Exciting news from Omega

ALL INN is pleased to share some fantastic news from a company we’re proud to have worked with to deliver two consultation and co-design sessions.

Omega Security Systems is an electronic security systems provider delivering nationwide coverage for over 25 years.Over the past two years they have been engaged in a KTP project with Leeds Beckett University. KTP stands for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, which support UK businesses wanting to improve their competitiveness, productivity and performance by working with UK Universities. This government-backed scheme has been running for 40 years and aims to encourage wealth creation within UK industry.

Active and Healthy Ageing – EU project

ALL INN attended the second plenary meeting for the Activage project in Darmstadt, Germany, last week. The meeting was a chance to bring together partners from the nine deployment sites to continue work on the implementation phase of the project.

Follow this link for a guest blog from Jorge Posadas, the Project Manager in Madrid, for a wider context on what the project is trying to  achieve. Watch this space for further information on exactly what the project will bring to Leeds later in the summer.

 

Exciting projects and busy weeks…

The impressive auditorium at AQL’s data centre in Leeds

Interesting venue for a talk on health, Leeds Beckett’s Clinical Skills Suite

A chance to share information about the upcoming project

It’s been a busy few months for the ALL INN project, here’s the highlights!

Our latest session was in February with a security company looking to apply their technological expertise to branch out into health and care products. They engaged ALL INN for a needs analysis session with people who fit the profile of the customers they hope to attract. This will be the first of a series of sessions as they bring the product (or design) back at various stages to get more valuable input from real people. Watch this space for further information.

As well as sessions some longer term projects are underway looking at assistive technology, but always with a focus on the person using the technology and how it will best suit them. An exciting project is Activage, an EU Horizon 2020 project looking at wearables and home sensors for over-65s across Leeds, with IoT-enabled devices interconnecting people and place in an exciting new way. The technology provider for this project is Samsung and we are currently in the design phase. This is an ambitious and important project, stay tuned for updates!

A busy week for the ALL INN project!

A demonstration of the high tech facilities at the Clinical Skills Suite

This week has been all go for the ALL INN project. The Naidex conference in Birmingham on Tuesday was an opportunity to meet organisations with innovative independent living and assistive technology products and services. This should lead to some exciting opportunities and projects, watch this space for more information! 

Product Design students visit ALL

Leeds Beckett University Product Design students in the ALL warehouse

Students from the Product Design course at Leeds Beckett University recently visited Assisted Living Leeds. The visit was to set the context for their next project on designing products for assisted living, by giving a flavour of existing independent living products and services, and to help generate more ideas.

Guest blog post

Our latest post comes from Phil Gleeson, Chair of FhITE and Vice-chair of Leeds Involving People’s Board who talks to us about what the groups do and plans for the future.

When equipment says no!

 No one likes it when their equipment lets them down; whether it’s an office worker with a frozen laptop or a gardener with a leaky hose. But when you rely on it for day to day tasks and especially for being independent it’s absolutely essential it doesn’t fail. That’s where the Forum for Health Innovation Technology and Equipment – or FhITE – comes in.

With support from local charity Leeds Involving People, the forum exists to give members a voice on technology, aids and equipment – from raising issues to suggesting solutions.

Partnerships

Wendy, LIP member, at an ALL INN session

 

The ALL INN project works with some great partner organisations from across Leeds, and would like to take this opportunity to shout about them!

ALL INN organises sessions for Assistive Technology providers to consult with people who use services or have particular medical conditions or needs. People can contact us directly to sign up but in order to reach as many people as possible and tailor who we approach we work with some key partner organisations.

IIC Conference in Manchester

Albert Square, Manchester 1st Feb 2016

Last week the ALL INN project visited the IIC show at Manchester Central. The IIC show is a consumer and trade event actively promoting independence, inclusion and choice for people of mixed ability. This proved an excellent opportunity to find out about some of the innovative products coming to market.

It was great to see so many organisations there, including Fast-Tec, Rompa , Kuradocs, Myhomehelper and Embryonyx.