London councils win funding for Covid innovation

The London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI) has announced the two successful bids that will share its £150,000 (US$208,000) Covid Innovation Fund.

Launched in December, the fund was set up to help London boroughs work together to design and deploy measures that address Covid-related challenges.

Half the funds will go towards a project on using data to better understand digital exclusion and the other half towards a scheme to provide preventative support for vulnerable people affected by the pandemic.

Eddie Copeland, Director of LOTI, said: “The two winning bids are immensely exciting project ideas with the potential to help large numbers of Londoners.

“The Covid-19 cris...