Discover a programme that brings together students, entrepreneurs & community groups to develop creative solutions to local challenges. We help train students to co-design solutions from uncovering local needs with the community to working with them to develop projects that can be taken forward. We evaluate the insights and impact of the needs & solutions to help public services better understand how to support communities to help each other and use technology.

1. http://bit.ly/transformedbyyouguide

2. Overview
Bring together different groups to
tackle local challenges
Prototype ideas and solutions that
can be taken forward
Evaluate impact of the solutions to
help take forward the projects

3. April - September September - October November – December January - April
Create challenges Set challenges Connect students Support students
Work with public services
& community groups to set
challenges
Share challenges with
students
Help students develop
ideas with entrepreneurs
& communities
Engage partners to sponsor
prizes to reward development
of ideas
Schedule dates Run workshops Run workshops Reward ideas
Work with colleges &
universities to schedule
workshop
Run workshops at
colleges & universities on
developing ideas
Run workshops at
colleges & universities to
prototype/visualise ideas
Engage partners to sponsor
prizes to reward development
of prototypes / designs
Develop online
engagement
Launch online
engagement
Showcase ideas &
prototypes
Help take forward
prototypes
Work with partners to
develop engagement
Invite people to discuss
ideas on online platform
Showcase prototypes /
designs online
Help take forward solutions
with different groups involved

4. Students
Designers
Public servants
Local residents
Entrepreneurs
Local groups
Bring together different groups…

5. …to tackle local challenges
Communicating the evidence Describing a day in the life
Mapping the user journey Framing the opportunity

6. …using creative methods

7. Prototype ideas…
Providing advice Rewarding collaboration
Brainstorming ideas Using new technologies
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8. Developing the functionality Simulating the service
Validating the usability Designing the interaction
…to design solutions

9. Marketing the value proposition Developing the project
Creating the business model Measuring the impact
Evaluate their impact…

10. …to inform community insights

11. …and embed learning

12. …to help take forward projects
+15 partners
+400 participants
+150 insights
+30 prototypes
+£100K
investment raised
Partners Issues Motivations
Principles Prototypes Sustainability

13. http://bit.ly/transformedbyyouguide
noel.hatch@kent.gov.uk