Case Studies

Innovative projects blending hospitality, community empowerment, and sustainability.

Social Impact Lab

Unlocc-it focuses on co-designing impactful programs through qualitative insights and collaboration, empowering communities and fostering meaningful change in various social sectors.

Designing Youth Employment Policies

Client: Local Government Authority

Challenge: Low youth employment rates in marginalised communities.

Solution: Unlocc-It facilitated stakeholder engagement, leading to a new youth employment policy that resulted in a 35% increase in employment rates over two years.

Impact: Stronger youth engagement, better policy alignment with real needs, and increased employment opportunities.

Business-Led Co-Design for Inclusive Products

Client: Private Tech Firm

Challenge: Lack of accessibility in a digital service.

Solution: Co-design labs with disabled users to develop inclusive design features.

Impact: Increased market reach and compliance with accessibility standards.

Case Study 5: Community-Led Safeguarding & Participation

Client: Multi-Stakeholder Government & Third Sector Collaboration

Challenge: Gaps in safeguarding for marginalized communities, particularly young people affected by violence and criminal justice involvement.

Solution: Unlocc-It facilitated cross-sector partnerships and youth-led governance models, where young people played an active role in shaping safeguarding policies. This included co-produced safeguarding frameworks and monitoring systems.

Impact: Improved safeguarding oversight, increased accountability in local services, and the direct inclusion of young voices in systemic change initiatives.

Case Study 2: Community-Led Housing Solutions

Client: Housing Association

Challenge: Limited affordable housing options for low-income families.

Solution: Unlocc-It facilitated co-design workshops with tenants and policymakers to develop a tenant-led housing strategy.

Impact: Policy reforms led to a 20% increase in affordable housing units.

Case Study 4: Co-Designing Youth Employment Policies

Client: Greater London Authority (GLA)

Challenge: Youth disengagement from employment policies and a lack of participation in decision-making.

Solution: Unlocc-It facilitated youth-led co-design workshops that directly influenced the creation of new GLA policies around youth employment and participation. Through stakeholder collaboration, young people helped shape investment priorities and funding allocations.

Impact: The initiative resulted in a 35% increase in youth engagement, new funding streams for youth employment programs, and better representation of young people in policymaking.

Case Study 6: Business-Led Co-Design for Inclusive Products

Client: Digital Well-being Service (The Children's Society)

Challenge: Lack of inclusive and accessible digital well-being services for vulnerable youth.

Solution: Unlocc-It implemented co-design sprints with young people and mental health practitioners to develop user-centered digital services. The use of Agile methodologies allowed for continuous feedback loops, ensuring that youth needs were at the center of service innovation.

Impact: A 55% increase in youth participation in digital well-being services, leading to a reduction in barriers to mental health support for marginalized groups.