Future London Leaders 29: Proposals for London
We brought our Future London Leaders 29 cohort together for our first live graduation event in two years, where they shared their Proposals for London on the theme of heritage and culture.
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Emerging Talent Programme launches to support diversity in the built environment
Future of London was delighted to launch its Emerging Talent Programme on Monday 31 January, a 21 month programme that provides a springboard to ethnic minority Londoners looking to begin their careers in the built environment.
Alumni blog: What are you looking forward to in 2022?
In this guest post, Katie Randall, Associate Director for City Economics at Arup and Future of London Alumni Rep, reflects on 2021 and looks ahead to what’s in store for the rest of 2022.
Building recovery case study: Building communities in action
Reflecting on the past two years, it’s clear we need holistic, integrated solutions that put people at the heart of our thinking about the built environment. Through their Building Communities strategy, Countryside are taking a whole systems approach to improving the way they work with communities, to maximise social value in their projects and build sustainable, thriving places.
Greater Manchester Leaders – get involved!
Across the UK, the talent pool is churning, with organisations from all sectors struggling to find and hang onto effective leaders – and often struggling to get them up to speed when they take on senior roles. Leaders Plus was established in 2013 to help people navigate that path toward … Read more
Healthy neighbourhoods case study: Building health on the Havelock Estate
At the Havelock Estate in LB Ealing, housing association Catalyst, the council and Let’s Go Southall are working with partners to bring about a ‘healthy transformation’ for its residents. As part of Catalyst’s Healthy Neighbourhoods Programme, this case study explains how the partnership has put wellbeing and tackling inequality at … Read more
Building Recovery Conference summary
Our Building Recovery Conference sought to respond directly to the challenges the built environment sector is facing to create a fair and inclusive recovery from Covid. This summary provides the highlights and some practical tips for those wanting to have an impact on inequalities.
Healthy Neighbourhoods case study: Health at neighbourhood scale
We explore how neighbourhood scale projects are making a difference to health in Islington as part of our Health Neighbourhoods: working together programme.
Healthy neighbourhoods case study: Parks for Health
What would it look like if we put health at the heart of a park service? London Boroughs Camden and Islington are working together to achieve this. The ambitious Parks for Health project seeks to change parks and green spaces from passive health enablers to play a central role in … Read more
Uncovering the common ground in recovery
As part of our Building recovery programme, this roundtable aimed to highlight the key challenges facing the sector when it comes to prioritising fairness in recovery. Our multi-disciplinary panel gave their reflections on the sector’s urgent priorities with key themes around procurement, diversity and skills gaps.
The Future of Metroland
As inner cities have undergone a renaissance, suburbs have frequently been left behind. Now facing unprecedented growth, what is the future of metroland?
Modern methods of construction: the “bytes and mortar” revolution
The need for housing is ever pressing and the development context increasingly challenging. How can modern methods of construction such as off-site manufacture and modular construction help?