SpiceSpice credit systems are a way to sucessfully engage and motivate people.Spice has two main credit systems: one that engages citizens and service-users in the co-delivery of public and community services; and the other which encourages collaboration between public service agencies and professionals. In both instances, the credit systems encourage more people to give more of their time. The basic principles for achieving this are the same: People give their time more freely when…
Citizen engagement in Public ServicesSpice community credit systems engage many more people in public and community services. The credits acknowledge time given by people. For every hour ‘contributed’ by a citizen to the community or public service, is an hour that can be ‘redeemed’ against a menu of local services, usually for leisure or learning. In all 38 projects to date, citizen engagement has increased by 100-325%. Spice works with the public service to identify:
Cross Agency Collaboration in Public ServicesSpice collaboration credits are online banking systems that enable professional resources to be shared and exchanged fairly and effectively. Organisations which release staff or resources to other organisations earn credits that can be redeemed from the pool of professional services from other organisations. Time given is therefore, not time lost and resources are shared more freely.
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latest additionsEuropean Venture Philanthropy Association conference in Madrid
Simon Tucker and Andrew Brough attended the annual EVPA conference to highlight Launchpad's activities as an early stage social venture fund and share experiences of investing for social impact with other organisations around Europe.
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
Call for Ideas
Imagining a working world that supports people with long term conditions
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
School of Everything Launches Alpha Site
School of Everything, recently voted amongst Europe's twenty hottest emerging start-ups at Seedcamp, has launched its first version of its online market place for learning.
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
Launch of Studio Schools
Lord Andrew Adonis, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Schools and Learners hosted the reception for the launch of the next phase of Studio Schools on Tuesday 4th of December at the RSA. In attendance were officials and representatives from central and local government, schools, national and local businesses, and a range of charitable foundations - all interested in building upon the progress made thus far.
25 January 2008 | Learning launchpad
Managing long term conditionsThe World Economic Forum has called on businesses to lead the fight against chronic disease, to embed a culture of health and to manage the change in a population where long term conditions are increasingly prevalent. 30 January 2008 | HIA
most readStudio Schools
A new version of 14-19 school hosting businesses where students are employed, earning real wages alongside a project-based curriculum. Full of Life
Peer-to-peer cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to provide emotional resilience for old people
Studio SchoolsStudio Schools™ continue to gain momentum following its recent launch and inclusion in government speeches and thinking on promising education initiatives. This builds on the momentum established by the national pilot that started last September at Barnfield College in Luton and the detailed planning for studio schools now being conducted at eight local authority areas around the UK. 30 January 2008 | Learning launchpad
Faking It
Faking It aims to provide Young People with the experience and demands of the real-world.
Changing Health
Changing Health aims to address the problems people with long term conditions face, by developing a new flexible support structure
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