Community Consultation for Quality of Life (CCQoL)

Lead Research Organisation: University of Reading
Department Name: Built Environment

Abstract

Community consultation is important for ensuring that we get a built environment that is fit for purpose and could be an opportunity for serious dialogue with the community about how best to make places for everybody, rather than the perfunctory and excluding affair it often is now. There is to date little consensus on how best to gather community responses to planning proposals to feed into the design and development of successful (high social, environmental and economic value) places. Ultimately community consultation has largely untapped potential for learning how the design of buildings and places can be done better, particularly important in the Climate Emergency and for 'building back better' in the aftermath of the pandemic. Although the focus of the project is on the UK, the problems are global and the outcomes scalable.

In some parts of the country community consultation ceased during the pandemic, with decision making being delegated to pressurised Planning Officers who may not always have the interests of the community at heart. An imminent government review of planning in England is seeking to make the system more streamline. This could jeopardise community consultation which is known for being difficult and slow. A robust, inclusive, value for money format (digital and physical) for gathering data on what communities want from their buildings and places in the long term is urgently needed. To create such a platform is the aim of CCQoL.

Led by the University of Reading, with Co-Investigators in all four countries of the UK, CCQoL is a collaboration with the Quality of Life Foundation, the community consultation platform Commonplace, inclusive consultation experts Urban Symbiotics and the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CACHE). It is supported by a wide range of policy and industry organisations including the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Civic Voice and the British Property Federation.

Following a review of best practice in community consultation, user experiences (face to face and digital) will be designed for piloting on real planning applications in each of the four countries of the UK. Consultations will take place in an 'urban room', a community space, disused shop or pop up in the city with parallel, but interconnected, consultations on line. Community members will be asked to contribute to the making of maps to show what they value in the area and to anticipate the potential impacts of the planning proposal. A variety of experimental formats will be used to make the consultation as engaging as possible. Locally based Community Partnership Managers will be employed to encourage inclusive participation. The platforms will be refined based on learning from the pilots.

The main output will be a digital format for community consultation. This will link to the CCQoL platform, a series of digital maps which will offer a standardised format for gathering data on what communities want on an ongoing basis, scalable for use elsewhere with potential applications for other spheres of decision making. The Quality of Life Foundation and Commonplace will be responsible for the further development of the platform beyond the life of the project. Guidance for delivering face to face consultation on the ground will also be developed, as well as a series of reports on community consultation for each of the four UK planning contexts. This pragmatic project will be underpinned by robust academic research published through a series of refereed journal papers.

A generation has grown up designing virtual environments in games such as Sim City. CCQoL will provide the next step towards a digitally generated and constructed, co-created built environment. The foundations of such a future need to be designed with great care to ensure that it fulfils its positive potential.

Publications

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Title Edinburgh Climate Action Network Kick-Off 
Description introducing CCQoL to transition/.climate change sector and facilitating networking at cross-city cross-organisatoin event 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact impact on activists, climate change policy makers, high education representatives 
URL https://climatefringe.org/events/edinburgh-climate-action-network-kick-off/
 
Title Film launch: CCQOL-Your City Your Voice Belfast 
Description Ulster University produced film capturing activities and reflections by CCQOL Co-Is, RAs, and Project Ambassadors, shared via the CCQOL Belfast urban room website and QOL platforms. 
Type Of Art Artefact (including digital) 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact Disseminating impact of the research project to wider public community . 
URL https://yourcityyourvoicebelfast.commonplace.is/en-GB/news/belfast-urban-room:-a-new-short-film-shar...
 
Title Meadows Festival 
Description sharing exhibition stand with Edinburgh Local community explaining project and mapping tool 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact Impact on a large group of public visitors over 100 visited this exhibition 
URL https://www.whatsoninedinburgh.co.uk/event/021841-the-meadows-festival/
 
Title REVO presentation 
Description disseminating best practice from CCQoL in terms of advantages of effective community consultation to development community. Disseminating project to Scotland business community 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact impact on Scottish business community 
URL https://revocommunity.org/event/edinburgh-study-tour/
 
