After almost a year of directly engaging with young people from various care settings, we identified the communication needs of individuals and the system-wide needs of practitioners and carers responsible for delivering care within the council. We found that it was important to support ‘meaningful communications’ between young people, practitioners, parents, and caregivers, which formed the basis of the design stages of our work.
Read MoreThe Dartington Service Design Lab was commissioned by Save the Children UK to co-design a Toolkit to support place-based efforts to improve children’s early learning outcomes. Our team included experts in child development, evidence-based practice, system-change, and design. Maria Portugal and India Roche reflect on their views as designers developing the Toolkit across different contexts and audiences.
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