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vInspired and Sidekick Studios launch a new digital platform to bring temping opportunities to London youths

By: Kieron Kirkland
On: 18th April 2013

We recognise that the current economic climate is particularly challenging for young people. Whilst traditional employment opportunities are decreasing, young people are increasingly more prepared to take risks, embrace digital technology, and consider entrepreneurial employment opportunities. This is why we’ve started developing Task Squad.

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8 Top Tips for Using iPads with People Living with Dementia

By: info@aliveactiv...
On: 14th March 2013

When using iPads with people living with dementia, it’s all about creating a positive personal connection. This has a fundamental impact on how well the presence of the machine is received and the value of its subsequent use.

Here are some tips for the successful use of iPads with people with dementia. more >

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Open Data hack day – Life expectancy in Bristol

By: contactkev
On: 20th February 2013

About 15 people came together to look at various aspects of Bristol data as part of a HackReduce session at the weekend (South West Big Data). Here’s some charts showing life expectancy at birth gathered from Open Data released by Bristol council. The data was fetched from data.bristol.gov.uk and the Python code I used to generate the charts is included as a link in the results. more >

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Tech for Good – scaling social innovations

By: Annika Small
On: 12th February 2013

Digital technology has already transformed how we communicate, how we work, how we learn, how we shop. At a time of accelerating climate change, a growing ageing population, persistent unemployment and increasing social inequalities, we urgently need to realise the potential of technology for social innovation. This is not simply about adding digital to existing services but making imaginative use of digital technology to fundamentally re-think - and radically reform - how we address significant social challenges.

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Tenants on top

By: dave@kindofdigi...
On: 26th January 2013

The welfare reforms planned for April 2013 are a big upheaval. For housing associations this could mean rent loss, increasing arrears and constraints on future income growth.

In order to avert these risks, landlords will need to better understand their tenants. Resource allocation will have to be more targeted and more business intelligence (e.g. customer profiling) will be needed.

As not all tenants will be affected in the same way, housing associations will need to have in place improved systems for sharing information and identifying those who need help.

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Connect - helping older people to get online

By: hollym@grcc.org.uk
On: 17th January 2013

The Connect project has been running at GRCC in Gloucestershire since April 2011. The aim of the project is to get people 55 years or older online. So far we have helped over 350 people with a team of volunteers who have visited people at thier homes or in community buildings during group sessions. more >

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