If you like our content, be sure to sign up to our weekly <a href="https://www.thisishcd.com/landing/the-design-compass-weekly-newsletter">The Design Compass Newsletter</a>. Design Smarter. Lead Better.Interested in <a href="https://www.thisishcd.com/training">training for your organisation</a> with This is HCD? Let's speak by <a href="https://calendly.com/gerryscullion/design-training-for-my-organisation-or-team">booking a 15-minute call</a>. Design isn’t just creativity — it’s care. In this episode, Gerry sits down with Ali Fawkes, Head of Social Innovation at Humanly (founded by Jenni Parker) to unpack practical safeguarding and trauma-informed practice in design research. We trace Ali’s unconventional route from fine art and special education into service design, talk honestly about imposter feelings and labels, and get concrete about how to design safely — for participants and practitioners — especially on sensitive, high-stakes work.You’ll learn<ul><li>How non-traditional backgrounds become real superpowers in design</li><li>What “designing safely” actually looks like (policies, consent, escalation paths)</li><li>How to prepare teams for disclosures (e.g., hopelessness/suicidality) without freezing the work</li><li>Why safer practice reassures clients and improves outcomes</li></ul>Guest: Ali Fawkes, Head of Social Innovation, Humanly (London)Connect with Ali on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alifawkes">https://www.linkedin.com/in/alifawkes</a> Shout-out to SDinGov for the spark.Like what we do? <a href="https://thisishcd.kit.com/products/support-us">Make a Tip</a>. Or <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/hcd">Leave a review</a>: <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/hcd">https://ratethispodcast.com/hcd</a>Sponsor links<ul><li>10x your service design offering with Smaply. Take 20% off your order with ''ThisisHCD20off' Sign up <a href="https://auth.smaply.app/sign-up">https://auth.smaply.app/sign-up</a></li><li>Check out 'This is HCD x Sutsu' range. Gerry wears and endorses <a href="https://www.sutsu.com/GERRYSCULLIONPRO">Sutsu ethical clothing.</a> Use HCD10 to get 10% off this range.</li><li>Get 10% off ScenarioCards.org when you used our link <a href="https://scenariocards.org/HCD10">https://scenariocards.org/HCD10</a></li></ul><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGlCCtKQgzc" title="Click here to watch a video of this episode.">Click here to watch a video of this episode.</a> 
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Creators &amp; Guests
<ul>
 <li>Gerry Scullion - Host</li>
 <li>Ali Fawkes - Guest</li>
</ul>

<description>
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you like our content, be sure to sign up to our weekly &lt;a href="https://www.thisishcd.com/landing/the-design-compass-weekly-newsletter"&gt;The Design Compass Newsletter&lt;/a&gt;. Design Smarter. Lead Better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Interested in &lt;a href="https://www.thisishcd.com/training"&gt;training for your organisation&lt;/a&gt; with This is HCD? Let's speak by &lt;a href="https://calendly.com/gerryscullion/design-training-for-my-organisation-or-team"&gt;booking a 15-minute call&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Design isn’t just creativity — it’s &lt;em&gt;care&lt;/em&gt;. In this episode, Gerry sits down with &lt;strong&gt;Ali Fawkes&lt;/strong&gt;, Head of Social Innovation at &lt;strong&gt;Humanly&lt;/strong&gt; (founded by &lt;strong&gt;Jenni Parker&lt;/strong&gt;) to unpack practical safeguarding and trauma-informed practice in design research. We trace Ali’s unconventional route from fine art and special education into service design, talk honestly about imposter feelings and labels, and get concrete about &lt;em&gt;how to design safely&lt;/em&gt; — for participants &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; practitioners — especially on sensitive, high-stakes work.&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You’ll learn&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;How non-traditional backgrounds become real superpowers in design&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What “designing safely” &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; looks like (policies, consent, escalation paths)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How to prepare teams for disclosures (e.g., hopelessness/suicidality) without freezing the work&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why safer practice reassures clients and improves outcomes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guest&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;Ali Fawkes&lt;/strong&gt;, Head of Social Innovation, &lt;strong&gt;Humanly&lt;/strong&gt; (London)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Connect with Ali on LinkedIn: &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alifawkes"&gt;&lt;em&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/alifawkes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shout-out to &lt;strong&gt;SDinGov&lt;/strong&gt; for the spark.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Like what we do? &lt;a href="https://thisishcd.kit.com/products/support-us"&gt;Make a Tip&lt;/a&gt;. Or &lt;a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/hcd"&gt;Leave a review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/hcd"&gt;https://ratethispodcast.com/hcd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sponsor links&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;10x your service design offering with Smaply. Take 20% off your order with '&lt;strong&gt;'ThisisHCD20off'&lt;br&gt;Sign up &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://auth.smaply.app/sign-up"&gt;&lt;em&gt;https://auth.smaply.app/sign-up&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Check out 'This is HCD x Sutsu' range. Gerry wears and endorses &lt;a href="https://www.sutsu.com/GERRYSCULLIONPRO"&gt;Sutsu ethical clothing.&lt;/a&gt; Use HCD10 to get 10% off this range.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Get 10% off ScenarioCards.org when you used our link &lt;a href="https://scenariocards.org/HCD10"&gt;https://scenariocards.org/HCD10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGlCCtKQgzc" title="Click here to watch a video of this episode."&gt;Click here to watch a video of this episode.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://share.transistor.fm/s/4ba40dd3/transcript" title="Click here to view the episode transcript."&gt;Click here to view the episode transcript.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Creators &amp;amp; Guests&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Gerry Scullion - Host&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Ali Fawkes - Guest&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 </description>

This is HCD – Human-Centered Design, UX & Service Design Thinking Podcast

Designing Safely: Safeguarding + Trauma-Informed Practice with Ali Fawkes (Humanly)

Designing Safely: Safeguarding + Trauma-Informed Practice with Ali Fawkes (Humanly)

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