Building community in unprecedented times
How can the built environment create community connections? Practical reflections from the online launch or our People, Place and Community report
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Community, connection and Covid 19: How landscape-led placemaking prioritises and strengthens community
Since the start of the pandemic people of all ages now spend more time outdoors – and the public realm has taken on a new significance in community life. As we look towards a post-pandemic future, this case study explores Thamesmead, the lessons we can learn from how communities have used outside spaces during lockdown and how landscape-led placemaking prioritises and strengthens community.
Places, Spaces and Sociality: how the built environment creates a sense of community
Since March 2020, the way we connect with each other has dramatically changed. But what influence does the built environment have? One day before the second UK lockdown came to an end, we explored the role of the built environment in fostering a sense of community.
Community, connection and Covid-19: how design can foster social connections
The housing we live in, the tenure we occupy and the greenspaces that knit our neighbourhoods together all play a role in helping build social connections. In this City Park West case study we explore how we use these buildings and how community functions have drastically changed in the wake of Covid-19.
‘Connections’ Ep. 5: How to build connection – when we are all two metres apart
In this podcast we ask Bethan Harris from The Loneliness Lab and Stephanie Goldberg from the GLA: how can we build community within the context of Covid-19?
Local trusts: helping them help Londoners
Providing community services, space and connections is getting tougher. Historically the domain of churches and temples and technically a council responsibility, this key element of local support relies on vulnerable funding – and lots of good will. Local trusts have been delivering that support for decades, and it may be time for them to play a bigger role.
Estate Regeneration Ballots
Resident ballots will soon be a GLA funding condition for major schemes involving demolition. To gauge response and understand how the public sector can respond to the initiative’s risks and opportunities, FoL’s London Housing Network focused on balloting in its standing-room-only April session.
FLL: King’s Cross – beyond the station
On 25th February, candidates from Round 7 of Future London Leaders visited King’s Cross to see how one of Europe’s largest redevelopment project is progressing.