Katie upsdale

Senior Service Designer

Katie.upsdale@dartington.org.uk | Katie on LinkedIn | Glasgow

Katie (she/her) is a Glasgow-based collaborative designer and facilitator, interested in how people and communities are centred within transformational change.  

Katie joined the Lab in 2022 after completing her Masters in Design Innovation and transitioning from her third sector role leading on quality practice within a national children’s charity. Katie has a background in social work, qualifying in 2008 and has had a wide range of roles working in the third sector.  Her relational practice has evolved through working with individuals and families with multiple, intersectional lives, many of whom have been subject to immigration control; impacted by barriers to education and health care; alongside experiences of trauma, exploitation and poverty. 

Katie’s practice is relational and reflective, always seeking to better understand people’s needs and continuously adapting and learning to support inclusion and anti-racism.