I have a piece on the City Mayors website about how Lewisham has been using Mediaklik, and a wider application of mobile technology on local government:

Next year will see the tenth anniversary of the increasingly ubiquitous camera phone. In South East London it, along with the introduction of the borough council ‘Love Lewisham’ website (www.lovelewisham.org), has transformed the way many residents report environmental problems and engage with the council.

Encams Cleaner Safer Greener Network highlights our partners in Lewisham:

Lewisham Council is using the latest technology to make the borough a cleaner and greener place in which to live and work.

The Love Lewisham campaign encourages employees, councillors and members of the public to report instances of graffiti and fly-tipping using their camera phones.

They can take pictures of environmental crimes and text the photo along with details of where it was spotted to a dedicated council unit receiving the tip-offs.

CPSO from Downham talks about using Mediaklik

(via Love Lewisham)

White Paper

The Local Government White Paper, Strong and prosperous communities, is out today.  The BBC have been covering it have have used LoveLewisham as way of explaining what the paper is trying to do.

You can see the video here, read what the BBC say here and see the LoveLewisham blog here.

 The White Paper itself has this to say about Lewisham’s use of the Mediaklik technology:

local authorities are using information technology to improve responsiveness to local people’s needs. For example, the ‘LoveLewisham’ scheme allows residents to text or email pictures of problems like graffiti or fly-tipping to the council. The pictures appear on a website so the public can track what action is being taken.