Design for Life Awards
Offering collaborative and inclusive learning experiences for children, learners and entrepreneurs helping them grow the capabilities and ideas needed for a regenerative world.
Building capabilities
Design for Life Building capabilities
Change starts with supporting people to learn and lead. At the heart of our Design for Life mission is the commitment to understand and unlock the confidence, capabilities and connections of children, learners and entrepreneurs of all ages. We want to help them reach their full potential in how they shape a regenerative world.
How are we achieving this?
Playful green planet
Co-creating nature-based learning spaces and activities for 3-11-year-olds in urban areas, using creativity to build strong connections with nature and community.
Design for Life education network
Building movements that transform what, how and why new generations learn to shape a regenerative world.
Attend an event about our capabilities work
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Regenerative learning: making the shift
Public talks / Video / Online
Online via Zoom Webinar
Can we bridge the divide from dominant educational models to a new approach, where personal, social and ecological wellbeing is at the very heart of how we teach and learn? With regenerative educators Satish Kumar, Rachel Musson and Ben Rawlence.
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Inclusive innovation: A new model for change
Public talks / Video / Online
Online via Youtube
Join the authors of a ground-breaking new study to find out how innovation motivated by environmental and social aims can support people and planet.
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The future of youth social action
Fellowship events / Online
Online
After the publication of our report 'Make it authentic', we want to bring Fellows together to explore the future of active citizenship in schools. What's already happening? What needs to be happening? How does youth social action feature in the RSA's Design for Life mission?
Related capabilities content
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Design for Life Awards: Award-making for regenerative futures
Blog
Anna Markland
How can we inspire innovation and recognise efforts to bring about social change? Find out why we’re bringing the Pupil and Student Design Awards, and Catalyst funding under the banner of Design for Life Awards.
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Student Design Awards winners 2022-23
This collective of emerging designers displayed innovative thinking in tackling global problems and designing for social impact.
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Student Design Awards 2023: meet the shortlist
News
Aoife O'Doherty
The RSA Student Design Awards 2023 shortlist has been announced. Across nine briefs, 70 students are working to bring positive social change to people, place and planet.
Explore our other Design for Life areas of focus
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Growing hubs
Design for Life works across organisations, communities, industries and regions to create new ways for them to achieve regenerative impact together.
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Developing infrastructure
Design for Life develops and influences infrastructure at a system-wide level that people, communities and organisations need to drive regenerative change.
Become an RSA Fellow
The RSA Fellowship is a unique global network of changemakers enabling people, places and the planet to flourish. We invite you to be part of this change.