This event provides an opportunity to learn more about Design HOPES and to engage with, and help inform, our two new Communities of Practice.  

We are bringing together a community of NHS staff, academics working in design, health and sustainability, designers, users of the NHS, carers, the third-sector, and members of the policy-making community - to share knowledge and insights across the fields of sustainable healthcare and design, building connections and community around these pressing challenges. 

Design HOPES (Healthy Organisations in a Place-based Ecosystem, Scotland) is a transdisciplinary research project which exploits the potential of design-led thinking and making, to tackle multifaceted health delivery challenges which meet urgent Net Zero goals for a sustainable health and social care system. 

Community of Practice (CoP) workshop participants will have the ability to shape the direction and ways of working of the CoP’s through co-creating their own Terms of Reference - This workshop will explore three initial key areas to drive impactful change for Green Futures Storytelling and Design Policy Interface:  

• What are the key challenges on each topic and why?  
• What is one key individual, organisation, or initiative that these topics should engage with?  
• What would motivate you to join a Working Group on these topics? 

Lunch, networking and registration from 12.30pm