The Rain Gods and the Rain Cloud Westminster are delighted to be supporting UK GovCamp 2020 as a Platinum Sponsor. GovCamp is an unconference-format annual event for people interested in how the public sector delivers on the potential for digital services. Attendees come from across the public sector and private sector suppliers. As part of…
We are delighted that Abbie Howard has joined the Rain Cloud Westminster as our new Community Support Manager. Abbie will manage the Rain Cloud Westminster space on a day-to-day basis, manage member requests and handle external enquiries. (She's also promised to sort out the dire state of coffee in the office, although the tea drinkers…
The Rain Cloud is proud to host the organising team of the Big Tent Ideas Festival and will be sponsoring the festival in 2019 after a successful appearance at the 2018 event. Several members of the Rain Cloud Westminster will also be making an appearance during the day (nothing to do with us, btw... they…
Like the invite says, we opened in 2016 and have now passed the important milestone of three years. Co-working spaces work in dog years, so that means we are really 21, so now we can have an adult party (with beer) but still keep some fun things, like cake and entertainers. Promise there will be…
We are delighted that the Westminster Business Council has shortlisted the Rain Gods in the diversity category of their annual business awards for 2019. The focus of our nomination was the Rain Cloud Westminster and the high proportion of female members and female-led organisations that we have in the space, which is significantly higher than other…
The Rain Gods, a London-based company, and The Cambridge Judge Launchpad at Cambridge University have responded positively to the announcement by the UK Government that it will form a dedicated GovTech Catalyst team and provide £20 million to help tech firms deliver innovative fixes to public sector challenges (London, 15 November) by announcing a new GovTech…
“Is government good enough? We don’t think so. Today we are calling on entrepreneurs to join the revolution for better government.” Timothy Barnes, founder of The Rain Gods Ltd, has issued a rallying cry to entrepreneurs who want to use their skills to build better government in the UK and around the world. Read More...
Rain Gods founder Timothy Barnes has blogged on the start up community that is growing in the Victoria area of Westminster. Not surprisingly, our own Rain Cloud Westminster space gets a bit of a mention (it used to be known as Rain Cloud Victoria, but don't let that confuse you).
What's This All About? The Rain Gods Ltd operates a co-working space and incubator for small companies and charities looking to bring innovation to government and the public-sector, called the Rain Cloud. Approximately 85-90 people, known as members, and sixteen-twenty organisations are based in the space, some of whom are listed here, although this list…
