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Transform Ageing Final Report Executive Summary
24 February 2020
The Transform Ageing programme is a pioneering community and design-led programme delivered through a partnership led by the Design Council that aims to improve people’s experience of ageing. Here we share the Final Report...
A Framework for Designing the Future: Ellie Runcie, Chief Design Officer, BBC
29 January 2020
2019 was a landmark year for design: 100 years since the Bauhaus set the foundations for modern design and 75 years since Churchill’s government established the Design Council to support post-war economic recovery. Reflecting at...
Transform Ageing Case study: Find Your Voice
17 December 2019
Find Your Voice was commissioned to provide sessions to a cross-section of communities in London, from adults in later life to parents, guardians and children. Download the full report today to find out more!
Transform Ageing Case Study: Coffin Club the funeral revolution
17 December 2019
How Coffin Club in North Devon is making a space for honest conversation on death Download the full report to find out more!
Transform Ageing Case Study: When Landlines Become Lifelines
17 December 2019
Digital innovation in elderly care can be a tricky prospect. The need to prioritise the safety and comfort of recipients of care can make it difficult to introduce new systems, while elderly adults can feel intimidated by new...
Transform Ageing Case Study: Ageing Without Children
17 December 2019
A 2012 study put the numbers of people ageing without children at more than one million, counting only those who had never had children. That figure failed to include people who are estranged from their children or whose children...
Designing and Delivering Innovative Solutions to Complex Problems - our experiences on Transform Ageing
17 October 2019
The Transform Ageing programme is a pioneering community and design-led programme delivered through a partnership led by the Design Council that aims to improve people’s experience of ageing. It brings together people in later...
Transform Ageing Programme Pack 2019
7 August 2019
Transform Ageing is a pioneering programme taking a community and design led approach to improve people’s experience of ageing. Bringing together people in later life, social entrepreneurs and public sector leaders, Transform...
Our response to The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee call for evidence
31 July 2019
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has launched an inquiry into regional investment and growth in all parts of the UK, beyond areas of heavy investment such as London and the South East. In 2019, the...
Design Council welcomes interim report from government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission
9 July 2019
Design Council welcomes the interim report from the government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission. The interim report will be presented by the Commission today at 1.30pm, where Commissioners will present a summary...
Our response to the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission
26 June 2019
Design Council’s response to the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission call for evidence has identified a number of areas where government action is needed to create the communities that people will value and want to live...