Supporting new ways of working
What a new approach can do
If successfully integrated into your approach, participatory design (involving a spectrum of local people throughout the stages of design) can make a real difference to the process, costs and outcomes of your project(s). It can help you:
- develop schemes that bring economic and social benefit to your organisation and to local people
- develop schemes that are better used and more easily managed and maintained
- develop better relationships and partnerships with local people
- reduce risk and save you valuable time and money by preventing lengthy disputes and delays in planning
How we help
The Glass-House can work with you to embed a culture of participatory design into your organisation/partnership through:
- developing a shared awareness and understanding of participatory design (its opportunities and challenges)
- building staff skills around design quality and design impact
- helping you develop clear policies and practice to support participatory design processes within your organisation and projects
- building staff skills around delivering participatory design processes
We had an excellent day and the places we visited were amazingly close to what we are trying to create here in Stockwell. I am grateful for your acute interest in what we have to say
Can I once again thank Glass-House for all their help and interest. You are an excellent organisation – and the staff are lovely as well!”
The training experience was extremely enjoyable and very informative. We have come away with a design which we feel we can put into reality and the training was probably the best I have attended.
The course was excellent and I can't thank you and Glass-House enough for the support you've given us, it has made all the difference to the way we look at the project."
