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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jemima Kiss

Making the world a better place, at bright ideas nightschool

Guardian Technology was at the first Social Innovation Camp back in April 2008, and the hacking-for-good project is still going strong. So strong, in fact, that it is now much bigger - it has turned into Bethnal Green Ventures.

Still with the same ethos as Social Innovation Camp, BGV matchmakes between developers and undevelopers who all want to use the web or mobile to build practical, useful tools for education, health or some form of social good.

BGV is launching with a ten-week, one evening-a-week 'ideas nightschool' where developers, designers, strategists and anyone with a good idea can bring problems and projects together. It's an early stage accelerator for social innovation, according to Social Innovation Camp director Anna Maybank.

If you liked the sound of Ushahidi, Kiva, patientopinion - or are a fan of any of the projects MySociety produce - this is for you. Apply right now, because the deadline is 1 September and there's only room for four or five projects.


Photo by Inha Leex Hale on Flickr. Some rights reserved.

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