Aiimi Giving – It’s On launch event

Yesterday was the official launch of the It’s On website.  The launch event was a celebration of a 12 month working partnership between Aiimi, Southwark Council and four Southwark schools – Walworth Academy, St Saviour’s & St Olave’s, St Michaels and Sacred Heart.

We are confident that It’s On will be the start of an amazing journey into the world of local government, cross sector partnership working, data and youth participation.  We’ve got huge plans for taking forward the excitement and energy that the project has harnessed but at this juncture we wanted to share our story and think about the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

The It’s On Portal – Providing Data Intelligence into youth activities around Southwark

As we come closer to the launch date for the It’s On portal, I thought I would share with you guys some of the progress we have made since my initial article on the project.

Many of the reports which were made in SSRS have been tested and refined so that they display all the required data to tell users information about the different youth activities available in Southwark. These reports have also been integrated into a website created by my colleague so they are easily accessible and intuitive to users. The easiest way to demonstrate the progress is a tour of the website itself; since the website isn’t fully complete yet i’ll just keep the tour to the main pages with content. I will be writing an article in future when the website is fully operational and will be giving a full tour 🙂

It’s On – A Week of Work Experience with Aiimi

A few weeks ago I published an article talking about the It’s On project. As previously mentioned Aiimi is collaborating with Southwark Council and four schools in the borough to create an online portal called It’s On. It’s On will provide intelligence and analysis regarding the local activities young people are involved in. Since that time, the website portal which we are developing has progressed greatly. We also had two students, Bobbi and Dana from the It’s On project, working with us last week as part of a student placement programme. Over the course of that week we asked them to help us in developing, testing, and fine-tuning our reports and website. On their last day I asked the two girls to write a short blog for me so that I could share with you guys some of the amazing work they did.

It’s On – Aiimi’s collaboration project with Southwark Schools to provide business intelligence around activities/clubs for young people

After meeting with Southwark Council and a number of local schools, it became clear that a number of young people in Southwark were not only unclear on what activities/clubs were available to them but the young people would be more likely to attend activities/clubs if they knew who else was attending. Therefore For almost a year now, Aiimi has been working in collaboration with 12 students from 4 schools from Southwark to create an online portal, called It’s On, which will provide intelligence and analysis regarding the local activities young people are involved in. The outcome of It’s On will act as a proof of concept and will feed into a further project that the Council will be starting later in the year to create a social media site for young people in Southwark. One of the key elements of the project is to bring increased awareness and an understanding of the IT and more specifically business intelligence to young people. One of the many functions of the portal is to present statistical reports (information) regarding the demographic breakdown of young people who attend specific activities and activity types. To generate these reports, Aiimi has decided to use the SSRS tool.