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Laura Warwick

Laura Warwick

Service Design and Social Innovation Lecturer at Northumbria University and Service Designer at Mind (UK).

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Designing the future of non-profits

In the UK, the non-profit sector has been profoundly impacted by the recent drive to transform the public sector to reduce public spending and promote user choice. Design may be one way that non-profits can ensure users are at the heart of change.

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Volunteer and NGO-led educational projects change lives by opening opportunities and bringing hope where there was once poverty and neglect. Yet without stable support, their efforts can only keep the dream alive.

Manifesto against empty discourses in the third sector.

Reflection on how volunteering sustains local communities, builds  trust, and acts as social glue in times of polarization.