Using social value
Introduction This project was part of LOTI’s Digital Inclusion Innovation Programme, which aims to use innovative methods to design and scale initiatives that support digitally excluded Londoners who have been…
Digital Inclusion in Temporary Accommodation
Introduction This project was part of LOTI’s Digital Inclusion Innovation Programme, which aims to use innovative methods to design and scale initiatives that support digitally excluded Londoners who have been…
Mapping Digital Exclusion with Data
…interventions that are required to support the specific needs of the digitally excluded people identified. We work in the open and welcome your comments, feedback and scrutiny. Please do feel…
New Service Models in Adult Social Care
…models in the UK and abroad to deliver better quality care. Other projects in this space Given the complexity of challenges in the Adult Social Care ecosystem, we know it’ll…
LOTI Leadership Series
…Sensible Tech. However, we’re keen to work with the whole LOTI community to create interesting and useful content. If you’d like to help us make a clear and compelling explainer…
Supporting Dementia Care
…Community support groups had to pivot to using technologies to re-engage and support people from their homes. However, lack of devices, support, connectivity and skills made it difficult for many…
Data Ethics
Introduction LOTI boroughs recognise that the data they collect and/or hold is one of their most valuable assets. Used intelligently, it can help them make better decisions, drive service improvements…
Electric Vehicle (EV) Charge Points Dashboard
…right direction. Thanks to Claudia Corrigan, from London Councils, we agreed for all GULCS programme operators to provide data to a common standard format and via the London Datastore. This…
London Climate Goals Design Sprint
…learning about the desired outcomes in each area, identifying the key challenges, and then exploring how data, digital and smart city approaches might provide solutions. As part of our commitment…
Piloting a home care cooperative in Clapton
Introduction Led by: Hackney and Southwark in partnership with Equal Care Co-op and Clapton Commons. Idea in a nutshell: To promote better independent living by piloting a “Care commons”…
Developing a data platform for frontline care workers
Introduction Led by: Hounslow, and Brent in partnership with Social Finance. Idea in a nutshell: To develop a prototype multi-agency data platform that equips frontline workers with better information…
Innovation in Procurement
…a way that is more accessible to SMEs. Complementing this work, we have developed an Innovation in Procurement Toolkit with PUBLIC to help boroughs see how they can improve their…
City Tools / Thirty3
…platform will be launched during London Tech Week in September 2020. Coming Next: Enhanced data for technologies in use in London Boroughs to be added to Thirty3 Pre-procurement collaboration area…
…general outcomes-based project methodology. How do you use it? This video provides an overview of the methodology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8dnlVtyV5c Who should use it? The methodology is useful for council data teams…
…and those bereaved by Covid. We think the lessons from this project will be an excellent complement to Camden and Central Bedfordshire’s MHCLG-funded work on data exchange with the VCS,…
…pleased to receive eight quality bids, which you can view and comment on in this document. In brief, the ideas are: Developing a matching service for local businesses looking for…
…of commiting to train and develop: 7 Software Developers, 6 Infrastructure Technicians, 6 IT Solutions Technicians, 6 Digital Project Managers and 15 Project Managers 5 Data and Business Analysts, 3…
…motivated group of people. We’ll have you loving records management, even if it takes saving the planet to do it! Reading and sources https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/how-bad-are-bananas-the-carbon-footprint-of-everything-mike-berners-lee/1283577?ean=9781788163811 https://theconversation.com/dark-data-is-killing-the-planet-we-need-digital-decarbonisation-190423 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JBS-03-2022-0048/full/pdf https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/04/08/sending-one-less-email-a-day-could-help-reduce-the-carbon-footprint-of-your-inbox https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/net-zero-strategy https://www.digitalcleanupday.org/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210114134033.htm#:~:text=Just%20one%20hour%20of%20videoconferencing,size%20of%20an%20iPad%20Mini….
…services. Then Covid happened. LOTI boroughs are at the forefront of helping their communities through this incredibly challenging period. As a community, we’ve worked hard to help each other. Initially,…
…Moral Imaginations (working with Camden) Link: https://www.moralimaginations.com/ New Local Link: https://www.newlocal.org.uk/ Nesta Centre for Collective Intelligence Design Link: https://www.nesta.org.uk/project/centre-collective-intelligence-design/ Hello Lampost Link: https://www.hlp.city/ GLA Talk London Link: https://www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/ Camden’s resident-created…
…register to attend, please visit: https://registration.gesevent.com/survey/31q89f9j0lese/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=sadiq-speaker Learning from our experiences in year one, we know that developing this new platform cannot be the whole solution. So we have recently hired…
…team there#LondonTogether #DigitalGovernment pic.twitter.com/bdeMnpa1O3 — London Office of Technology and Innovation (@LOTI_LDN) August 18, 2020 Innovation in Procurement As LOTI starts Year 2, we’re pleased to be working on two…
…effectiveness of different types of #AssistiveTechnology here: https://t.co/2pUF4K94JA#TechnologyEnabledCare #TEC #Telehealth #Telecare #AssistedLiving pic.twitter.com/MOuMPiRC8J — London Office of Technology and Innovation (@LOTI_LDN) January 20, 2021 In response, we commissioned research…
…(GLA), London Councils (LOTI’s host organisation) and 28 London boroughs. This 2min video below gives a good overview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCZt8aoSM0I 28 boroughs? Aren’t there 32 boroughs and also the City of…
…having developed detailed personas and data models about digitally excluded communities. The project will seek to conduct more research into those personas, develop the data model further and scale it…
In common with the rest of the local government world, 2021 is proving to be a very busy year for LOTI. Our current work spans creating digital, data and innovation…
…Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (CoDI) at the Camden Club. Join in for a night of edgy exciting AI and data science-based entertainment and comedy! Get your ticket: https://www.turing.ac.uk/events/turings-cabaret-dangerous-ideas-london?utm_source=loti&utm_medium=launch_blog&utm_campaign=LDW_2023 All the…
…result, we published weekly blog updates by way of weeknotes on Medium. To catch up on all 50 previous weeknotes in Year One, please visit LOTI’s Medium page at www.medium.com/loti….
