Kate
Call for Northampton Designers!
Hi All,
On Monday, I spent the day with thinkpublic at Northampton General Hospital running a “Pitch Your Project” event. Pitch Your Project is part of our Journeys to Health collaboration with UK volunteering charity TimeBank.
Groups of local people attended the day to pitch their health related idea to the team of “dragons”! Amongst the pitches were “Chesspoint Services”, a local initiative utilising the game of chess as a means to improve the lives of people with mental health difficulties. The second group in to see the dragons were the energetic and inspiring committee members from “Holidays at Home”, an annual holiday for folk over 65 who have not had a holiday in the last 2 years.
Following their pitches each group then spent time with us in the ‘Green Room’ where we openly discussed their current communication tools and gave advice and shared knowledge on improvements.
The day was really enjoyable and I met some very inspirational (and very funny) characters who are truly working to better the lives of others around them.
For more information about Pitch Your Project, you can visit JourneystoHealth.org
If you are in the Northampton area and interested in using your design skills to help out one of these inspiring social ventures, we a looking for design graduates to support some of the local projects.
If this sounds like something you’d like to be involved in, or would like more information, get in touch at hello@therealworkexperience.com.
