Equipping placemakers to shape a thriving and equitable city
Four teams from our Leaders Plus programme pitched their proposals for reclaiming the street, from women’s safety to engaging young people and community co-design to greening the city. So who won the audience vote? For their final Proposal for London assignment, we asked the Leaders Plus cohort to combine their … Read more
The data shows that young people are often the group most likely to experience homelessness. Tom Kerridge of youth homeless support charity, Centrepoint, calls for a reinvigorated social rented sector. Centrepoint Databank statistics show that in 2022, more than 112,000 young people in England approached their local authority for homelessness prevention … Read more
The cost-of-living crisis means creating real social value has never been more important. Now the built environment sector must work harder to deliver meaningful interventions for young people and their local communities. Social value should benefit everyone – but young people are currently missing out. A quarter of the UK … Read more
We all know we need to work harder to engage young people in our projects, but how do we do it? Findings from our Engaging Young Londoners event give some key principles to consider.
35% of Belfast’s population is aged 25 or under. With support from the Resilient Cities Network (previously 100 Resilient Cities), Arup’s award-winning Belfast Urban Childhoods Masterplan was created with and for Belfast City Council to support their aspirations to make the city centre attractive for families and young people. The Masterplan – winner of the Landscape Institute Awards 2020 ‘Excellence in … Read more
As part of our Building recovery programme, FoL took a trip Poplar HARCA’s Aberfeldy Estate regeneration to see how they’ve been working closely with the community to make regeneration work for them and to build a place that is welcoming, safe and secure for all.
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.