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FoL’s Housing Older Londoners report summarises our Ageing Cities work, exploring how London can improve older people’s standard of living through better policy, housing and neighbourhoods.
This grassroots walking tour offered a first-hand look at and insight into a proposed ‘Camley Street Sustainability Zone’ north of King’s Cross.
This Spotlight looks at the Mayor’s Crowdfunding Programme, an initiative managed through the GLA to provide funding to community projects.
Our next CiT field trip will be to Poplar on 24th September, looking at how local markets can support regeneration and how empty spaces can be put back into use.
Estate renewal is touted as one of the best options for tackling London’s housing shortage. What will it take to realise this potential?
Two years ago today, the Localism Act received Royal Assent. With it came a suite of reforms across the UK purported to empower both local authorities and the communities they serve, ranging from the New Homes Bonus to the General Power of Competence. In London, localism came with particular significance … Read more
Future of London’s Communities in Transition series kicked off on 8th October with a field trip to Bermondsey to learn about the area’s regeneration from those most closely involved in it.
Following on our London 2062 series, partnered with UCL, Simon Cavanagh contemplates how more creative and collaborative communities could hold the key to a more equitable and prosperous London.
We held the second in our series on driving demand for the Green Deal in London, focusing on communities. We heard from: Energise Barnet, the CIC working closely with Barnet Council to engage their communities in energy efficiency; EDF energy, on lessons from implementing the London Warm Zone; and the … Read more
Future of London, supported by EDF Energy, host a suite of events addressing the challenges that Boroughs face in implementing the Green Deal and ECO.