Case studies

Read the case studies from science centres and museums around the UK, highlighting the new ways of working and some of the small changes that have made a big impact for everyone. The evidence from these case studies has informed the new ASDC Theory of Change.

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Building space skills with The BIG Project

Dynamic Earth partnered with The BIG Project who work children from areas of highest child poverty in Edinburgh 

Edinburgh Young Carers work with Dynamic Earth

Dynamic Earth worked with Edinburgh Young Carers (EYC), a community organisation supporting young people with caring responsibilities for a family member. 

Xplore! Science Discovery Centre and The Venture

Xplore! Science Discovery Centre partnered with The Venture, an adventure playground in Wrexham. 

Engaging family groups through intergenerational play

Cambridge Science Centre (CSC) is at an ambitious stage of its story, asking questions fundamental to the whole sector including “what is…

Co-creating positive visions for a sustainable future

CAT worked with partners to co create workshop activities involving voices drawn from a young, diverse urban, audience. The aim was to…

Community Core: putting your community at the heart of the organisation

A diverse range of community partners were asked to help plan, design and scope the creation of a new dedicated community space…

Art Meets Science: empowering young people to voice hopes and fears

20 children from two communities engaged with science and nature through a series of artist-led workshops, providing them with an opportunity to…

Illuminating Futures: How through Astronomy Kielder fostered inclusion and inspired marginalised students

Kielder worked with students at risk of exclusion from school, to engage and inspire them with science through creative workshops, offering novel…

New perspectives; co-creation with unheard voices

Exeter Science Centre (ESC) has a great track record of taking STEM engagement into the heart of communities around Exeter, as demonstrated…