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“It is no exaggeration to say it is work like this which can save the world. If we are going to learn how to live in the face of climate change, tackle the vast inequalities that divide us, come together across differences of race, history and religion, it will be through experiences like this. It won’t be through protests and it won’t be through textbooks – vital though both those can be – it will be through lived experiences of doing the everyday differently.
It is not best seen as an alternative to conventional ways of changing the world. It should, instead, be understood as the beginning of a new strategy to do just that. When we see it that way, we should realise it is one of the biggest sources of hope in a profoundly dark time.”
Marc Stears, Sydney Policy Lab
“The Council is a staunch advocate of the Participatory City Foundation and of the Every One Every Day programme. This is because people are at the heart of our mission: people’s relationship with themselves – their sense of identity, worth, power and agency; their relationship with one another; with wider civil society; with the economy; and with the state. Central to our approach has been a belief, or rather an instinct, that presumes there is a personal and public good in fellowship, that relationships can be established and nourished in every day practical participation and that through those interactions great things are catalysed.”
Chris Naylor, Chief Executive, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
“We’re proud to see National Lottery funding play a part in supporting this great idea to become a reality. We are excited to see this project - the largest participatory project of its kind in the country - continue to go from strength to strength, and witness the long term impact on these communities in the years to come.”
Sacha Rose-Smith, Senior Head of Regional Funding, The National Lottery Community Fund
“Positive systemic change at the necessary depth and speed is not something that can be imposed from elsewhere, or for that matter, that governments or the private sector can accomplish by themselves. It requires community-wide mobilisation. By connecting people and ideas where they live and work with a sense that we can and must do better, Participatory City and its partners are creating the conditions for an enduring and hopeful societal transformation.”
Stephen Huddart, Chief Executive, McConnell Foundation
“The project’s Year 2 report makes fascinating and often inspiring reading. This is an initiative not afraid to set bold objectives and to be accountable for their achievement. From encouraging neighbourhood participation and co-learning to helping people become makers, gardeners or potential social entrepreneurs, Every One Every Day measures its progress not just in a growing body of data but through the vivid testimony of local residents for whom connection and hope has begun to replace isolation and pessimism.”
Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSA
Bloomberg Philanthropies and City Bridge Trust contribute a further £1.1m to Every One Every Day initiative
Participatory City Foundation is delighted to announce confirmation of additional support for the Every One Every Day project in Barking and Dagenham from the City Bridge Trust and from Bloomberg Philanthropies, coming to a total of £1.t1m over three years.
This brings the total funding raised for the project and the borough to £7.39 million, of which £2.6 million has been confirmed in the past year.
This support guarantees that the project can continue to develop its aim to build and test a large scale participation platform in Barking and Dagenham, bringing new collaboration opportunities to local residents.
Andrea Coleman of Bloomberg Philanthropies said “We know that today’s cities face significant challenges, but they are also driving powerful solutions. We’re proud to support this ground-breaking work to help residents come together to transform their community, and we look forward to sharing lessons from Every One Every Day with cities around the world.”
The funding enables the project to establish the key elements of the Cities Programme, a structured curriculum of learning for other places wishing to build their own local participation initiatives. To find out more please see our blogpost.
SEEKING A PARTICIPATORY CITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AT MCCONNELL FOUNDATION, CANADA
The McConnell Foundation is hiring for a new position, Participatory City Development Manager. The role will be part of the Cities for People ecosystem and reports to the Program Director for city initiatives at McConnell. It will involve working closely with the UK-based Participatory City Foundation and with multi-sectoral teams in at least three Canadian cities.
The Participatory City Development Manager will help lead the development phase (“Social R&D”) of a new initiative, Participatory City Canada. The successful candidate will also be part of a wider, dynamic team at McConnell that is co-creating innovative and scalable approaches to address, at the systems level, some of our toughest challenges — from the climate crisis to rising inequality and declining public trust.
Title: Participatory City Development Manager
Supervisor: Program Director, City Initiatives
Location: Montreal (other locations may be considered)
Application Deadline: 14 December 2019 at 11:59pm EST
Starting date: 15 January 2020 (or as soon as possible)
Position Type: Full time, until 31 March 2021 (with possibility for extension)
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THE WAREHOUSE IS FULLY EQUIPPED!
The Warehouse is the largest public maker space in the UK and is in Thames Road, Barking. The Warehouse contains a range of tools, spaces, machinery and learning opportunities which are openly accessible to local residents in Barking and Dagenham.
For local residents, it completes a learning and development pathway that connects the earliest interest, through participation or initiating a neighbourhood project, to business development.
The Warehouse creates further opportunities to prototype products and test ideas which can potentially become the basis of new collaborative businesses in Barking and Dagenham.
Promoting a circular economy
Match funded by the Mayor of London’s Good Growth Fund, the Warehouse brings together a number of innovative models for creating inclusive and sustainable local development.
The business programme is specifically adapted to the principles of the circular economy, developing hybrid business models that promote co-ownership and social benefit.
Below some images from the We Make Our City Festival on the 30 November 2019. |