Are you a young person leading a group committed to addressing socio-environmental justice? 💚

Don't miss this opportunity to apply for the first-ever Youth Climate Justice Fund that offers trust-based funding & resources to boost your #ClimateAction 🤩 ycjf.org/how-to-apply

Delighted to be opening the RETROFIT REIMAGINED season - 15/16 SEPT here in Balsall Heath at our wonderful Moseley Road Baths - book now!

Hot off the press Building Design article about Architecture for kids podcast series: bdonline.co.uk/opinion/how-th…

The American Planning Association, International Division, invites planners and related professionals to submit proposals for the 74th World Town Planning Day online conference, LEARN GLOBALLY-APPLY LOCALLY, Wed, 8 Nov '23.
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#WTPD Global Planners Network 1/5

We have been hard at work conducting a social impact assessment on Grahame Park's regeneration! It has been fantastic to hear all the opinions of residents.

The team of researchers will be up on site tomorrow too! Stop by and talk to them

Architecture Needs to Talk About This.

A piece from me on XXAOC about the wider issues raised by the David Adjaye allegations:

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Woah Climania got shortlisted!

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Arts and Humanities Research Council Birmingham Architectural Association thereza Birmingham City University RTPI YP West Midlands RTPI West Midlands

The city of Berlin’s culture budget (population 7m) for 2024 has been set at €947m. The whole of England’s culture budget (population 57m) for 2024 is £458.5m,

Berlin's new culture budget more than double England's arts funding | Euronews euronews.com/culture/2023/0…

In Chapter 8 of Engaged Urban Pedagogy Silvia Gullino Simeon and Elodie discuss a ‘research-teaching nexus’ enabled by student podcasting. Student podcasting is a relatively novel educational resource where audio files provide educational material in...(1/3)

Are you listening? Amplifying the voices of young community leaders
Young community ‘pioneers’ from My Place demonstrate how they are learning to advocate on behalf of their communities in the regeneration of Finsbury Park. bit.ly/45icet5

BLOG: 'I urge the radicals, the doers, the historically marginalised and excluded voices to get in touch with Town & Country Planning Association and share your thoughts [on the Garden City project].' - RTPI Young Planner of the Year Simeon

Read more:
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I am still supporting more applications to volunteer for the RTPI. If your on the fence, just go for it. You still have time

It's that time of year to volunteer with Royal Town Planning Institute. if you are keen, want/ need a sponsor for your application, please get in touch. It's honestly a great opportunity and thoroughly recommend. I have sponsored 3 people this year for a range of roles this year.

Great event last night Building Centre. “People want to be part of something Retrofit our homes, our communities and hearts and minds” said zero carbon house RetrofitBalsallHeath. Also speaking inspiring Hubbub #restrofirst

I contributed some thoughts to this piece, very interested in the project and as Block by Block have demonstrated youth engagement with Minecraft can be very successful! We still need to think about the social dimension too though, how do we capture it!?

Excited for this book to be out - we have a chapter in it!

Thank you #Bournville125 + Town & Country Planning Association for the invitation this week, there is so much to leave behind and take forward in the history of places like Bournville and the conditions and transitions they sat within, so good to meet Frances Northrop in person, + so many others, high…

We can't believe it's been a week since this incredible moment Festival of Place!

The My Place Pioneers led an amazing panel discussion on how #youngpeople can lead the way in delivering more equitable, sustainable places by working in partnership with local #communities

The prospect of the childless city | Financial Times ft.com/content/31d9e4…