The Social Library: Meet People In Your Local Area To Swap Books With

Social-library

 

London based service design consultancy Sidekick Studios launched their first ever social enterprise: The social Library.

In their words, TSL is an excuse to kick start conversations in communities by enabling people to share books with other people on their street. By doing so, TSL looks for new ways to rise awareness of their sense of community and create new bonds to prevent social isolation while helping public libraries save money.

A great initiative to keep an eye on.

Shape 50+: Co-designing public services in Buckinghamshire

 
London based service design consultancy Engine was asked to facilitate the development of a best practice methodology for the engagement of local authorities, elected council members and service providers and users. The methodology, which came to be known as SHAPE: Services Having All People Engaged, was modelled through a live programme of work that concentrated on residents of the county in the 50+ age range.

 The outcomes for Shape 50+ were twoefold:

-HealthConnect is a service development proposal designed to improve access to health and social care services in Buckinghamshire. It is a response to the way in which people with limited accessibility, especially in rural areas, find journeys to and from the doctors particularly stressful, time-consuming and expensive.

-The second is the Shape methodology for people-centred service innovation, which can be downloaded here.