Today Gene is in Petersfield running a design and prototyping session with the team behind the fantastic Prescribing Volunteering project, which is part of NESTA's Age Unlimited programme. Portsmouth Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility are developing the service that will 'prescribe' a programme of volunteering to unemployed patients in their 50s and 60s through GP practices.
Today Caireen is working with the radical efficiency team from the Innovation Unit to deliver a horizon scanning workshop @ NESTA as part of their Transforming Early Years programme. We've developed the resources for the event - a set of 25 case studies from UK and around the world which showcase radical innovation.
The second learning paper from Innovation Exchange's Next Practice Programme has recently been published. The work Gene has been doing with the Prince's Trust 'Gatemate' campaign is featured (page 24/25). Project Leader Clara Clint talks about the support Gene has given...
Find out more »Yesterday we had the pleasure of running a workshop on prototyping with the eleven successful Age Unlimited projects being supported by NESTA. It was a tough gig that forced us to think about and work through how you can effectively use prototyping to test the core concepts and assumptions behind a new service, as well as exploring specific interventions or touch-points.
We have been working with colleagues at the Harris Federation and Nesta to take what has been learned in the process of setting up the fantastic Student Commission on Learning and to share it with others. The result is a written toolkit publication and accompanying website that's freely available to schools, local authorities and other organisations interested in establishing their own student commissions. Download the publication here and go to the website (www.studentcommission.org.uk) for more info and resources.
As part of the Learning Futures programme Gene is working with leaders, teachers and pupils at Matthew Moss High School, Harlington Area Trust, Villiers High School and the Harris Federation. They are doing different things but all include curriculum innovations around project based learning. Read more about the schools and the programme.