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Designing better children's services

12 mins read Children's Services
The Design in the Public Sector programme is helping councils and partners find new ways of delivering effective children's services using design methods. Jo Stephenson investigates

Tight budgets and increasing demand mean children's services are under pressure to deliver more for less.

One approach gaining traction in the quest to find new ways of working more efficiently and effectively is the use of design processes and methods.

For the past few years, the Design in the Public Sector Programme, a partnership between the Design Council and Local Government Association (LGA), has been helping councils and their partners take a fresh look at some of their most complex challenges.

Unsurprisingly a significant number have centred on services for children and young people with councils keen to revamp their approach to tackling everything from childhood obesity to teenage pregnancy and services for disabled children and those in care.

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