ListentoLocals
@Listen_toLocals
Seeking evidence and opportunities for local people to fully participate in the decisions that affect their lives and livelihoods #ListentoLocals
sobering but inspiring interview with @RobGMacfarlane and @amolrajan about our rivers - what's gone wrong and what we can do about it @Thames21 @RiverThames @ThamesBaths @ThamesPics @ThamesPathNT @Tidal_Thames95 @TidalThamesSwim @LDNWaterkeeper @Waterkeeper…
🎧 In the latest episode of #RadicalReformers, @aglaird welcomes renowned public service innovator and author, @HilaryCottam. They discuss the importance of place and the role of local institutions in fostering healthy, fulfilling lives and creating #TheWorkWeNeed. Listen here:…
wordcloud from our 1st #BuildforHealth workshop earlier this month at @Hawkins_Brown
Did you know that planting more street trees can save everyone money? From lower cooling costs for individual properties to better budgets for pollution removal for the government, trees have even been found to save the NHS money - everyone benefits when we plant more urban…
an inspiring afternoon touring Springfield Village with @londonsoc members- an 82-acre redevelopment site demonstrating how to #BuildforHealth
The plans received 2,505 responses, of which 2,427 are objections, 59 are in support while there are 19 neutral comments - the council has decided to #listentolocals @PeckhamVision standard.co.uk/news/london/pe…
Can we achieve “Loo-topia? My review of #WeethePeople for @londonsoc #publictoiletsarepublichealth @HHCDesign @ageuklondon @BloomsburyBooks @sohosocietyw1 londonsociety.org.uk/designing-incl…
Local education authorities across the UK are often projecting future education needs of new development using outdated assumptions, acc to @Savills savills.co.uk/blog/article/3…
DT (£) “Around a dozen areas will be earmarked for the first wave of new towns and major urban extensions in a taskforce report, set to be sent to ministers within the next few weeks.” In the next few days - if deadline for report to be met. telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/…
Walkable city = less lonely city
It's easier to connect in walkable places. It should be easier to build them in the U.S.
We launched our Residents’ Charter—shaped by 3,000+ local conversations. With a good turnout, residents heard from Just Space, UCL and discussed our 10 key “asks.” A small win. What’s next? Turning these appeals into action. Let community needs prevail over profit.
"if Neighbourhood Teams are to succeed, they must embrace a social model of health—one that gives equal weight to the wider determinants of wellbeing, from housing and employment to education and community connection" says @MutualVentures mutualventures.co.uk/post/neighbour…
In areas where demand for health services increase, as a consequence of new house building, the local authority has the power, & make it a condition of planning, using section 106 agreements, to make developers pay for, and provide new health centres.
The planning minister has told members of the House of Lords that the government does not want “local opposition” to be the “test” of whether a new towns site is taken forward and that any "appropriate" sites would be progressed in “the national interest” planningresource.co.uk/article/192617…
developers' viability assessments are "hard for local authorities to challenge due to a lack of transparency and limited expertise " says @NAOorguk lgcplus.com/services/housi…
The latest Talk About London podcast, made in partnership with @londonsoc, provides both a recap and an update on ambitious plans for filling the empty #EarlsCourt space where the Exhibition Centre used to be: youtube.com/watch?v=9Srp0n…. @earlscourtdevco @RBKC @LBHF #regeneration
Scientists and medical providers are becoming increasingly impressed by how the simple act of spending time outdoors in a natural setting can lead to improved physical and mental health. Read more: bluezones.com/2024/08/park-p… #bluezones #bluezoneslife #livebetterlonger #longevity
A Neighbourhood Health Service could do more than transform healthcare; it might just hold the key to reviving our struggling city and town centres ,says @LSHtweets lsh.co.uk/explore/resear…
fantastic initiative to understand & improve health equity - happy to support in any way 👌 @lb_southwark @ImpUrbanHealth @KingsCollegeLon @MichaelMarmot @marmotihe kcl.ac.uk/research/south…