Hood App is a social network and a local noticeboard for neighbourhoods. It helps local people connect to build strong local relationships.
What is Hood?
Hood App is a social networking app, that acts as a local noticeboard for local communities. It helps people connect with their neighbours to share and discover useful local information that matters.
Neighbours who use Hood can:
Quickly get the word out about a break-inOrganize a Neighbourhood Watch GroupTrack down a trustworthy babysitterFind out who does the best paint job in townAsk for help keeping an eye out for a lost dogFind a new home for an outgrown bikeFinally call that nice man down the street by his first name
Hood's mission is to use the power of technology to build stronger and safer neighbourhoods.
The Facts
Research by Nesta and the Independent highlighted, people are becoming increasingly isolated from their local communities.
As an example in London 82% do not know their neighbours. There is a lack of social inclusiveness, togetherness and integration in UK communities.
We are on a mission to solve this problem by using technology to help people build stronger neighbourhoods.Its about time UK communities become more friendlier. Hood aims to serve as a mobile platform for people to interact in a safe and engaging way.
Features
The app will have useful features and hopes to become the go-to-app for local information sharing and discovery.
Below are a few things users can do with Hood
1. Post community crime and safety alerts to keep their neighbourhood safe.
2. Buy and sell goods and services locally
3. Find local businesses and get recommendations from neighbours
4. Report problems to the local councils to get them fixed quicker
5. Find other users in their neighbourhoods with shared interests to get to know them and build lasting relationships
6. Instant chat in neighbourhood groups to keep each other informed
7. Private and secure with anonymous posting
8. Users have full control of their privacy
9. user can find the best local tradesmen
Our mission
We want to create this app because we believe that the neighbourhood is one of the most important and useful communities in a person's life. We hope that neighbours everywhere will use the Hood's platform to build stronger and safer neighbourhoods around the world.
Core values
Invest in community
Put our users first
Be a good neighbour
Communicate openly
Act like an owner
Our manifesto
We are for neighbours
For multi-family garage sales. For trick-or-treating
We're for slowing down, children at play.
We're for sharing a common hedge and an awesome babysitter.
We're for neighbourhood watch. Emergency response. And for just keeping an eye
out for a lost cat.
We believe waving hello to the new neighbor says, “Welcome” better than any doormat.
We believe technology is a powerful tool for making neighborhoods stronger, safer places
to call home.
We're all about online chats that lead to more clothesline chats.
We believe fences are sometimes necessary, but online privacy is always necessary.
We believe strong neighborhoods not only improve our property value, they improve
each one of our lives.
We believe that amazing things can happen by just talking with the people next door.
We are Hood want to bring UK neighbourhoods closer together.
This project closed unsuccessfully on 4th December 2014