Over 40,000 children
1000s of creative ideas
Over 200 volunteers
Over 15 schools
2 Continents
Philosophy
We co-design to:
Shift power back to users
Liberate Play4All
Cultivate creativity
Co-create social value
Children and young people across the world need access to inclusive spaces where can play and thrive. To address the play emergency and provide more play4all, we believe children must have the power to design their own spaces, in a manner that celebrates their diversity and collective identity.y.
Dream Networks' founder, Marie Williams, on how we end the play emergency through co-design and local connections.
Co-Design Publications
Marie Williams, CEO & founder of Dream Networks, has revealed her views on the importance of co-design for business and societies. The guide helps you to reflect on the origins of co-design, its relevance to your work and its wider impact. Check out a short preview of three of the seven guidelines on your left. Download your copy below.
Click the button below to learn how you can co-design more inclusivey, in particular with people with autism.
Co-design is a form of activism
User stories and co-designed solutions can drive social, environmental, and political change. We encourage designers to research community-led projects for inspiration and consider the potential impact of co-design in effecting positive change.
Co-design can cultivate transformative networks
Network development through co-design, empowerment, and knowledge exchange broadens career opportunities, strategic stakeholder mapping, and most importantly, affects social change.
Co-design is a choice
These choices include: thorough research to understand participants' backgrounds, a focus on inclusion and empathy, utilisation of diverse learning styles, incorporation of play, and carving out time for reflection and feedback.
Creating Social Value
At Dream Networks, we recognise to provide resilient, tailored solutions to the challenges faced by a community, its members must be fully engaged in the process. That's why we employ or train local young people and adults to design sustainable and inclusive spaces for the community. Spaces that improve peoples wellbeing, build connection and help our society to thrive.
Play4All
Play for All is a global movement that calls politicians, enterprises and individuals to jointly work towards enabling play for all children, regardless of their gender, geographical location or socio-economic background.
At Dream Networks, our mission doesn't stop with building playgrounds - we actively fight against play inequality.
You can subscribe to our social media channels, or explore our blog to see the work that we do to enable play for all.
