Sponsors

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dxw

dxw is a leading employee-owned digital agency that works with the public and third sectors. Our employees are based across the UK. We get together for work and social things at our Leeds HQ and London hubs.

We’ve made it our job to fix some of the really difficult stuff in government. We’re proud to have supported critical national infrastructure through the pandemic, including NHS England and Homes for Ukraine.

We work for the public good and great service design is at the heart of what we do. We work in the open wherever we can. You’ll find the way we work in our playbook, and our code on GitHub.

We became employee owned last year and we love it! It gives us the freedom to work on projects we're passionate about and where we know we can add real value. Find out more at www.dxw.com

@dxw

Unboxed

Unboxed is a service design and digital product development agency.

We create digital products and services that solve complex problems and have a positive impact on people’s lives.

Our multidisciplinary teams deliver end-to-end digital solutions through agile, user-centred approaches, integrated service design and development, open source technologies and cross-team collaboration.

@Ubxd

Create/Change

Public services must work for everyone. We’re looking for people from a diverse range of backgrounds to join us and help create change.

Create/Change is a GovTech consultancy working with policy & product teams on population level problems in domains like education, employment, social care and health. We also help the cultural and non-profit sectors innovate for social good.

We are a blend of permanent staff and a network of over 50 super-experienced practitioners. We’re expanding both our permanent team and our network: in particular we want to include more people who aren’t white, cisgender or able-bodied.

We want to talk to:

Practitioners from diverse backgrounds who are interested in joining our network
People of all ages who are passionate about technology and user-centred design but need experience

QWAN

We are Quality Without A Name, a partnership of pragmatic practitioners. We develop software, teams, and individuals. We do so by coaching, mentoring, and training tailored to the needs of our clients. We don’t shy away from taking responsibility, and are only happy when you are successful in the short term as well as the long term. We specialise in agile and lean software development. And we develop software ourselves - above all, we are software developers.

@qwanlc

Community Groups

Aspiring Women Speakers

The Aspiring Women Speakers is a small, free to join, community of women in the tech industry on a similar path to improving their public speaking skills.

Our members are typically developers, tech leads, engineering managers and CTOs looking to build their presentation skills with a view to doing more internal or conference talks.

Service Design Scotland

Service Design Scotland is a network to support the growing service design community in Scotland — but we welcome people across the world to join us. People can be involved through a Slack group, face-to-face meet ups and most recently through our Distanced Gatherings. We also organise regular Randomised Coffee Trials. As defined through its meet-ups, SDS aims to provide: friendship and peer support, learning opportunities, information on employment and recruitment.

UX Oxford

Monthly talks on User Experience in Oxford. Consistently bringing you great speakers since 2011. Every month we invite a speaker to come and talk about how they apply User Experience principles in their projects and organisations. It is a relaxing and informal atmosphere. Come and join us for drinks, meet up with peers and listen to inspiring talks.

Ladies that UX Bristol

Ladies that UX Bristol is an open space for those interested in User Experience (UX). We’re part of the international Ladies that UX movement and host monthly get-togethers in Bristol. Since launching in 2014 we have over 600 members in our little community. Our meet-ups are a chance to network, learn, share stories, hear from great speakers and have fun. You don't need to be working in UX to join – just bring a keen interest! Whatever your skillset or experience, whether you identify as female, non-binary or transgender, our community is your community.

Community Groups

A discount is available to meetup and user groups that help promote SDinGov to their members. If you organise, or are a member of, a user group and would like more information please contact us.