Growing community power through green space

How can communities and councils work together to create greener, fairer and more resilient places?

Join us to discuss how collaboration can turn local spaces into thriving, community-led green places where people are proud to live, and how community engagement unlocks huge potential in a town or city. We will explore techniques such as co-design, volunteering, and stewardship and show how they create more resilient, inclusive, and loved places.

Through stories and an open discussion, we’ll look at what happens when local voices lead, how councils can enable this, and the practical steps to move from delivering for communities to delivering with them.

What to expect

Over 90 minutes, you’ll hear:

• Insights and case studies
• A panel discussion
• Q&A.

Speakers

Jon Alexander – Jon is author of CITIZENS: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us, and co-founder of New Citizen Project, a book and company that work to shift the dominant story of the individual in society from Consumer to Citizen.

Carrie Deacon – Carrie works at Ealing Council and leads the development and delivery of the borough’s ‘Connected Communities’ vision.

Jon Hutchinson – Jon is the Programme Director for Communities at Groundwork. His work helps deliver projects under the core themes of Affordable Warmth, Blue Green Economy, Circular Economy, Connecting Communities with Greenspace, Health and Wellbeing and Heritage.

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