Shift

While this is sad news, we’re hopeful for what lies ahead for our team, our ongoing work (including @Rships_Project & more) and that led by others. But mostly, we want to say a big thank you to everyone who has made the last 20 years possible.

We made this decision some months ago, have carefully been ending our final projects since, and will be wrapping up as a team across April and May.

After more than 20 years of change-making, today, we’re sharing the news that Shift will be closing. A short thread → medium.com/shift-design/f…

🛠 Last Friday was #GreatMentalHealthDay, so we're sharing our toolkit on how to design a youth-led mental health prevention programme 🛠 Find out more in this blog by @OliWhittington medium.com/shift-design/a…

Mostly on our blog we talk about the value of putting relationships first. The Post Office Horizon scandal has made us think about the grim consequences of doing the opposite – putting relationships last. @Davrob5 shares his thoughts 👉relationshipsproject.org/the-post-offic…

"We want to support organisations with a wide range of missions who want to employ more young people" Applications to Vested, a new social investment programme co-produced with young Londoners, are open until 30 Jan Find out more: vestedlondon.org @shift_org @connectfund

Happy holidays from Shift! 🎄✨ Here’s to 2023 🫡 Get in touch with your projects and priorities for 2024 and let’s make some real change, together.

This year, we've brought together a group of young Londoners with experience of unemployment to make investment decisions. We're looking forwards to seeing how the Vested Panel decide to invest up to £300,000 in 2024 @connectfund @trustforlondon

This year, we've worked with @YWTrust, two incredible co-designers, and 50 young women to prototype a peer network to support young women to make the change they want in their work situations ⚡⚡⚡ We're excited see what's next in 2024, based on the successes of "Power Hours".

This year for the first time we worked with the brilliant lived-experience storyteller Aaron @brokensleep to bring our research and co-design to life in our work with the Stroke Association @TheStrokeAssoc and Mind Cymru @MindCymru

You can find out more about the work on these slides from the Connects conference, and we'll be sharing more in the new year localtrust.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

We’ve been partnering with @LocalTrust to dive into the little-explored topic of how we end resident and volunteer-led programmes well. In partnership with #BigLocal volunteers, we built on @stewardingloss 's great work to set out the three possible endings we face...

*Social investment opportunity* Applications are open for a new £300,000 participatory social investment programme shaped by young Londoners with experience of unemployment. Find out more: vestedlondon.org @shift_org @connectfund

Making collective funding decisions fun, one workshop game at a time🎲 Shift were in Paris last week, helping unlock funding for youth initiatives. Hosting a co-design session with the Unlock the Future coalition @OurFutureAgenda @unfoundation

🥳Today's the day!🥳 We're looking forward to exploring #AWorldofGoodRelationships @LSEMarshall this evening, in conversation with @Davrob5 @kirstyjmcneill @GemmaMortensen. We'll be kicking off at 6.30pm. We'd love you to join us online or in person docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Are you a small social start-up or freelancer looking for a new home? We’ve got space to share at our lovely office in Farringdon. 🪴A permanent desk sitting alongside our team ✨The place to yourself Mon and/or Fri 👫Use of our meeting room Interested? hello@shiftdesign.org

Worth consideration and contemplation from everybody. Thank you @shift_org @Medium

Os ydych chi neu rywun rydych chi'n ei adnabod wedi profi strôc, neu os ydych chi'n gweithio gyda chleifion strôc, hoffen ni glywed gennych chi. Rydyn ni'n gweithio gyda @StrokeWales @shift_org i wella iechyd meddwl ar gyfer goroeswyr strôc yng Nghymru. Cwblhewch ein harolwg👇