NSUN London Leaders Digital Lab: summer 2018

NSUN invites representatives from user-led member groups across London to a FREE networking, sharing and design programme, to be held on:

Tuesday 04 Sept
Wednesday 05 Sept
Thursday 06 Sept

Each day will run from 10:30am – 3pm at 66 Hammersmith Road, London W14 8UD

The programme responds to feedback from the membership who have expressed the need for more opportunities to strengthen the user voice pan-London and will involve experience-based co-design.

N.B. No previous experience of design or digital technology is needed.

The programme will include six participatory workshops with the following themes:

Finding and amplifying your voice: the personal is political, collective power, leadership styles.
Creative influencing and campaigning: exploring local vs London-wide challenges, barriers and opportunities for change.
Creative mapping and storytelling with digital tools
Co-production and design for collective action: 4PI National Involvement Standards

Networking workshop taster day

A networking and workshop taster day will be held on Thursday 30 August 2-4 where you will be invited to shape the programme according to your interest’s and preferences.

To register your interest please complete the form here.

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