We’ve asked all six of the Bethnal Green Ventures teams to blog about their ideas here over the coming weeks.

Our third project, FLiP, is an online tool to engage young people via their social network and direct them to opportunities.

An early concept screen-shot of the FLiP homepage and the FLiP logo

FLiP uses social media to get young peoples’ friends to tell them what they are good at. This is done by rating them on their transferable skills.

FLiP aims to get young people actively engaged in searching for employment and/or training opportunities that are suitable for them to enable the discovery of their interests in the world of work.

FLiP began life when vision and communications designer Itamar Ferrer and Common Ground’s Bruno Taylor and Vincenzo Di Maria, partnered up with White October to develop the concept at the Jailbrake weekend back in March 2010.

The FLiP team continues its development with the funding support of NESTA and UnLtd, including delivery partners Camden Council and Surrey County Council.