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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We've updated our paper on #socialvalue.
This is a plea to think harder about how we understand social value when places change, and to look more closely at the impact of regeneration and new development on everyday life and wellbeing.
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Thanks for highlighting this @Listen_toLocals I’m really interested in thinking through/testing how this could work. Any potential collaborators out there?
"we need to take a three-pronged, public health approach to belonging in our neighbourhoods and our local social spaces" says Nicola Bacon of @SL_Cities #connectedplaces @theRSAorg @Tashreid @CormacRussell thersa.org/rsa-journal/2023/…
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So happy this is now out in the world - our research with @leedsbeckett and @localitynews highlights how important local community organisations are to tackling health inequalities. When we ignore these we risk harm to health.
🔎JUST LAUNCHED: Ignoring local community groups is harming our health, says new report by @localitynews @leedsbeckett & @SL_Cities
#PowerOfCommunity
Read more👇
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ALT Front cover of report, title is "Adapting, expanding and embedding community and culture into health ecosystems (The ARCHES Project)"
Join our fieldteam! we're looking for people with experience of engagement, outreach or research in local communities. Closing date Monday 11th 5pm.
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Back in Old Oak to today to start thinking about how we understand the impact of @oldoakparkroyal public space projects.
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Looking forward to speaking at the Festival of Place next Monday 26th at 12pm, talking about how we've been capturing the social impact of estate regeneration and why this matters.
@festivalofplace @TheDeveloperUK #SocialImpact
Tickets here bit.ly/3vJKPUo
Come and join our team! Looking for a new junior researcher/project support. Great opportunity to develop your skills and experience in built environment research 🏡🏢🏛️🏙️
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Deadline 5pm Monday 12th February
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Finishing off street interviews for our #southacton research - seeing how people living near the regeneration feel about it and what impact it’s having on their lives
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New blog. About our site survey method. How we look at the built environment and understand how it is supporting (or not supporting) community life and wellbeing. 🏠🏨🏗️🌇
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🎨Young people living on #woodberrydown shared their feelings about the regeneration. Our conversations and their artworks give us insights into what they love about the area, their anxieties about change and their hopes for the future @myplacecomm
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“Spurred on by the land reform agenda driven by Holyrood, public authorities in Scotland are encouraged to transfer unused assets to local people.” The community buyout projects leading Scotland’s self-help revolution theguardian.com/uk-news/2024…
@MosteanuOlimpia writes about the Walworth Living Room, how it has become an important social space, offering welcome, flexibility, activities or just a place to be.
Our social infrastructure blog for the festive season #3 🫖🎄⭐️
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@MosteanuOlimpia writes about our time spent at the Walworth Living Room - this has become a social space that is working hard for its local community @Pembroke1885
Our third festive blog on our work on social infrastructure❄️🫖⭐️
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@MosteanuOlimpia writes about how the Walworth Living Room has become an important social space, offering welcome, flexibility, activities or just a place to be @Pembroke1885
Our social infrastructure blog for the festive season #3⭐️❄️🫖
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Social infrastructure for Christmas blog #2 🎅🏾 ⭐️
Mena Ali on thé power of #libraries - how buildings and spaces can be used flexibly to support us educationally, socially and economically.
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Social infrastructure Christmas blog 1🎄🎄
Larissa Begault on our work on social infrastructure in 2023. We believe we can do better supporting communities through change.
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The last two weeks we've visited @CaiaPark in Wrexham @JusticePrince in Newcastle and #NiftyFifty's in Coatbridge for @Peoples_health - looking at their impact on #communitypower and #healthinequalities. We've seen great & inspiring work and thank you for making us so welcome.
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Sevenfields Community Health Champions refining their questions and messages for their next stages of work last night @CorbettLibrary
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