Title Urban Room Exhibition - in Reading town centre-' Your place our place' 
Description This is an exhibition as part of the Urban Room pop up space related to the CCQoL research project - the exhibition was titled ' Your Place Our Place. It was open to the public for March 2022 and was in the main shopping centre in Broad street Mall. The exhibition comprised a set of posters from local community themed around key issues that the local authority were considering for the town strategy - including health and wellbeing, culture and heritage,. business community. 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact A report was generated from this exhibition which was circulated to key local stakeholders including business leaders through REDA ( local development agency ) , community groups and Reading Borough council 
URL https://ccqol.org/2022/02/28/your-place-our-place-reading-launches-with-packed-schedule-of-events/
 
Description It has been identified that across the UK, working in the regions of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in partnership with Universities and community groups, the urban planning process is often inadequate in relation to how local communities are consulted and engaged. Whilst inconsistencies exist in relation to these inadequacies in process, poor (sometimes undemocratic) practices have been identified across all nations in the UK. The work of CCQoL has helped develop knowledge that has fed into a Code of Practice (CoP) for community engagement, published by the Quality of Life Foundation (QoLF). A key part of this proposed CoP is to not only ensure continual engagement through all stages of planning but to also ensure a mix of engagement pathways exist - including online, face-to-face and use of digital (e.g., interactive exhibitions) and physical (e.g., exhibition spaces) media - that enable consultations to be inclusive and participatory. This has resulted in the development of eight standards to support sustainable urban development in the CoP. These standards are designed for active stakeholders of the process (e.g., planners and commissioning bodies) to follow as part of their community consultation activity. The standards require stakeholders to be: (i) accountable; (ii) effective; (iii) transparent; (iv) inclusive; (v) timely; (vi) supportive of mutual learning; (vii) able to demonstrate impact of consultation on plans; and (viii) willing to publish information on the engagement process and its outcomes. The code of practice is available for anyone to access to support their engagement projects and has been promoted through various media working with the QoLF. The QoLF will continue to use its website to host the code of practice and toolkit that was developed as a part of the research.

This work is leading to further research activity on mixed-modes (digital and analogue) of consultation and the scope these mixed-modes have for broadening community engagement/reach. It is also clear that further, shared, learning is needed on how different approaches to community consultation are leading to improved sustainable development. This raises a question as to how that learning can/should be shared. Proposals from the research include developing a platform to share best practice and expertise to support inclusive approaches to community consultation.
Exploitation Route Whilst new avenues of research have been identified around community consultation practices, the outcomes of this work can be taken forward across the UK as part of local planning and development activity. Through the Code of Practice (CoP) published by the Quality of Life Foundation, a route to uptake and sustained support for promoting this CoP has been established.

Seven questions were posed as objectives for this research project, and all were addressed. The various regional perspectives meant that cultural and social differences of community emerged through the research process. The mapping of social value was both digital and analogue to ensure that community groups could access this information. The ongoing work relates to our fifth question: "How can community consultation be made into a long-term project that fosters ongoing civic debate?". The long-term scope for the outcomes is to embed these practices that have emerged from the project in local planning processes.
Sectors Communities and Social Services/Policy

Construction

Government

Democracy and Justice

URL https://www.qolf.org/what-we-do/community-consultation-for-quality-of-life-national-reports/
 
Description The project finished with the publication of four reports on public engagement in planning across each of the four nations that are available from the Quality of Life Foundation website. Most importantly, it resulted in the publication of a Code of Practice for Community Consultation, which is being disseminated by the Quality of Life Foundation. This is already starting to be used in a local authority context.
First Year Of Impact 2023
Sector Communities and Social Services/Policy
Impact Types Societal

Policy & public services

 
Description Quoted in House of Lords Built Environment Committee report Meeting Housing Demand
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5802/ldselect/ldbuiltenv/132/132.pdf
 
Description ESRC Impact Accelerator
Amount £30,000 (GBP)
Organisation Cardiff University 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start  
 
Description Public Map Platform
Amount £4,625,000 (GBP)
Funding ID AH/Y003772/1 
Organisation Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2023 
End 09/2025
 
