“Winning the Go London Social Innovation Competition with Go 10,000 has been an incredible experience, I truly feel we are on the verge of creating a project that has the potential to be a key player in the Health Legacy in London and I am extremely excited and passionate about making it a reality.
Initially there were a few ups and downs. This was short-lived and I have been working with NHS London to turn my idea into a reality. Over the past few months I have attended the 2,012 by 2012 launch at the Emirates stadium where there were speeches from Mike Farrar, NHS Champion for Physical Activity, Dr Steven Boorman, and Olympians Jonathan Edwards and Stephen Parry amongst others. This was a truly inspiring event that I would not have attended was it not for being winner of this competition.
Danielle (far right) at thinkpublic workshop developing Go 10,000
Then there have been the prizes – fantastic workshops by Deloitte, thinkpublic and M&C Saatchi (keep an eye on this blog for the new Go 10,000 logo design from them!) which each time have helped shape the project in different, yet hugely influential ways in order to make Go 10,000 successful. I have definitely learnt a great deal from the process and it is swiftly becoming an apprenticeship of sorts. Thank you to all of those I have worked with, already your expertise has been so valuable.
This week key members of the project team and interested parties met with Professor Wendy Brown of 10,000 Steps in Australia. She shared her experiences of setting up this successful program in Australia, and we were able to complete a question and answer session. That morning I looked around the room and was hugely proud that my idea has brought me to this place where the key figures in physical activity and the health legacy were sat with me and my idea brought us all together. Yet another inspiring day!
So the next stage now is the first project meeting in October, and completing the Precedent workshop. Then getting the pilot up and running with Go 10,000 launched in 2011 The Year of Walking in London! It is all still incredibly exciting so watch this space for the next developments . . .”
If you’d like to continue to follow Danielle’s journey keep checking back here for developments – we’ll be announcing the launch of the Go 10,000 blog very soon. Want to help shape the project? Comment below or get in touch through twitter @Go_London.
The Journey So Far: Guest post from Go London winner Danielle Ramsey
Initially there were a few ups and downs. This was short-lived and I have been working with NHS London to turn my idea into a reality. Over the past few months I have attended the 2,012 by 2012 launch at the Emirates stadium where there were speeches from Mike Farrar, NHS Champion for Physical Activity, Dr Steven Boorman, and Olympians Jonathan Edwards and Stephen Parry amongst others. This was a truly inspiring event that I would not have attended was it not for being winner of this competition.
Danielle (far right) at thinkpublic workshop developing Go 10,000
Then there have been the prizes – fantastic workshops by Deloitte, thinkpublic and M&C Saatchi (keep an eye on this blog for the new Go 10,000 logo design from them!) which each time have helped shape the project in different, yet hugely influential ways in order to make Go 10,000 successful. I have definitely learnt a great deal from the process and it is swiftly becoming an apprenticeship of sorts. Thank you to all of those I have worked with, already your expertise has been so valuable.
This week key members of the project team and interested parties met with Professor Wendy Brown of 10,000 Steps in Australia. She shared her experiences of setting up this successful program in Australia, and we were able to complete a question and answer session. That morning I looked around the room and was hugely proud that my idea has brought me to this place where the key figures in physical activity and the health legacy were sat with me and my idea brought us all together. Yet another inspiring day!
So the next stage now is the first project meeting in October, and completing the Precedent workshop. Then getting the pilot up and running with Go 10,000 launched in 2011 The Year of Walking in London! It is all still incredibly exciting so watch this space for the next developments . . .”