About

Our MK was an initiative that ran between June 2015 and July 2017. During that time, we gathered citizens’ ideas for how to change their community. For some people, that was where their involvement ended. For others, they chose to complete stage two of the initiative, which helped turn their idea into a project. This involved entering the funding competition, completing an application form outlining the project concept, a budget (up to £5,000), and any technical, commercial, or community support that was needed to make their project a success.

Our MK was all about helping local people solve problems in their communities using technology or data. We supported projects with both funding and mentoring through our Spacehive movement.

Over the course of two years, we worked with communities to gather their ideas on how to improve their local areas. We collected over 100 ideas and supported 13 of these projects to become a reality.

Our MK is no longer running, and so, due to GDPR, we have removed all personal information, comments, and votes from the platform. We have retained details of the process, the ideas we gathered, the projects we funded, and the crowdfunding scheme we ran so that others could learn about the success we had in supporting smart-city community innovation.