To make society work better for children and young people we need to shift the underlying conditions that hold them back from thriving. We need preventative systemic approaches rather than reactive solutions to the symptoms of deeper underlying issues.
At Dartington Service Design Lab, we’re working for a future where people, communities and services work together to shape effective systems that give all children and young people a fair chance to grow up happy, safe, healthy and thriving. To do that, we use the power of evidence, experience and service design to tackle complex challenges for and with children and young people.
We think change is possible when all of these elements are considered together and that policies, services or interventions designed with consideration of rigorous evidence, the experience of children and families using those services and the wider systems and context are most likely to succeed.