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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
Newsletter: https://bit.ly/sign-up-to-our-newsletter-DSDL
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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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Work experience is vital in supporting young people to access future employment and opportunities.

We’re excited to share an animation for employers, produced with young people in our Kailo project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKbq_IWPrkc

February 5, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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We’ve published a set of Miro Boards to support your use of our Anti-Racism Action Framework, designed to help you reflect on how the activities you undertake in research and design work translate to your anti-racist responsibilities.

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February 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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🗞️ Our first newsletter of 2026 is here!

We're spotlighting a great animation on work experience recently developed with young people involved in Kailo, and we're sharing some new resources to support you in embedding anti-racist practice.

Read the newsletter here: mailchi.mp/dartington/d...
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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One of the roles in our Anti-Racism Action Framework is the Youth and Community Champion.

Find out if this is one of the roles you play by using our interactive tool here: https://form.jotform.com/253112168394355

See the full Framework: https://www.dartington.org.uk/anti-racism-action-framework
January 27, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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How can we better understand the challenges young people face in accessing mental health support? We've been exploring this in Participatory Group Model Building workshops:

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

Making sense of complexity: participatory group model building in action. Megan Keenan.
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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One of the roles in our Anti-Racism Action Framework is the Evidence Bringer.

Find out if this is one of the roles you play by using our interactive tool here: https://form.jotform.com/253112168394355

See the full Framework: https://www.dartington.org.uk/anti-racism-action-framework
January 8, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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2026 is going to be a busy year in the world of systems change with children and young people! Keep up to date with learning from our research, new approaches and tools, as well as invites to future events by joining our mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/3b208a5c9830/sign-up-for-newsletter-and-more
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January 2, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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🔄 Part one of our #AntiRacism Action Framework is about considering equity at every stage of a project or piece of work. It provides a series of actions and questions to consider at each stage.

Learn more about the Framework, free for anyone to use: vist.ly/4k79k

#Research #Design #Equity
To consider: Think about discrimination, racism and values alignment in whether or not you proceed with an opportunity. Does the focus, language or assumptions in the tender perpetuate or exacerbate stereotypes or discrimination? Reflect on if you are best placed to do this work, or should you step back or share it with others? How do your team's identities and lived experience impact this work? Establish open dialogue on identities and dynamics that may show up in the work and that may reinforce discrimination. What does meaningful participation and inclusion look like in this project? Is the methodology selected considering equity and discrimination? Consider your role and the role of potential partners - establish anti-racist values and practices with all stakeholders. Centre anti-racism in ethics processes. Document challenges and incidents of discrimination. Have ongoing reflective spaces. Consider bias and racism in outputs. Ensure the team's wellbeing is supported.
December 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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🗞️In case you missed it, our last newsletter for 2025 is out now!

We're reflecting on what we're thankful for and what we're proud of from the last twelve months, and we're looking ahead with excitement to what comes next.

Read more: https://mailchi.mp/dartington/dsdl-jan2025-newsletter-14195908
December 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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💡 At Dartington we sustain our anti-racist practice through embedding anti-racist and equitable practice in every element of our work.

This shows up in different ways across different parts of our organisation. See more here: vist.ly/4j5vg
Reflective practice and learning spaces, People, processes, practice and policies, Reporting processes and policies, Knowledge production and dissemination, Partnership formation, Organisational strategy and theory of change - these are all areas across our organisation that underpin the embedding of anti-racist practice within our project work.
December 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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🗞️ Our final newsletter for 2025 is out now!

We're reflecting on what we're thankful for and what we're proud of from the last twelve months, and we're looking ahead with excitement to what comes next.

Read the newsletter here: mailchi.mp/dartington/d...

#SystemsChange #AntiRacism #TraumaInformed
December 2025 newsletter
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Keep up to date with learning from our research, new approaches and invites to future events by joining our mailing list. We send a newsletter every 6 weeks about driving systems change with and for children and young people. Join us: https://mailchi.mp/3b208a5c9830/sign-up-for-newsletter-and-more
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December 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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What role do you play in embedding anti-racist practice in your work?

Use our interactive tool to help you consider the actions needed to embed anti-racist practice in your work: https://form.jotform.com/253112168394355

#AntiRacism #AntiRacistPractice #Research #Design #Equity
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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📸 Opportunity

We're looking to expand our image library to tell richer visual stories about #SystemsChange in a #CoProduction #Photography project with the young people and communities we work with.

Full brief and info here, with responses accepted until 31st December: lnkd.in/erxAdHZY
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Doing the work together: insights from our Anti-Racism Action Framework launch event

www.dartington.org.uk/latest-news/...

#AntiRacism #Research #Design #AntiRacistPractice
Doing the work together: Insights from our Anti-Racism Action Framework launch — Dartington Service Design Lab
5th December 2025 We recently came together with over 150 researchers, designers and practitioners to launch our Anti-Racism Action Framework: Centring Equity in Research and Design Practice . ...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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🚀 Sharing our new Anti-Racism Action Framework – a free tool for researchers and designers!

We are committed to embedding #AntiRacism across our practice. To support across our sector we've published our new Anti-Racism Action Framework, find it here: www.dartington.org.uk/anti-racism-...
Our Anti-Racism Action Framework — Dartington Service Design Lab
We have captured our anti-racist practices within our project work in our Anti-Racism Action Framework. Together these two elements support anyone working on a project to reflect, learn and take accou...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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💭 There is power in pulling together

Read our thoughts on this week's #AutumnBudget here: www.linkedin.com/posts/dartin...

#PlaceBasedBudgets #CYP #BestStartInLife #TwoChildLimit #ChildPoverty #SystemsChange
#autumnbudget #placebasedbudgets #beststartinlife #cyp | Dartington Service Design Lab
There is power when we pull together – reflections on the Autumn Budget A lot has already been said about what was in and what was missing from the budget this week. Behind the headlines there is a c...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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🚀 Sharing our new Anti-Racism Action Framework – a free tool for researchers and designers!

We are committed to embedding #AntiRacism across our practice. To support across our sector we've published our new Anti-Racism Action Framework, find it here: www.dartington.org.uk/anti-racism-...
Our Anti-Racism Action Framework — Dartington Service Design Lab
We have captured our anti-racist practices within our project work in our Anti-Racism Action Framework. Together these two elements support anyone working on a project to reflect, learn and take accou...
www.dartington.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Today is the start of #16DaysOfActivismAgainstGBV

A case study from our Trauma-Informed London Project looks at transforming how rape and serious sexual offences are investigated and prosecuted.

Learn more about embedding #TraumaInformedPractice to build #SurvivorCentred systems: lnkd.in/ekNx5DC6
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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💭 New Research – Building a Trauma-Informed London

Together with London’s Violence Reduction Unit and Friendhood, we’ve been working to build a shared, London-wide understanding of #TraumaInformedPractice - laying the foundations for meaningful, system-wide change.

🔗 ti.london.gov.uk
Trauma Informed London -
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November 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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🗞️ Our latest newsletter is here!

In this edition, we're reflecting on how building better and more equitable systems that allow all children and young people to thrive depends on shifting power.

It's a packed one! Read it here and please share with your networks: mailchi.mp/dartington/d...
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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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