Happy Christmas, Chanukah, Yule, Solstice, Kwanzaa, or other holiday from Social Innovation Camp

The year is coming to a close and we’re just about to pack up our turkeys off to meet their maker and celebrate with our families. We’ve had a brilliant year and just a little bit of news is coming below.

Room for Tea selected for Keeping Connected Business Challenge

You may remember our runner-up, Room for Tea (originally Homeshare), from Social Innovation Camp Edinburgh. They applied to the Keeping Connected Business Challenge, along with the design expertise our long-time friends FutureGov and they’ll now have 5 months of funding to turn their fledgling business into a reality.

We caught up with Milena recently, and she’s very excited & may need your support – let us know if you want to give her a hand, and follow Room for Tea on their website or Twitter.

Here’s a Hand to pilot with Edinburgh Council

Lend a Hand have decided that they’ll be called Here’s a Hand, and they’ve gotten some support from Edinburgh Council to run a pilot of their service in the New Year – the team is hard at work getting code ready and working with our friends at Snook and still getting support from IRISS and NESTA. As well as being featured recently on STV.

Keep in touch with them on twitter, facebook, or google+ (phew!). We’re looking forward to the results of the pilot!

…and that’s the end of a very good year

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