London Ventures Hackathon: Housing, Homelessness & Temp Accommodation

Register your interest to participate in the first London Ventures Solution Hackathon - aiming to generate new solutions for the growing issues of temporary accommodation, housing and homelessness in London.

We will be facilitating a hackathon with a range of front line officers, across government and the third sector, innovators and businesses. If you think you have something to add to the discussion, register your interest now and let us know why!

Outline of the event:

• We will provide an overview of the issues, challenges, facts and figures in this space prior to and on the day of the event to give you an understanding of the scale of the problem and what needs to be tackled (detailed knowledge of the sector is not essential)
• We will run a series of facilitated discussions around specific problem statements; working collaboratively in groups to share ideas, knowledge and existing best practise
• In groups you will develop a case for turning your best concept into a reality; this will then be pitched to a panel of judges and be considered for funding and / or partnerships

The aim of this event is to find big ideas that could become a reality - the best solutions will be given the option to continue working with the London Ventures programme. Using your ideas we will seek support from developers who can make your idea come to fruition.

To get the best results from the day, attendees should be:

• Passionate about and invested in finding issues to some of our most critical social challenges
• Open minded about the future opportunities and potential solutions that could help solve the issues in this area
• Comfortable working in a cross sector group to share ideas and solutions

This will be a forum to identify solutions that we can take to market - bring big ideas and a passion to make a difference in this sector! 

The Programme

London Ventures is an innovation partnership focussed on driving sustainable change and transformation in order to tackle London’s biggest issues. We understand there is not one single solution. Our aim is to highlight the great work that is already happening, as well as source, scale and develop solutions through engaging with an extensive network; using input from multiple industries to solve problems and ultimately improve outcomes for Londoners.

We know that local authorities are under increasing pressure to reduce costs as a result of significant funding cuts in the context of increasing demand for services. We want to identify and develop innovative solutions to address London's biggest problems. London Ventures provides a reduced risk environment to test new approaches quickly with support and resource. We will collaborate across sectors to develop ideas and create solutions: we therefore need to harness local and technical expertise within each local authority as well as a range of organisations to help challenge the thinking and contribute to the ideas.