design club
London
About We believe the future needs people-centred designers to make the world a
better place. A brief history of Design Club 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2022 Slow
start to the year after a pre-Christmas rise in Covid cases. With heavy (but
hopeful) hearts, we made the decision to shift focus. Our new strategy is to
create a curated directory of design tools for kids - products, projects and
programmes that get kids doing design and design thinking. 2021 We're rebooting!
Looking for Reboot Supporters to fund 2021/2022 activity. We've learned a lot
from our first remote after school Design Club. And partnered with Multiverse
and Future to reach new audiences, online and IRL. 2020 We started the year with
new after school clubs in Coventry, Haslemere and Woking, and exciting plans for
weekend clubs, but we had to hit pause due to Covid. We experimented with online
delivery and invited parents to run design projects at home. Bright spots:
Elsewhen ran a remote club and we got a bit of funding from Grant for the Web
(which enabled us to think about how to reboot Design Club. 2019 We supported
mentors to run 15 after school clubs, including the first Design Clubs outside
London, in Blackpool and Dundee. You can Meet the mentors on our blog. Our
weekend squad ran pop-up clubs at Science Museum, Kingston University and
MozFest. Reached 500 children and had more than 800 people register an interest
in mentoring. Started hosting peer-led Meetups and recognised our Super Mentors.
Won funding from The Funding Network. And Growth Supporters helped us grow. 2018
We set up as a Community Interest Company in April. We're limited by guarantee,
meaning all profits go back into growing Design Club. Founding supporters came
on board. Reached more than 500 children through a mix of after school and
weekend clubs. Ran our first mentor Meetups and got accepted as one of
Makerversity's Makers with a Mission. Partnered with BMJ, WIRED and Token Dad to
try new formats. 2017 We piloted our first after school Design Club. Reached
over 150 children through a network of 50 volunteers. Partnered with Marvel and
Moo to develop the learning experience. Partnered with CoderDojo and iOi to
deliver weekend Design Clubs. Partnered with British Council to deliver Design
Thinking mentor training. How Design Club is free We're a Community Interest
Company limited by Guarantee This means we're a non-profit. We've raised some
money through grants from The Funding Network, Mozilla and Grant for the Web.
We're also backed by the design industry to inspire the next generation of
design thinking. We've raised some funds through Founding Supporters, Growth
Supporters and Reboot Supporters.
