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Dartington Service Design Lab
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Using the power of evidence, experience, and design to drive systemic change with and for children and young people.

Website: https://dartington.org.uk
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Dartington Service Design Lab @dartingtonsdl.bsky.social · Apr 23
📣 It’s here - our new vision for building #ThrivingFutures with and for #ChildrenAndYoungPeople! We’ve got big plans for the next 5 years that we believe will help create real and lasting change for children and young people all over the country.

Learn more: bit.ly/Thriving-Fut...

#SystemicChange
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🧠 Young people’s mental health is in crisis — and youth workers are stepping up.

Today, UK Youth & @dartingtonsdl.bsky.social launch the Youth Work Role Cards, a new resource that explores the many ways youth workers support wellbeing.

#YouthWork #MentalHealth #ThrivingMinds #UKYouth
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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In partnership with Ipsos we recently completed an evaluation of the #UniformedYouth Fund for the Department for Culture, Media & Sport.

See some key findings in this video and read more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uniformed-youth-fund-evaluation-reports-2022-to-2025

November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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We think a recipe for a Best Start in Life strategy that is meaningful, responsive to the diverse needs of local communities and sustainable has four key ingredients.

Learn more: https://www.dartington.org.uk/latest-news/four-key-ingredients-for-a-best-start-in-life-strategy-that-worksnbsp
Four Key Ingredients for a Best Start in Life Strategy That Works  — Dartington Service Design Lab
12th September 2025We think that a recipe for a Best Start in Life strategy that is meaningful, responsive to the diverse needs of local communities and sustainable has four key ingredients. In this article our Chief Executive, Tim Hobbs, reflects on those four components.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Meaningful #Participation is about power - who holds it, who doesn’t, and what it takes to share it, take it, or let it go.

Read more: https://www.dartington.org.uk/latest-news/power-participation-and-systems-change-what-does-it-mean-to-create-meaningful-spaces-for-participation
Power, Participation and Systems Change: What Does it Mean to Create Meaningful Spaces for Participation? — Dartington Service Design Lab
24th October 2025Senior Researcher, Ediane Santana de Lima, shares her insights on what it takes to create meaningful spaces for participation that shift power.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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🗓️ Event invite!

Join us on Wednesday 26th November at 11am to explore how we can create the conditions for anti-racist practice across the research and design landscape.

Book here: vist.ly/4cdwt

#AntiRacism #Research #Design #Evaluation #Equity #EquitablePractice #AntiRacistPractice #CYP
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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💬 The theme of Black History Month this year is Standing Firm in Power and Pride and at Dartington we’re taking this moment to reflect on how our work in systemic change can transform relationships of power.

Read more: www.dartington.org.uk/latest-news/...

#BHM2025 #AntiRacism #TraumaInformed
Confronting Structural Violence: Embedding Anti-Racist and Trauma-Informed Practice in Systemic Change — Dartington Service Design Lab
29th October 2025 Communications Lead, Megan Gordon, reflects on how our work in systemic change can transform relationships of power.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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🗓️ Upcoming Event: Centring Anti-Racism in Research and Design Practice

Join us on Wednesday 26th November at 11am to explore how we can create the conditions for #AntiRacistPractice across the #Research and #Design landscape.

Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centring-a...
Centring Anti-Racism in Research and Design Practice
Join Dartington Service Design Lab to explore approaches and tools for centring anti-racism in research and design practice.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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"I focus on creating spaces where communities can influence, shape and make the decisions that affect them. This can be challenging and messy, at times uncomfortable for some, but it is essential work."

From our Senior Researcher, Ediane Santana de Lima: www.dartington.org.uk/latest-news/...
Participation, power and systems change: What does it mean to create meaningful spaces for participation? Ediane Santana de Lima, 24th October 2025.
October 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🗓️ Event invite!

Join us on Wednesday 26th November at 11am to explore how we can create the conditions for anti-racist practice across the #Research and #Design landscape.

Book your free space here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centring-a...

#AntiRacism #Equity #CoDesign #Evaluation #CYP
Centring Anti-Racism in Research and Design Practice
Join Dartington Service Design Lab to explore approaches and tools for centring anti-racism in research and design practice.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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🔎 How can we reshape systems to work better for children and young people?

Subscribe to our newsletter to find out. We share useful tools and approaches for #CoDesign and the latest reflections from our #SystemicChange work.

https://mailchi.mp/3b208a5c9830/sign-up-for-newsletter-and-more
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October 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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🗓️ Event invite!

Join us on Wednesday 26th November at 11am to explore how we can create the conditions for anti-racist practice across the #Research and #Design landscape.

Book your free space here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centring-a...

