Communities

Policy design community

The policy design community is a place where you can:

  • discover tools and methodologies that could support your work
  • discuss specific challenges, for example in recruitment
  • celebrate successes and learn from failures
  • help shape what future policymaking might look like
  • learn from and network with like-minded people

Who the community is for

You might be interested in this community if:

  • your work involves designing policy in new and innovative ways
  • you want to learn more about policy design
  • you want to work together on policy issues with other members of the community

You do not have to be in a specific profession to join. However, you must be working in central or local government.

Getting involved

If you’re interested in discussing policy issues, you can:

  • join the using your government email address
  • join the on the UK government Slack - you can create a Slack account using your government email address
  • write posts for the

Policy design events and meetups

The policy design community runs to help support research and policy practitioners across government.

Community resources

You may find these resources useful:

  • the
  • the Open Policy-Making Toolkit to help guide your work
  • the for making services and policy in challenging circumstances
  • the to help you develop ideas and innovate
  • the
  • the

Some blog posts worth reading:

Updates to this page

Published 21 October 2021