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Matt Kelly is a GM Leaders Plus Round 2 candidate. His poem reflects on the last year, paying tribute to our wonderful NHS staff and shows that talents of our Leaders candidates go way beyond the built environment!
The first lockdown saw a “paradigm shift in what was deemed possible” in the homelessness sector. We explore the challenges and opportunities now facing local authorities and not-for-profit organisations in moving forward with sustainable and effective approaches to homelessness post-covid.
Alex Peters is a professional dancer and mentor who’s helped dozens of Future London Leaders candidates step outside their comfort zone and think creatively. See his excellent short video on dance and wellbeing here, part of AXA Health’s Feelgood Health Journey.
To build a hospital in 13 days is a big challenge. To build a culture in 13 days is an even bigger one. John Herring explains what the public sector can learn from the ways in which NHS Nightingale North West created a ‘one workforce’ culture at speed in response to the pandemic.
The consultation for Planning for the Future, the government White Paper proposing major planning reforms, closes on 29th October. Future of London’s Steering group met for an informal discussion on what the proposed reforms might mean for London.
“The realisation that being seen as ‘different’ was holding back my career came as a shock.” Jahanara Rajkoomar explains why applying for development programmes like the Emerging Talent Programme help strengthen your voice against discrimination.
The GLA is calling for more creative and flexible engagement with young people, often overlooked in planning consultations. In this Spotlight, RESOLVE Collective’s Seth & Akil Scafe-Smith share their creative approach and discuss the need for more resilient communities post-Covid.
Phillipa Nazari, Assistant Director – Information Governance & Data Protection Officer, explains why developing new guidance around sharing data has been a vital part of Greater Manchester’s Covid-19 response.
Retailers now have to find ways to offer what consumers want from ‘live’ shopping while minimising risk. In this #LearningFromCrisis guest post Rob Asbury, Partner at Montagu Evans, considers how to make retail stores stack up in a socially distancing world.
Covid-19 has radically altered urban life. Future of London spoke to housing, enforcement, planning and regeneration professionals in our network about the impact of the pandemic on the public sector and how they’ve been delivering city services.
In 2019 LB Waltham Forest was London’s first Borough of Culture. Lorna Lee, Assistant Director, Culture & Heritage, shares the highlights and challenges of WF19 and how lessons learnt from that year have informed the council’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sara Hanrahan, Planning Partner in the Real Estate Department at Lewis Silkin, explains how local authorities could use brownfield land to ease pressures on communities and medical staff during the coronavirus pandemic.