Third Rainbow United Co-Design
2 October 2025
Bringing animation to life through stories!
The third co-design workshop for Rainbow United was a vibrant and creative session focused on developing a storyboard and script for an upcoming animation designed to welcome and encourage new members to join the group.
The animation aims to introduce Rainbow United’s new online community — a safe, inclusive space for LGBTIQA+ people with intellectual disability or acquired brain injury to connect, share experiences, and celebrate pride.
To make the session engaging and accessible for everyone, Blick Creative used a hands-on and visual approach that responded to the group’s diverse communication styles and abilities. Together, we created a giant rainbow representing the journey of the story, with a pot of gold at the end symbolising the reward for completing the journey. The rainbow became a colourful, collaborative tool for shaping the script — encouraging open discussion and creativity.
Participants shared their ideas verbally and through drawing, adding words, illustrations, and short comic-style interactions along the rainbow path. These prompts built on conversations from earlier co-design workshops, helping everyone contribute in the way that suited them best.
The group chose a unicorn as the storyteller and journey guide — inspired by a member’s original illustration and loved by many participants. This character became the heart of the story, leading viewers along the rainbow journey filled with friendship, pride, and belonging.
Blick Creative then brought these wonderful ideas together into a draft storyboard and script.The result is a vibrant, authentic narrative that truly represents the group’s imagination, identity, and shared values of inclusion and self-expression.