#AntiRacism #Equity #CoDesign #Evaluation #CYP
Centring Anti-Racism in Research and Design Practice
Join Dartington Service Design Lab to explore approaches and tools for centring anti-racism in research and design practice.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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📻 Recommended listening: BBC Radio 4's Three Ages of Child: lnkd.in/e3bYwbN3

The episode looks at the drivers of health inequalities facing children and young people and spotlights our work on Kailo.

Find out more about Kailo here: www.kailo.community

#YouthMentalHealth #CoDesign #DoWith #CYP
October 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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🗞️ In case you missed it, our latest newsletter is here: https://mailchi.mp/dartington/dsdl-jan2025-newsletter-14194188

Featuring new research on #ViolencePrevention, tackling inequity in the #EarlyYears, our #BestStartInLife recipe for success and making sense of complexity with young people.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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📻 Recommended listening: BBC Radio 4's Three Ages of Child: lnkd.in/e3bYwbN3

The episode looks at the drivers of health inequalities facing children and young people and spotlights our work on Kailo.

Find out more about Kailo here: www.kailo.community

#YouthMentalHealth #CoDesign #DoWith #CYP
October 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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With colleagues at RAND, we recently led a study on how systems of support affect a child's sense of self and how this influences their vulnerability to engaging with violence. Read for insights on building more equitable, child-centred approaches to #ViolencePrevention: https://bit.ly/DfEStudy
The role of services in children's identity formation, and how this influences children's involvement in violence in England
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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How can we understand the challenges young people face in accessing mental health support and design solutions that reflect their experiences?

https://www.dartington.org.uk/latest-news/making-sense-of-complexity-participatory-group-model-building-in-actionnbsp

#YouthMentalHealth #SystemsThinking
Making sense of complexity: participatory group model building in action. Megan Keenan.
October 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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🗞️ Our latest newsletter is out now, including:

🟣New research on #ViolencePrevention
🟠 #BestStartInLife recipe for success
🟣Tackling inequity in the #EarlyYears
🟠Making sense of complexity with young people

Read it here: mailchi.mp/dartington/d...

#SystemsChange #SystemsThinking #CYPNews #CYP
October 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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It was so great to have @lizpemtbnm.bsky.social join us at our recent team away days. Thanks Liz for the insight, challenge and space for reflection you brought us - particularly the call to radically reimagine what the early years can look like.
lizpemtbnm.bsky.social Liz Pemberton @lizpemtbnm.bsky.social · Sep 16
A few slides from my session for @dartingtonsdl.bsky.social yesterday ✨
September 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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For a #BestStartInLife strategy to be meaningful and sustainable, it needs four key ingredients. Read more in our latest blog: https://www.dartington.org.uk/latest-news/four-key-ingredients-for-a-best-start-in-life-strategy-that-worksnbsp

#BestStart #FamilyHubs #EarlyYears #Children #Families
Four Key Ingredients for a Best Start in Life Strategy That Works  — Dartington Service Design Lab
We think that a recipe for a Best Start in Life strategy that is meaningful, responsive to the diverse needs of local communities and sustainable has four key ingredients. In this article our Chief Executive, Tim Hobbs, reflects on those four components.
www.dartington.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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🗓️ One week until our #LunchAndLearn with Connect Futures. This timely webinar will explore the challenges & opportunities of #ViolencePrevention.

Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/young-people-and-violence-prevention-one-year-on-from-the-riots-tickets-1650811083389?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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The speaker line-up for this great lunch and learn has now been announced.

Find out more and sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/young-peop...

#ViolencePrevention #YouthWork #ProtectionFromHarm #YoungPeople #AntiRacism #UKRiots #CommunityResilience #TraumaInformedPractice
September 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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🗓️ Free #Lunch&Learn: Young people & violence prevention: one year on from the riots

Wed 1 Oct | 12:30pm | Online (Zoom)

Join us & ConnectFutures to explore trauma-informed approaches and frontline insights on #ViolencePrevention: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/young-peop...

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September 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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📣 Our latest newsletter is out now.

Read it here: mailchi.mp/dartington/a...

Please share with your networks and those interested in building lasting, sustainable change with and for children and young people.

#SystemsChange #YoungPeople #BestStartInLife #EarlyYears #VoiceLedChange
August 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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📣 Our latest newsletter is out now.

Read it here: mailchi.mp/dartington/a...

Please share with your networks and those interested in building lasting, sustainable change with and for children and young people.

#SystemsChange #YoungPeople #BestStartInLife #EarlyYears #VoiceLedChange
August 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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With @collaboratecic and Ideas Alliance, we're going to be running information sessions to help local partnerships create and deliver impactful #BestStartInLife strategies and #FamilyHubs.

Fill out our form to make sure you're on the invite list: https://bit.ly/BSILForm
August 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM