About Us

Designing Dialogue CIC uses a methodology that supports inclusive and innovative co-created placemaking. Increasingly, placemaking, social mobility and the civic agenda are becoming important for policymakers, universities and other civic organisations.

We aim to address identified barriers to development, such as a lack of inclusive consultation, failure to engage across diverse communities, inability to leverage relationships across different sectors and knowledge siloes.

Why S.H.E.D

Codesigned

Saves you time

Experts in place

Tailored to you

Saves you money

Connects communities

Meets your needs

Multiple configurations

Attends to your CSR

Builds your profile

Meet your KPIs

Works locally & nationally

Staff Profiles

S.H.E.D registered as a Community Interest Community in March 2020 – the University of Derby’s first spin out company.

S.H.E.D is currently managed by three Directors, who couldn’t do what they do without the rest of the trusty S.H.E.D team and our stakeholders (or as we like to call them, Shedders).

We have worked in partnership with...