Project · Health equity, Cancer Equity, Inclusive Technology

Designing from the Margins

In June 2026, People Street, in partnership with Rand and TGA launched the Designing from the margins project for MacMillan. This project adapts the community-led research sprint to inform discovery of a new digital intervention. Community-driven from the start; the voices and lived experiences of people living with cancer, from global majority and/or LGBTQ+ communities in the the most deprived areas, living with multiple chronic conditions are leading and shaping this project. Discovery led to the development of 4 low fidelity prototypes. User Research has helped us narrow this further and as of November 2026 we are testing the prototype.

The challenge

The challenge is to design with communities most at risk of exclusion, at speed. Can you be agile and inclusive? We think so! But it requires adjustments to ensure we support the capacity of everyone to take part.

What we did

1. Outreach Sprint reaching 50 people 2. Research sprint reaching 30+ 3. User Research with 16 people across 2 cycles of testing. Watch this space for further updates.

The outcome

To handover a well tested prototype that meets the needs of the cancer patients most at risk of the poorest outcomes.

In partnership with MacMillan, TGA, Rand Europe · June 2026