LocalGov Drupal is an innovative open-source publishing platform designed by and for local councils across the UK. It aims to revolutionize the digital experience for citizens while optimizing service outcomes and reducing costs. By adhering to the principles of the Local Digital Declaration, LocalGov Drupal fosters collaboration among councils, pooling resources, expertise, and code to deliver high-quality digital solutions that benefit all stakeholders.
Country: United Kingdom
Using a place-based approach and working with profiled local communities in Coventry, we prototype and test a new experimental methodology with elements of design thinking to better understand barriers to engagement with retrofit measures designed to reduce household carbon emissions and alleviate fuel poverty. We partner with Coventry City Council, a local school and artists to deliver a pilot scheme in the Radford area of Coventry and aim in future to expand the project to additional areas…
BI Project
Combining Incentives with Narratives: Online-Field Experiment with Tesco to Reduce Plastic Bag Use
The pervasive use of single-use plastic bags presents a growing environmental challenge globally. Despite legislative efforts, such as the mandatory 5p bag-charge introduced in England in October 2015, the problem persists. The issue took on renewed urgency in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has seen a regression in consumer habits towards increased use of single-use plastics, driven by health and safety concerns (Adyel, 2020).
While traditional economic theory suggests that incentives…
AllergyPAL is a dynamic, first of its kind, free training tool which has been designed for SME’s; particularly those operating in hospitality and retail. The concept of creating a novel delivery method assisting business customers improve their understanding of Precautionary Allergen Labelling (PAL) was developed after identifying a key gap in sector standards. AllergyPAL provides users with immersive training through a combination of Point of View (POV) technology and gamification.
Cyd (pronounced “Keyed”) is the community-led platform for procurement and commercial practitioners across the public sector in Wales.
It’s helping the Welsh public sector to learn from and support each other to implement policy through their day-to-day activities, in line with the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
The characteristics of Cyd are: user-centred, design-led, iterative and incremental, collaborative, multidisciplinary, and working in the open - inherently…