In May 2017 council's from across the North of England came together to participate in three Local Government Association (LGA) funded Innovation Lab-style workshops in Newcastle, Leeds and Stockport, to focus on promoting healthy lifestyles.  Technologists worked alongside service providers and service users and created a number of prototype solutions, some of which can be found here. The winner was Leeds-based Imactivate Ltd. who pro...

A dataset providing the background, list of solutions and outcome for the schools admissions lab.  The lab was held on Monday 29th June 2015 and commissioned by Childrens Services, Leeds City Council.  Development question Can we enable parents to access information about schools admissions via an online platform to reduce FOI requests. This platform should use data visualisations to show admission trends to help parents make informe...

A dataset providing the background, list of solutions and outcome for the fleet services lab. The lab was held on Friday 23rd January 2015 and commissioned by Fleet Services, Leeds City Council.  Development question  The objective was to create a baseline to understand which areas of the council are currently spending money on fuel and how much. There are two factors that the council is looking to address: reduction in CO2 emissions...