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Research: A person-centred, place-based approach to environmental policy, based on our participatory research in seven low-income neighbourhoods across Leeds and Newcastle. Published in Wiley's Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Journal: https://lnkd.in/eYhgjXxT Written by Lucie Middlemiss, Yekaterina (Kat) Chzhen, Carolyn Snell, and Institute for Community Studies's Tania Carregha, Samanthi Theminimulle and Emily Morrison. University of York University of Leeds Trinity College Dublin Funded by Nuffield Foundation #NetZero #EnvironmentalPolicy #NetZeroPolicy #PlaceBasedResearch #GreenPolicy

This week, The Landworkers' Alliance is hosting a conference about on-farm agroecological research, bringing together agroecological farmers and growers, with scientists, researchers, policy-makers and funders to showcase the innovation taking place on farms across the country. One project showcased, funded through the Community Knowledge Fund, pooled the knowledge of landworkers to identify what was relevant and important to test and measure on their lands, with the aim of agreeing standard methodologies for data measurement and recording. Find out more about the UK Research and Innovation -funded Community Knowledge Fund 👇 https://bit.ly/3f4IlaE #Agroecology #Innovation #Policy #Farming #DataMeasurement Organic Research Centre Association of Applied Biologists AHDB - Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board ADAS

Yesterday, our Director of Research Dr Al Mathers joined Future of London at Public Spaces Expo for a timely discussion of issues around widening participation in the built environment. Her key takeaways include 👇 1️⃣ Upfront investment (in terms of time and resources) is critical for trusted relationships to flourish between design professionals and communities. 2️⃣ Participatory design approaches do not always follow a linear journey or a 'one size fits all' model. To avoid 'participation washing' they need to be adapted and evolved with the community, based on communication needs, motivations for engagement, and deep understanding of place. 3️⃣ This should be supported by capability building - both in terms of community confidence and skills, and organisational mindsets to support and adapt to community visions for change. 4️⃣ Overall, we need a move away from short-term extractive projects to long term partnerships. Explore an example of a place-based research and engagement programme: https://bit.ly/4bwJtew Find out more about participatory approaches via our Peer Research Network: https://bit.ly/3qxwRiX #BuiltEnvironment #PublicSpaces #ParticipatoryDesign #PlaceBasedResearch #PeerResearch

EVENT: Looking forward to some fascinating conversations at Public Spaces Expo next Tuesday. Among them, our Director of Research Al Mathers will explore how to ensure our public spaces are welcoming. "Subtle signs and signals can influence whether people feel a place is meant for them", Al says. "What does an actively inclusive space look like?" Sign up to join the debate 👇

EVENT 🌟 : Join our free Hive Minds webinar on Thursday 17 October from 5-6pm! Hear from peer researchers, social action leads and local delivery partners from the ground-breaking #PeerActionCollective (PAC) programme. Young people will share initial key findings from their peer research projects addressing the escalating crisis of youth violence in communities across England and Wales. Register here: https://bit.ly/3BFIr3M Youth Endowment Fund , #iwill , Co-op , The National Lottery Community Fund , Department for Culture, Media and Sport

OPINION 🌱 | Green growth calls for a clear plan, not vague promises Labour has pledged to ‘Get Britain Working’. Beyond capitalising on the opportunity of a green economy, the UK needs a carefully managed and well-planned ‘just’ and fair transition, writes Emily Morrison for Chamber UK. More: https://bit.ly/4dBfKCp #GetBritainWorking #GreenGrowth #JustTransition #GreenEconomy #NetZero

OPINION: Huge thanks to Mark Griffiths for sharing his analysis of how The Labour Party's mission-driven leadership, if supported by citizen participation, could drive social change 👇 #Participation #MissionDriven #FairerFuture

Working "with and alongside" UK communities builds deep understanding of deprivation, disadvantage, and vulnerabilities, says our CEO Helen Goulden OBE in the @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities podcast. Thanks to Lauren Baker Mitchell and Prof Katy Shaw for including us in this important conversation. Listen here: https://bit.ly/47BoEhK

Do you live in London? We want to hear your thoughts and ideas on green home adaptations. Get paid to share your views in workshops. No previous experience is necessary. Find out more via: bit.ly/45hTBGR Express your interest via: bit.ly/4eUkKDp #London #Sustainability #SustainableHomes #LondonHomes #GreenHomes

Today, we're at the first Outer Hebrides ‘COP’ event, hosted by Climate Hebrides. OH-COP1 aims to kick-start a whole community approach to climate action, linking legislation, strategy and operational delivery, with community groups, businesses, public bodies, schools and households. As part of the event, Climate Hebrides is showcasing its new Mapping for Change tool, which captures stories from different communities across the region who have experienced climate change challenges, to help inform climate mitigation and adaptation planning and policies at a strategic level. The event is also sharing actions already being undertaken locally to tackle climate change, helping to identify gaps and ideas for future action, and attendees are making pledges of action and commitments to each other which will be reviewed at OH-COP2 next year.  The project is a grantee of the @UKRI_News-funded Community Knowledge Fund, which supports community groups and organisations to use the knowledge in communities to address challenges that matter locally.  Explore the Mapping for Change project from Climate Hebrides: https://bit.ly/3XmN7Th  Find out more about the Community Knowledge Fund: https://bit.ly/3Azi2E6  See our wider work to help shape a fairer, greener future for all: https://lnkd.in/ehT_WkEM  #ClimateChange #CommunityAction #Community #Innovation #PlaceBasedChange