Design Hop
A free seven-week online training programme teaching innovative techniques from the digital world to enhance work and problem-solving abilities.
The Design Hop is a unique, hands-on programme that helps charities and social organisations explore and develop new digital ideas, no matter their level of experience with digital technology.
Offered by CAST, this interactive course takes you through essential steps to think differently about the challenges that your service users, volunteers or colleagues might be facing, and to start small but impactful digital projects.
Bring along a real-life challenge that you wish to address in your role, and we will guide you through the fundamental skills and processes you'll need to come up with a simple solution.
Course structure
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3 live group Zoom sessions over 7 weeks
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Total of 10-15 hours of coursework in your own time: videos, reading and exercises. You'll be recruiting users and running user research interviews, coming up with ideas, gathering knowledge from within your organisation, and more!
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Weekly emails with top tips
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Access to an expert throughout for questions and support
Dates
The next Design Hop begins in April 2026, and runs through until June.
The dates are as below:
- Wednesday 22nd April
- Wednesday 29th April
- Wednesday 10th June
All sessions run from 10:30am-12:00pm.
Please only sign up if you can attend all three sessions.