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Ideas

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


Work-Benefits Balance

‘Sensible’ And The Benefits System Don’t Usually Go Hand-In-Hand. The resulting schemes of numerous Benefits Consultations and Reforms instigated by successive UK governments have created seemingly insurmountable problems in “making work pay”. This is as true for government employees tasked with administering Department of Work of Pensions initiatives as it is for members of the public who need help from the State.

Lisa - 03/07/2012


Start Up Join In

A local, low cost, web-based way to create opportunities for everyone finding it hard to get into work.

Jamie - 03/05/2012


Mesh - Networks That Empower

MeshDays offers a unique opportunity for young people to ‘taste’ their potential careers. These employer-led insight days will give individuals the chance to learn, be inspired and network.

Megan - 01/24/2012


Cloud Gaming as Personal Tutor (C.G.P.T)

Lack of interest and motivation or/and lack of knowledge of how to achieve desired goals, are some of the most important reasons for unemployment and illiteracy. A personal tutor and motivator is exactly what young people need in such situations; to help them fix things up and get back to the track. Young people require personal tutors who are ready wherever they are, whenever they need some help.

mahmoud - 01/22/2012


Peer-to-Peer Learning

Software designed for teaching and learning on the web. Free education and qualification for anyone with the Internet.

Michael - 01/22/2012


Passion Finder: Network, Collaborate & Get Ahead (Mentoring but not as we know it)

NOISE Passion Finder is a free online aggregator of existing social platforms, presented with a mix of bespoke input from insiders, celebs and those in the know; to curate and create tailored, purely relevant content to answer the unique, specific needs and requests of each young user. All in one central place. Created by the award-winning national charity NOISEfestival.com

Victoria - 01/21/2012


EntrepreneurFinder.com - Feeding Entrepreneurship

EntrepreneurFinder is a free interactive resource designed around the needs of entrepreneurs, students, skilled individuals, professionals and investors. The idea behind the site, is to give our users the ability to take control of their professional and entrepreneurial careers from start to finish. And, provide them with tools to find employment or create ways to become self employed. The site assists everyone from students looking for mentors to recruiters and entrepreneurs looking for professionals to investors looking for the next great company in search of funding. By bringing these people together, EntrepreneurFinder will start to act as an online feeder system for entrepreneurship, funneling all the key resources needed to a single freely accessible platform. 20% of new jobs come from start-ups. We need to do all we can to give motivated individuals the tools that they need to build a successful company and employ others.

Luke - 01/19/2012


The Creative Co-Op

Finding the people with the skills needed to help realise ideas can be extremely difficult, especially when you lack the necessary network of contacts. The Creative Co-Op is an enabler for all young creatives, allowing them to source collaboration from amongst their peer group.

Max - 01/14/2012


Job Story

Youtube can be "You"sful

Thomas - 01/12/2012


Requests for Ideas

Design a Social Worker App Competition

Win a Samsung Galaxy Tablet. To celebrate the launch of the CareMobile App Store, OLM Systems is delighted to announce the ‘Design a Social Worker App’ competition. We are looking for the best idea for an App for social care. Entrants are invited to let OLM Systems know which new social care App would be the most useful addition to the App Store. No technical App designing skills are necessary to enter, just a strong idea.

Adam - 10/04/2011


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


The 25 most ambitious social entrepreneurs in England

We are looking for applicants for the Big Venture Challenge: a new programme of funding and support from UnLtd

Dan - 04/04/2011


People

Vishak

Organization : Edinburgh University
Role : Student
Interests : GUI design, BigData Computation, Biological Network Modelling/Analysis, Music Composition, Photography


Tracy

Email : hello@ecomodo.com
Organization : Ecomodo.com
Role : co-founder
Interests : collaborative consumption, design, problem solving, collaborative technologies, design-thinking, digital inclusion, environment, fundraising, green technology, grassroots projects to empower communities, hyper local resources, innovation platforms, microfinance, networking, new economics, people, re-use, service design, sharing, share economy, sharepoint, social change, social enterprise, sustainability, user experience design, community engagement


