Application of participatory design to facilitate social innovations ideas with charity organizations

Participatory design (PD) method is widely used in design for social innovations. Current research on design for social innovations discuss variety of design processes for different stakeholders, however, there is a lack of attention to co-design process with charity organisations. This study investigates how to support social innovations creation through co-design with charity organisations to produce solutions that will address local community’s needs. To generate innovative ideas, study will apply creative workshops, as a PD tool, involving charities and volunteers in Dundee, Scotland. This research will aim to contribute to the PD literature by illustrating co-design methodology for social innovation idea generation for the charities, as an actor of social changes.