Place, poverty, inequality and possibility on the high street

By Myra Stuart The interplay between place, social networks and life chances is a crucial, and one that is frequently […]

Myra Stuart

Posted on Jul 26, 2019

New Year’s resolutions for housing

In recent weeks, various stories and statistics in the press have evidenced that tackling our housing crisis is not as […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Jan 5, 2018

The Glass-House response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy

Much has been said and written about the tragedy at Grenfell Tower in the last few days. As a nation […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Jun 19, 2017

Driving change through collaboration: celebrating International Women’s Day 2017

Today, Wednesday 8 March, people, organisations and networks around the world are celebrating International Women’s Day 2017 and its theme ‘Be […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Mar 8, 2017

Community-led housing – building homes and capacity

Housing. Whichever way you look at it, it’s an issue that defines our lives and our communities. With a ‘housing […]

Maja Luna Jorgensen

Posted on Feb 29, 2016

Taking a place-based view in supporting neighbourhoods

This blog post was originally published by the National Federation of ALMOs as part of their annual conference held in […]

Maja Luna Jorgensen

Posted on Aug 26, 2015

Urban governance: do current models support our ambitions for great places?

This blog post was first published on the Future of Cities blog run by Foresight Projects, part of the Government […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Feb 20, 2015

Towards a more open dialogue around place

Recently many place organisations and institutions have met to discuss the desire for collective action and stewardship on place, prompted […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Sep 8, 2014

How can we learn something from every experience with place?

The irony of it. The day after returning from our debate in Edinburgh exploring the relationship between place and health […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Nov 4, 2013

£1 Homes – an initiative to applaud

It’s about time that we looked at more creative, small-scale interventions to improve neighbourhoods and bring our failing streets, towns […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Feb 27, 2013