Design & consultancy
Strategic front-end work to understand problems and design solutions.
Place-Improvement Design Workshops
Turn local challenges into practical, place-based solutions.
Our structured design-led workshops bring together residents, organisations, businesses and public sector partners to explore local challenges and co-design solutions that improve everyday life.
Key benefits:
- Build a shared understanding of local challenges
- Define a clear sense of place and shared priorities
- Develop evidence-based design briefs for action
- Strengthen collaboration between organisations
- Generate practical ideas that can be tested and implemented
Ideal for local authorities, community networks, charities and commissioners looking to turn conversations into meaningful change.
Co-Designing Community Tech for Better Health & Wellbeing
Bring partners together. Design better systems. Deliver prevention that works.
Health and care systems face growing demand and shrinking resources. Earlier support in communities is essential to prevent people reaching crisis point. Our workshops help partnerships design practical, joined-up solutions that strengthen prevention and improve community wellbeing.
Key benefits:
- Map and improve referral pathways between health, community and voluntary services
- Strengthen collaboration across local authorities, ICBs and charities
- Identify gaps and duplication in local support systems
- Co-design digital tools and community platforms that make services easier to access
- Develop better ways to track and demonstrate social impact
Designed for place-based partnerships, Integrated Care Boards, local authorities and voluntary sector networks.
Design Thinking Retreat Workshops (Cornwall)
Step away from day-to-day pressures and rethink how you tackle complex challenges.
Our two-day Design Thinking workshops in Cornwall combine practical innovation tools with a reflective coastal setting. Led by experienced service designers Kathryn and Robert Woolf.
Key benefits:
- Reframe complex challenges
- Generate fresh, practical ideas
- Prototype and test solutions quickly
- Build a culture of collaboration and creativity
Ideal for leadership teams, commissioners and innovation-focused organisations.
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