Showcase Innovations
Discover innovation from across government departments. View and download project documentation. Contact the project owner to start a discussion about sharing resources and collaborating.
In Living »
Committed
Using mobile phone and internet games to engage with young people and deliver key life information and education in the Kirklees area.
2 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Mobile Food Store »
Committed
The Mobile Food Store has changed the behaviour of local residents by providing access to healthy food at competitive prices. Health Trainers encourage and support to residents to eat more fruit and vegetables and sign post to healthy life style services.
1 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Slivers of Time »
Committed
Slivers-of-Time creates sophisticated online marketplaces where local people trade their time. This provides a new model for the delivery of public services.
1 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
- Tags:
- workforce, technology, labour markets, flexibility
School of Everything »
Committed
Bringing informal adult learners, teachers, groups, venues and events together through an innovative national online resource.
1 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Online School Meals »
Committed
The project has worked with DfE and local authorities to produce a robust, reliable eligibility checking service. This enables a seamless end to end service allowing parents/carers to apply online for free school meals and receive a response in real-time.
0 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
The Chest »
Committed
A regional eProcurement Portal providing a single tendering process for local authority contracting, standardising procurement processes and delivering significant efficiency savings.
1 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
PowerPerfector »
Committed
Greater Manchester authorities have used PowerPerfector within public sector buildings. This is a voltage optimisation solution and reduces energy consumption.
3 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
NorthLincs.TV »
Committed
A videocasting website improving communication and engagement to communities and businesses across North Lincolnshire.
1 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Looking Local »
In Progress
A national portal offering access to local government and relevant related services on digital interactive TV, mobile phones, kiosks and Internet enabled consumer electronics such as the Nintendo Wii.
0 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Small Business Research Initiative »
In Progress
The new SBRI programme aims to use government procurement to drive innovation - providing business opportunities for innovative companies while solving the needs of government departments.
0 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
i-migo »
In Progress
Thieves could soon find it’s not so easy to swipe a forgotten mobile phone, thanks to a gadget currently being developed by experts. The i-migo alerts users if they get 10 metres away from their phone and can then lock down the phone completely.
0 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Hospital hygiene under the microscope »
In Progress
Scientists are developing a revolutionary hand hygiene technique which promises to boost cleanliness by providing swift, thorough, hand sterilisation without the need for scrubbing with soaps or gels.
0 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Design out Crime »
In Progress
The SBRI Mobile Phone Security Challenge competition sought to develop new ways of securing mobile phones; the data they contain, and their future use as electronic ‘wallets’ when m-commerce technology is introduced in the UK.
0 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Retrofit for the Future »
In Progress
An SBRI competition was launched to Retrofit UK social housing stock in order to meet future targets in reduction of CO2 emissions and energy use. The competition enabled building and renovation companies to retrofit social housing stock.
0 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Digital Disruption »
In Progress
Digital Disruption is a project developed by Bold Creative to educate young people about propaganda in the media. Its core aim is to make the internet a safer place by equipping young people with the skills they need to critically analyse messages online.
0 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Tagmap »
In Progress
Tagmap is a youth consultation tool conceived and fostered by Bold Creative using a combination of Google Maps and video streaming technology. It encourages ‘citizen journalism’ from a targeted audience and allows policy makers to get closer to the people they are responsible for.
1 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Offscreen Expedition »
In Progress
In 2010 12 young people from Pakistan and the Middle East were invited on an expedition to the UK, as part of an educational exchange programme. The expedition took place around the UK, in order to teach the participants about British Culture, through art based learning.
0 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
East of England NHS Long Term Conditions »
In Progress
The Strategic Health Authority in the East of England, with the East of England Development Authority and the Technology Strategy Board ran a competition looking to find ways to help manage the growing numbers of people with long-term health conditions.
2 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Be SHARP, think SHARP »
Delivered
The innovation is to disseminate a presentation, Be SHARP - Think SHARP, on knife crime to school children aged between 11-18 years across the county’s 121 Secondary schools (plus Pupil Referral Units & Colleges). This has covered 51,000 children to date.
1 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
- Tags:
- education, knife crime, schools
12 Lead ECG in Primary Care using Telemedicine »
Delivered
This project came into the NHS Technology Adoption Centre through a large pilot originally driven via the NW Strategic Health Authority. The SHA worked with provider Broomwell HealthWatch to establish 12 lead ECG facilities in community settings, both GP practices and established NHS Walk-In Centres.
1 View project- Owner:
- Luke Harvey
Common Financial Assessment Project »
In Progress
The Common Financial Assessment (CFA) project aims to transform the way that financial assessments are completed in adult social care, and make savings for councils and the DWP whilst improving the quality of service for some of the most vulnerable in society. The project is made up of several elements: 1) direct access to DWP benefits data for local authorities 2) mobile solution for financial assessments 3) North West England fairer charging benchmarking exercise 4) data matching exercise between DWP and Local Authorities.
2 View project- Owner:
- Shelley Heckman
- Tags:
- common financial assessment, nwegg
Local eGovernment Standards Body (LeGSB) »
In Progress
This will be added soon
0 View project- Owner:
- ian singleton
- Tags:
- standards, efficiency, transformation, transparency,
Commercial Services at Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service »
Adopted
The Merseyside Observatory was created with a vision of establishing a central data point for various public sector organisations to access information in a single sharing point. Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service has led the way in innovation when it comes to reducing risks in the home and community and the data collection that supports this, is valuable to other bodies. Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service has shown it is a sector leader in providing skilled and sensitive customer support services through its contact centre Fire Service Direct. It is the perfect link between our business and our customers, and we are now offering these outstanding services to other public and private sector organisations through the Merseyside Observatory. Combined with our extensive knowledge and information management resources through customer insight, we can provide a complete customer contact package.
1 View project- Owner:
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
- Tags:
- call centre, contact centre, knowledge, information, customer, customer insight, insight, merseyside, merseyside fire and rescue service, fire, emergency services, telephone, support, commercial, outsource, merseyside observatory