Nurturing Resilience
Co-designing the future of Cedarwood's Early Years space
Hello!
Nurturing Resilience is a research project run by Northumbria University.We're working with Cedarwood Trust to find out what matters most to the people who use the Early Years space — before any decisions are made about how it's built.
What's happening?
We're running two activities at Cedarwood Trust:
1: Installation: A two-week pop-up installation in the Spruce Room, where you can share your thoughts through sticker-voting, postcard prompts, and a craft activity — in your own time, whenever you visit.
2: Drop-in sessions: 
Instead of a formal workshop, we're now running relaxed drop-in chats. 
Come any time on Wednesday 5th August, 10am–3pm, in the Spruce Room. 
Conversations take 20–30 minutes, one-to-one or in a small group, and are fully anonymous — no names or faces are recorded. As a thank you, each participating family will be offered a £25 voucher.
To take part, just sign up on the day using the sheet in the Early Years space — we'll ask whether you'd prefer morning or afternoon, but can't guarantee a specific time slot.
Anything else?
We will run a later session, to discuss the same ideas, with other professionals, teachers, policy makers etc. This will run in September, and places will be by invitation.
Why we're doing this
Cedarwood's Early Years space is being considered for redevelopment. Before any design work begins, we want to understand what matters most to the people who use it. We believe your knowledge and experience are essential to shaping a space that genuinely meets the community's needs.
Taking part is your choice
Taking part is entirely voluntary. If you choose not to take part, or to stop at any point, it won't affect any of the services or activities you use at Cedarwood — you're still very welcome to use the Early Years space either way.
You don't need to decide today. You're welcome to think it over, talk to someone you trust, or ask us any questions first.
What we'll collect
We may take photographs during the installation, and drop-in sessions will be audio-recorded for transcription. All data we collect will be anonymised before use, and will only ever be used for research purposes.
Your data
Everything we collect is stored securely by the University, following data protection law. It won't be shared beyond the research team without your permission, and it will be kept for 4 years before being deleted.
Questions?
You're welcome to ask us anything, at any time — in person, or using the details below.
Henry Collingham — Senior Research Fellow in Design, Northumbria University
📧 henry.w.r.collingham@northumbria.ac.uk
📞 07492 022533

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