May 25th — June 5th, 2022: 6 days cycling, 900km covered 🚴‍♂️ —

The 2021 boat party, to launch SIDE, was a huge success. So we did it again this year —

We’re moving away from volunteer-led design clubs and towards a curated directory of design thinking tools for kids — A reminder of our vision Nurture empathy, collaboration & problem-solving skills in children, to help make the future world a better place. An updated strategy

An 8-week project covering research, prototyping and testing of RISE: an online recovery space inspired by the Recovery College model — 🖼 Project overview Vision: Boost the mental health of people recovering from trauma by providing live and self-directed digital courses that help you to develop strategies and skills for improving your mood and achieving the goals important to you. Goal: To clearly define the proposition for the new offer. By the end of…

Who fancies trying Coil? We have some free codes to give away — just email hello@designclub.org.uk :) — Why Design Club exists We exist to nurture empathy, collaboration and problem-solving skills in children. This happens through our community of volunteer mentors, running free design activities in schools and weekend clubs. We want our resources to remain free forever, so that Design Club is accessible to all. …

After 18 months of hard work, we finally got to celebrate! — 👩‍✈️ Onboarding The appointed captains receive their briefings at GoBoat Paddington.

Documenting how SIDE designed, built and delivered Going Green Together, our latest no-code creation. — 📑 The brief Encourage and support non-profits in the North East to take climate action. Notes The goal was to build on the VCAA prototype VONNE had created Catalyst issued the VONNE Climate Action Alliance brief in May The total budget for the work was £30k including VAT

Two more charities offer reflections on work so far and hopes for the rest of the programme, delivered by SIDE Labs. — Last week, my colleague Jaymie posted week 6 reflections from MEWSo and Back Up Trust. This week we look at IMM and ACRE.

Our plan to make Design Club fit for the future and more impactful — and how you can help! — Background Design Club is a social enterprise. We believe the future needs people-centred designers to make the world a better place. Our mission is to equip the next generation with design thinking as a life skill. We ran a Founding Supporters campaign in 2018, then looked for Growth Supporters in 2019…