Critical Shifts
Access
What is Access?
Access refers to the fair and equitable availability of services, supports, and fundamental components necessary for a good quality of life. It goes beyond mere availability, encompassing affordability, proximity, and the removal of systemic barriers that hinder individuals from obtaining essential services and resources.
Key
Critical Shift: Critical Shifts focus on ‘what’ rather than ‘how’ and take us from the current state to an ideal future state. It identifies specific problems and priority spaces to focus on to design solutions.
Idea: This is one key idea identified through a series of interconnected design workshops with people involved in the Life Promotion and Suicide Prevention Collaborative.
Opportunity: A series of concepts and solutions to inspire and drive change.
Context: Statements that give context and create an understanding of the current state.
Action: A prompt to consider where to place the emphasis of action and who else might be interested in a move to the ideal ‘future state’.
