries, culture, culture change, current affairs, customer services, democracy, design, design-thinking, design for all, design thinking, design thinking and project management, diagnostics, digital inclusion, disabled people, economic development, eco projects, editing, education, empowerment, enterprise, entrepreneurship, general innovation around making the environment more accessible for everyone, getting fit, gettogethers, get togethers, government, health, health and wellbeing, healthcare, helping people into work, heritage/history, homelessness, human services, hyper local content, hyper local resources, ideas, incentive structures, inclusion, inclusion accessibility, independent living, innovation, innovation platforms, innovation problem solving, innovators, intercultural communication, international development, kids, knowledge management, lean, lifelong learning, local, local economies, local government, local government communities, mapping, marketing, networks, network society, network, new forms and styles of work, new technology, nudge, older adults, older people, older people services, online consultations, online learning, open data, open government, open innovation, open source, open source sharing, organically grown public services, organisation, our scoiety, our society, participation, ownership, participative design., participatory budgeting, people., planning, politics, poverty, private sector, private spaces, project management, pubic policy, public, public administration improvement, public engagement, public libraries, public participation, public policy, public sector, public sector innovation, public service, public spaces, public spending data, public value, real world and online engagement, refugees, regional economies, rural, schools, scotland, scrutiny, service, service design, shared understanding, social, social app store, social business, socialbysocial, social care, social change, social change., social design and thinking, social enterprise, social enterprise and giving communities voice, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, socialinnovation, social innovation and innovative policy making, social interaction, social media, social network analysis, social networking, social networks, social practices, social reporting, socialreporting co-design engagement networks, social venture, social venturing, society, software development, startups, strategy, sustainability, teachers, technology, third sector, to build the skills and capacity needed for fast, to build the skills and capacity needed for fastand social changebig societybusiness supportbusiness valuechangecitizen engagementco-creationco-productioncollaborationcollaborative governancecommissioningcommunities of practicecommunity solutionsconnecting social innovators with great resourcescreativityculture changeenterpriseinclusion accessibilityinnovation problem solvinginnovatorsopen innovationparticipationpubic policypublic sector innovationsocial businesssocial enterprisesocial enterprise and giving communities voicesocial innovation and innovative policy makingstartup consultingusing ideas and evidence to drive social innovationyoung peopleaction, transformation, unemployment, universities, urban planning, urban spaces, usability, user experience and usability, user experience design, user involvement, using ideas and evidence to drive social innovation, volunteering, volunteerism, visual thinking, walking, web design, work, young people, youth
Email : helen@sendtech.co.uk
Organization : SeNd Technology Ltd
Role : Owner/Director
Interests : Community, adaptive technology, assistive equipment, autism, big society, community development, connecting social innovators with great resources, independent living, new technology, older people services, text message services
Organization : RCA Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design
Role : Research Associate
Interests : access to the web as a publishing arena for elder, access to the web as a publishing arena for elder activists, activist, activism, adult social care, ageing, ageing well, and ice cream, citizen engagement, cities, citizen engagement/voice, citizen journalism, civic engagement, city space, citizenship, civic entrepreneurship, co-creation, co-design, co-production, coffee and conversation, collaboration, collaborative, collaborative consumption, communities, community activism, community assets / transfer, community blogging, community engagement, community media, community mapping, coproduction, councils, creative councils, data, datasets, design, design council, design-thinking, design for all, design thinking, digital inclusion, hyperlocal blogs, hyper local content, hyper local resources, inclusion, inclusion accessibility, inclusive design, independent living, infographics, innovation for inclusion, innovation platforms, innovative social applications, interactivism, interface design for older people - inclusive design, localism, mapping, media, older adults, older people, old people, older people services, open data, opendata, open space, our society, participative design., pop up shops, public engagement, service design, social collaboration, social enterprise, social enterprise and giving communities voice, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, social inclusion, social innovation, urban co-production, urban planning
Organization : Castlehaven
Role : Director
Interests : ageing well, children, children services, citizen engagement/voice, citizen journalism, co-design, co-production, collaboration, community assets / transfer, community development trusts, creative industries, digital inclusion, emedia, entertainment and community events, entrepreneurship, fundraising, gardens, health and wellbeing, helping people into work, information technology, kids, knowledge management, lifelong learning, literacy, local economies, localgov, local government, mental health, music, new forms and styles of work, new technology, older adults, older people, older people services, our scoiety, photography, poverty, public sector, public sector innovation, regeneration, service improvement, social enterprise, social enterprise/ start-ups/international development, social enterprise and giving communities voice, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, socialinnovation, social reporting, startup, startup consulting, startups, start ups, strategy, tech, technology, theatre, volunteering, volunteerism, web design, web development, young people, youth