One of the things that most inspires us at Social Innovation Camp is meeting people who’ve had personal experience of something they’d like to change.

So we’re pretty excited about two Social Innovation Camp Express evenings we’ve got coming up with the Dignity in Care Champions’ Network.

They’re a community of people who care about care: from those who work on the front line in hospitals and residential homes, to those who support friends and family members.

We want to know how the web can help make carers’ work easier, connect those being cared for and support their families.

Services like Patient Opinion, Shift MS and Enabled by Design are already leading the way. But with the number of adults needing care and support rising by over 1.7 million in the next twenty years, the future of care is going to become increasingly important.

So we’re running a Social Innovation Camp Express to try and come up with some new ideas.

It usually takes us about four months to run Social Innovation Camp – right through from call for ideas to the weekend itself.

But our express version attempts the whole lot in about two hours.

So we’ll be at the Young Foundation in London from 6.30-8.30pm on Wednesday 28th October and up in Manchester at the Kings House Conference Centre from 6.30-8.30pm on Wednesday 4th November to run Social Innovation Camp in quick-time.

We’ve got a few places left so if you’ve got an idea about how to make care better – whether you’re a carer, a geek, a designer or anyone else – and you’d like to join us in either London or Manchester, get in touch.

You can find further details here: http://express.sicamp.org/