http://thesociallab.com The Social Lab is a space where people can develop concepts to address social change Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:36:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Challenge: How can we communicate agelessness? We need to become age blind to see people as who they are rather than their age to develop a common respect. We cant be talking about 'back in my day...', instead we must think about today being our day, that we of 2 ages ... http://thesociallab.com/2008/09/labaging-challengeagelessness/ The Good Gym aims to connect good causes and people who want to get fit.  It will help community and public sector organisations, charities and individuals by supplementing and supporting their services in small ways. It will help people who want to get fit by giving them meaningful places to run ... http://thesociallab.com/2008/07/the-good-gym/ Increasing parental involvement in education Socio-economic background is the leading determinant in the success of a child’s education. This project aims to address this by increasing parental participation in, and interaction with, their childrens’ education. The project asserts that by branding education in a way that aligns with the parent’s ideas of ... http://thesociallab.com/2008/06/the-new-education/ The first Diplomas are being taught from September 2008, building up to 14 in different employment-related areas by 2013.  They join a plethora of other lines of learning and qualifications available for young people: GCSEs, A-levels, apprenticeships and other vocational learning. How can young people understand this complex variety of qualifications ... http://thesociallab.com/2008/06/a-place-to-find-out-about-different-lines-of-learning/