How can the physical environment promote the basic human need for emotional safety?
Two years in the making, the Co-Production Bedroom Collaboration Project aims to inspire a new benchmark in design for mental health care environments and show what can be achieved through co-production and collaborative innovation.
A full-scale concept bedroom co-produced with Experts by Experience and NHS Trusts now serves as a demonstration of the project’s key learnings. We invite you to visit it for yourself at Kingsway Group’s Helix Innovation Centre in Greater London and join the conversation to help shape the future of design for mental health.
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CAMHS Bedroom Collaboration Project Timeline
Engaging with Experts by Experience and NHS Trusts, in early 2023 Gilling Dod, Kingsway Group, and Britplas embarked on a collaborative research and design concept project to determine what the ideal CAMHS bedroom could look like and to set a new benchmark in design for mental health environments.
May, 2023
User-Centred Design Review Panel
Experts by Experience, NHS Trusts and mental healthcare Architects were invited to take part in a holistic review of existing CAMHS bedroom designs and their emotional influence on service users. Together zeroing in on what the ideal CAMHS Bedroom should achieve, the importance of emotional safety shone through. How can the physical environment promote the basic human need for emotional safety?
August, 2023
Co-Production Workshop
Collaborating with Caudwell Children’s Charity, Andrew Arnold (Gilling Dod) and Mark Childs (Kingsway Group & DiMH Associate) hosted a ‘Design a Bedroom’ Workshop for autistic children, young people and their families. With interactive games and activities, the workshop explored key factors in autism sensitive design and how these play a part in daily routines and emotional wellbeing.
October, 2023
Initial Drawings
Implementing our learnings and the visions of Experts by Experience from the co-production workshop, Gilling Dod drafted the initial drawings for the CAMHS Bedroom Collaboration. The drawings sought to take a bedroom back to its main purpose, creating a homely and personal space in which children and young people can rest, recuperate and heal.
November, 2023
Drawing Review with Caudwell Children
Collating all input from Experts by Experience, NHS Trusts and Architects from throughout the process, the final drawings were produced for the CAMHS Bedroom Collaboration, with construction of the display room beginning in February 2024.
January, 2024
Final Drawings & Construction Begins
Collating all input from Experts by Experience, NHS Trusts and Architects from throughout the process, the final drawings were produced for the CAMHS Bedroom Collaboration, with construction of the display room beginning in February 2024.
