Our work is about people & places. We specialise in research & community projects about how people are affected by changes in the built environment.
Social Life, London
Joined July 2010
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Heritage highlight of the day: The Battle of Cable Street mural in Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, commemorates the defeat of fascist marchers by the people of East London in October 1936.
Painted by Dave Binnington, Paul Butler, Ray Walker and Desmond Rochfort between 1979-83.
ALT Image credit: Historic England
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James Riley Point at the Carpenters Estate will be retrofitted to Passivhaus standards
This is what we should do with aging tower blocks, not demolish them!!!
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“Although we did not set out to focus on neighborhood-scale interventions, we found that the examples offering the most encouraging results [in advancing equitable resilience to climate change] all had some neighborhood focus,”
@zacharylamb & Lawrence Vale
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"The #placemaking approach – is about joined up thinking, addressing the place before the discipline & breaking down silos. It is about a way of doing things as much, if not more, than the physical result at the end." @Jen_heal: linkedin.com/pulse/placemaki… #PlacemakingWalesCharter
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During February - April we ran a series of workshops about elements of the planning system. We now have a series of short video guides that you can watch to find out more about planning and the responsibilities of the different arms of government. A 🧵
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“If the NHS is to make progress on reducing inequality the important contribution made be community anchor organisations must be better understood and supported" – Prof @MarkGamsu
New research by @LeedsBeckett, @Localitynews and @SL_Cities: locality.org.uk/resources/ad…
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Here's the robust case study about @HalifaxOppTrust's community garden @OutbackGardenHX which describes the contribution to individual & collective wellbeing via social & green connections. Commissioners please note! @localitynews @leedsbeckett @SL_Cities bit.ly/442T2A7
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🔎JUST LAUNCHED: Ignoring local community groups is harming our health, says new report by @localitynews @leedsbeckett & @SL_Cities
#PowerOfCommunity
Read more👇
locality.org.uk/resources/ad…
ALT Front cover of report, title is "Adapting, expanding and embedding community and culture into health ecosystems (The ARCHES Project)"
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I don't think anyone took the politics of naming more seriously than Fulham Metropolitan Borough Council: Clem Attlee Court, begun 1955. (Hammersmith and Fulham must have kept up the tradition after 1965.)
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@SL_Cities taking to the digital stage at Festival of Life: Social Impact
bit.ly/3vJKPUo
#SocialImpac #Regeneration
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Thank you for sharing your views on how planning and urban design impacts the health and well-being of children and young people.
Read the submissions to our inquiry into children, young people and the built environment 👇
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Save the date: online #loneliness conference 2024. Thurs 8 Feb, 10:00 - 17:00.
Hosted by @EndLonelinessUK, it will bring together experts in the field of loneliness practice & research from around the world to explore what's next for tackling loneliness.
tickettailor.com/events/camp…
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💡 NEW blog explores what influences #wellbeing in #London & what can help.
@elizabeth_sim0n takes us through key findings & learnings from a recent report by @MileEndInst & @centreforlondon.
bit.ly/3tmHp8Y
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What if the climate transition and retrofit of our homes, streets and neighbourhoods were designed, owned and governed by the people who live there?
Thank you @RetrofitBH for immense leadership as part of a wider movement, and to @Lees_Martina for capturing.
#RetrofitReimagined
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How much does poor housing hurt our health, and how much could we save by fixing it? The GLA has just published a new analysis by my colleague Sam Hurst that answers these questions for London!
Here's a thread of the key findings ... data.london.gov.uk/housing/r…
ALT Cover of the Greater London Authority Housing Research Note on the cost of poor housing in London
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Shocking new homelessness stats show surge in homeless families in bed and breakfast.
- Families with children in B&B up 93% on a year ago
- Families with children in B&B beyond six week legal limit up 146% on a year ago and 39% on previous three months
gov.uk/government/statistics…
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Come and see the Woodberry Down partners @BerkeleyGroupUK @hackneycouncil @NHGhousing and the residents from WDCO today at the Berkeley Homes Site in Devan Road 3-7pm and give them your views on the Masterplan @WDLabourCllrs @guynicholson_ @mayorofhackney @jackiem34147794
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Iconic South London sausage shop restored to former Art Deco glory in Southwark orlo.uk/gHurj
ALT Kennedy's (Photo credits: Image Chris Redgrave, © Historic England Archive)
ALT Kennedy's (Photo credits: Image Chris Redgrave, © Historic England Archive)
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The foundation of our happiness and fulfillment is a rich social life.
The way to achieve it is through how we design, build, and program our communities, because opportunities for connection are found within the built environment.
sociallifeproject.org/addres… #placemaking