…so far has leaned towards a focus on a combination of Tailored Technologies and Hybrid Communities, though we keep an open mind as we head towards the next phase of…
…have since made offers to the successful two. We’ll announce who they are soon, and hope you’ll join us in welcoming them into the LOTI community. Coming up this week…
…support of #LocalGov officers & public, private and third sector partners! pic.twitter.com/Bpob1i100R — London Office of Technology and Innovation (@LOTI_LDN) July 16, 2021 Coming up this week Interviewing for the…
Gavin Jones, Chief Executive of Essex County Council, recently posted this tweet: https://twitter.com/GibsonGav/status/1374302027463938053 It was great to see, for the exact reasons that Dominic Campbell pointed out: https://twitter.com/dominiccampbell/status/1374318437028233217 It’s been…
…video on the internet about the merits of this approach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbxE9myZrsg Watched it? Ok – let’s briefly imagine we’d taken a traditional local government approach to the same project. The…
…and lessons that other LOTI boroughs can learn from the process. The full recording is now available to watch here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eolZ8R_FHCQ The slides are also available to access here. Coming…
…act as borough leads to communicate the project’s progress on the LOTI website. Second, and following a first show & tell in Hackney (you can catch the recording of the…
…are funded jointly with NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups. Coming up this week This week, we’ll be: Meeting with members of the successful project teams to kick-off the two LOTI Covid…
…Covid Innovation Fund – Initial ideas – Sheet1 This week, the LOTI Central team will be reviewing the project submissions and sharing them with our borough members for comment and…
Below is the latest news from the LOTI community, based on the activities we worked on during the week commencing 28 March. Helping boroughs recruit better In a recent blog…
…Semedo, Head of Diversity, Wellbeing and Culture at Ofcom Luke Marshall-Waterfield, Deputy CDO at the GLA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpcPaYSH4w8 Below are some of the key recommendations that they had for how organisations…
Below is the latest news from the LOTI community, based on the activities we worked on during the week commencing 4 July. Meeting with our LOTI members On Wednesday, we…
…but now they double up as Imagination Ambassadors for their teams and the organisation. We have recently completed the Phase 1 of the joint project, called Camden Imagines, and launched…
…role that combines delivery and strategic leadership and puts me at the centre of how the council functions and delivers for its residents. Eddie: What made you decide to join…
…Last week, we met with colleagues from Central Bedfordshire Council, the Greater London Authority (GLA), London Borough of Camden, a number of Voluntary Community Services (VCS) and other partners to…
…poor digital infrastructure issues lie. Recommendations for public sector resourcing and roles, industry engagement, procurement options and commercial models, and key components of a successful delivery strategy. Case studies and…
…reporting‘. In the demo session, we heard how its technical functionality combined with the TOMs (Themes, Outcomes and Measures) Framework supports organisations to define social value commitments as well as…
…in Redbridge. The team heard from Redbridge’s Calum Burch (Business Intelligence Analyst, GIS), Mandi Vanderpuye (Programme Manager for the Digital and Customer Experience Communities Directorate) and Alex Murphy (Digital and…
…defining digital exclusion, and what comes next for each project. Great to see cities across the UK meeting to share notes on the #DigitalExclusion mapping work taking place in Manchester…
…commenting directly on the document. Approaching LOTI’s 2-Year Anniversary It’s official: LOTI is nearing the end of its second full year in operation. Over the course of the last –…
Like everyone in local government, the LOTI community’s activities last week were heavily dominated by Covid. Readers may recall from previous weeknotes that we have consciously chosen to focus our…
…on how people and organisations across our region have come together during the pandemic to support our people and communities. Behind the scenes this was, and continues to be, a…
…misconceptions or concerns. Brent Council has recently established a Data Ethics Committee to review and assess the ethics of the council’s new data initiatives. The Committee will make use of…
…policy. A range of different companies are mandated to develop interfaces for making different datasets of public interest available. This requirement applies to large technology companies, transportation services, energy utilities…
What an epic week our last week was. LOTI turned one! LOTI is One To mark our first year in office: we launched our brand new website (www.loti.london), which is…
…by identifying barriers and agreeing on solutions to improve technology commissioning, including: Producing practical guidance for commercial teams to harness Implementing new approaches within a live technology tender Identifying future…
…stakeholders. We were pleased to hear that Ofcom has initiated engagement activities with suppliers and government bodies as well as the NHS to look at the compatibility of existing and…
The season of goodwill, togetherness, and community is upon us. Turn on any channel, walk into any shop, speak to most people and you will hear the annual call to…
…as the London Safeguarding Children Partnership or the London Heads of Community Safety. A final version is then published for signature by all parties. Agreement of the DSA A DSA…