Toyin

Email : swcompanion@googlemail.com
Organization : Social Work Companion App
Role : co-owner
Interests : Social Work


Tom

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


Stephen

Email : steve.dale@gmail.com
Organization : Collabor8now Ltd
Role : Director
Interests : Communities of Practice, community management / ownership, ebooks, google docs, social media, social network analysis, social networking, social networks


Stephen

Email : stephenrice1@gmail.com
Organization :
Role :
Interests : children services, child protection, safeguarding, safeguading2.0, social work, training, risk analysis


Sarah

Email : sarah.wixey@jmp.co.uk
Organization : JMP
Role : Associate
Interests : Social inclusion, accessibility, sustainable travel, physical activity, healthy lifestyles, equity and social justice., ageing well, anthropology, apps, book sharing, changing the way we grow and manufacture our food., cities, citizen engagement, civic engagement, co-creation, co-design, collaborative decision making, community, community engagement, community mapping, connecting social innovators with great resources, creativity, cycling, deaf, design for all, disability, disabled people, entrepreneurship, general innovation around making the environment more accessible for everyone, health and wellbeing, inclusion, local food systems, local government, mental health, mapping, migrants, networking, older people, poverty, psychology, pubic policy, public engagement, public sector innovation, regeneration, schools, social entrepreneurs, social innovation and innovative policy making, sustainability, third sector, travel, urban planning, urban spaces, web 2.0, young people


Samrye_enspiral

Organization : Enspiral
Role : Connector
Interests : action, activism, apps, asset transfer, change, civic engagement, co-creation, co-design, co-working, collaboration, collaborative consumption, communication, communities, communities of practice, communications, community development, community engagement, culture, design, design thinking, Conscious Consumers, disruption, digital, e-learning, bio-mimicry, energy, enterprise, entrepreneurship, enviroment, filmmaking, graphic design, infographics, innovation, innovators, inspiration, internet solutions, local, local food systems, open innovation, open enterprise, organic, participative design., community sector, emancipation, regeneration, service delivery, social, social business, social change, social enterprise, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship, social gaming, social innovation, social media, social venture, sustainability, technology, tech, transition towns, transformation, user experience design, volunteering, web design, web development, youth


Rob

Organization : Marsh Farm Outreach
Role : Director
Interests : activism, affordable homeownership for low income households, asset transfer, big society, catalytic social change, changing the way we grow and manufacture our food., change, citizen engagement/voice, citizen engagement, citizenship, civic engagement, civil rights, collaboration, co-working, collaborative, collaborative decision making, collaborative governance, collaborative technologies, communities, community activism, community assets / transfer, community buildings, community development, community development trusts, community engagement, community engagement; design; youth leadership; personal development; sustainability, community hosts, community management / ownership, community media, community organisation, community solutions, conscious consumers, doing more with less, emancipation, enterprise development, grassroots projects, grassroots projects to empower communities, helping people into work, inclusion, innovation for inclusion, local economic development, local economies, new economics, organisation, outreach, participative design., participatory budgeting, permaculture, public and voluntary and community sectors, renewable energy, self education, social business, social change, social enterprise, social enterprise and giving communities voice, social inclusion, social innovation, social innovation and innovative policy making, social innvoation, social interaction, unemployment, urban co-production, volunteer, volunteering, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurship


Richard

Organization : TheGivingMachine
Role : Founder, Managing Director
Interests : collaboration, community solutions, consumer research, education, Fundraising, learning, local economies, public spending data, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social entrepreneur, social media, social networking, social networks, social venture


Bids

Innovation get-togethers: map the networks

There are a number of digital/social innovation spaces and networks in the field: Simpl, dotgovlabs, the emerging knowledge hub, SocialbySocial, with overlapping memberships and ideas. Why not get together face to face, as Sandie has suggested? A first step could be some network mapping.

David - 01/11/2011