Author Archives: Alison Kidd
Update on ‘Idea Fund’ Project : Sound Gadgets
Delighted to receive an update from ‘I’ve got an Idea Fund’ award winner Lee Holder’s ‘Sound Gadgets’ project. Lee is experimenting with a combination of 3D printing and motion, touch, light and distance sensors to prototype customised interfaces for young … Continue reading
COP-26 Art Installation – The Planet’s Case of Abuse
With my alternative Larks&Ravens hat on, I’ve been working with my 2 artist colleagues to create an installation in the old Victorian Courtroom in Brecon to trigger conversation around climate change. What would happen if the Planet brought a case … Continue reading
Sizzling & Shaking : 2 new ‘I’ve got an idea’ Fund Awards
In selecting these latest award winners from the many fascinating applications we receive, we’ve again chosen to fund ideas which are DIY based where individuals or groups are building and testing their technical ideas themselves rather than outsourcing the development … Continue reading
Enabling young people with disabilities to make their own music
On Friday, I visited Lee Holder at The Music Works charity in Gloucester. Lee won one of our ‘I’ve got an idea fund‘ awards at the end of last year. His idea is to use 3D printing and one-on-one experimentation … Continue reading
Is football sustainable well-being consumption in action?
OK, so I confess I am not particularly interested in football and I’m far more Celtic these days than English. But football (or any mass spectator sport) as a joyful, sociable, meaningful ‘consumable’ has got to make us stop and … Continue reading
“Earning” a Living?
In 2017, the erstwhile Conservative MP Nick Boles wrote that the main objection to introducing Universal Basic Income (UBI) is not practical but moral. The risk, as he saw it, was “we will all dispense with the idea of earning … Continue reading
‘I’ve got an idea Fund’ – 3 new awards made
Our ‘I’ve got an idea’ micro fund received over 60 applications in February with a wonderfully eclectic range of ideas. The discovery of so many individuals and small organisations out there with great ideas inspired by their engagement with environmental … Continue reading
Is our Government displaying Healthy Masculinity ?
“Healthy masculinity means NOT using your size, strength, or power to get what you want from others.” In parliament yesterday, PM Boris Johnson said public reaction to Sarah Everard’s death is “wholly justified” and said “we need cultural change” Does … Continue reading
‘I’ve got an Idea’ Fund Award to ‘Sound Gadgets’ project
I’m delighted to announce the 2nd award we have made from our recently established ‘I’ve got an idea’ Micro Fund set up in memory of Peter. The award is to Lee Holder, the Disability Lead, at The Music Works Charity … Continue reading
The Prospectory 