Title Inclusive engagement toolkit 
Description The Inclusive Engagement Toolkit is a handy resource that outlines the key steps and principles to enable equal access to opportunities and resources during consultation and engagement processes. The toolkit was created for Community Consultation for Quality of Life, drawing on the learnings from the project to date. The toolkit is for anyone interested in undertaking or participating in an inclusive engagement process, including community groups, individuals and built environment professionals. It is also for companies or institutions that develop or shape new places, such as local authorities, resident associations, charities and developers. The toolkit offers seven simple and easy to use steps for undertaking inclusive community engagement for planning. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Based on in-depth research, we have produced a simple 7 step toolkit to make it easier for professionals to design and deliver inclusive engagement practices 
URL https://ccqol.org/2022/11/24/inclusive-engagement-toolkit/
 
Description 3rd Advidory Group for the CCQoL meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Experts from the industry, NGOs, academic institutions, CCQOL team and project partners meet to discuss development of the project Update on all 4 Urban Rooms before the launch of Cardiff Urban room with 20 particpants as part of the advisory group
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description 4th Advisory Group for CCQoL project 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Experts from the industry, NGOs, academic institutions, CCQOL team and project partners Update on all 4 Urban Rooms and reports (Inclusivity Report, and Reading local stakeholder/post-urban room report) 20 industry experts in attendance
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description 5th Advisory Group for CCQoL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Experts from the industry, NGOs, academic institutions, CCQOL team and project partners
"Word cloud: What does the industry currently do well in community engagement? What would you like to improve? 10 min
Presentation of the CCQOL project 20 min
Recommendations including ideas for code of conduct
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description A Grangetown to Grow Up In after-school drop in 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact A Grangetown to Grow Up In after-school drop in
with Residents and Built Environment Professionals
Young Voices in Place Plan recommendations involving 30 participants
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description A Grangetown to Grow Up In workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Primary and Secondary Schools, Child Friendly City, Built environment professionals .
Young Voices in Place Plan recommendations with 50 in attendance
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.childfriendlycardiff.co.uk/
 
Description Belfast City Centre Management-Public Space Management Action Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Belfast City Centre Management-Public Space Management Action Group -Government, Academic, Voluntary, Community-Presentation of CCQOL and Belfast Urban Room research, proposed urban room location and geographic scope. BCCM input and support established for City Centre mapping and data resources. Over 45 in attendance
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.belfastcentre.com/public-space-management
 
Description Belfast Local Advisory Group Meeting 03 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Belfast Local Advisory Group Meeting 03 Contribution from Government, Academic, Voluntary, Community groups. Introduction with appointed CPM; urban room theme and action plan to support delivery of urban room for September 2022 agreed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Better Places event - Presentation of Harlow & Gilston Garden Town Mapping Quality of Life project, referencing CCQOL as key in development. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Working with DLUHC, local authorities and built environment professionals Development of mapping and engagement tool as consultancy service
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Broughton/Newtown Community Council meeting - Edinburgh 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact presentation to an invited a room full of new councillors and local leaders explaining urban room and CCQoL - leading to subsequent visits and engagement with the research project CCQoL
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description CCHA Housing Association drop in 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Working with Housing Association and Tenants Awareness raising of CCQoL survey, links established with Housing Association with 30 people attending
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.facebook.com/CCHA9
 
Description CCQOL: Shaping Community Places workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact CCQOL: Shaping Community Places workshop involving students
Educational workshop with Community Places on Belfast-NI Planning and Quality of Life/CCQOL mapping with BA Hons Architecture students from Ulster University. Embedding QOLF into architecture and urban design practice and professional skills.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description CCQOL: Shaping Community Places workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Educational workshop with Community Places on Belfast-NI Planning and Quality of Life/CCQOL mapping with MScI Planning, Regeneration and Development students from Ulster University. Embedding QOLF into planning policy and professional skills.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description CCQoL PANEL: A long-term vision for us all: A lesson in wellbeing for the whole of the UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact CCQoL per discussion
Panelists: Well-Being of Future Generations, Cardiff Council, Urban Planners
Connection made with Well-Being of Future Generations Involvement Artist; Recommendations for community consultation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Cardiff Council Planning, Development and Regeneration teams discussion forum 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Local Authority Built Environment policy makers and residents
Commitment to working collaboratively on place plan consultations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL http://cardiff.gov.uk
 
Description Cardiff University Civic Mission and Engagement teams 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Cardiff University Civic Mission and Engagement teams meeting to discuss Civic mission alignment to CCQoL
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/community
 
Description Chinese Cultural Outreach and QOL Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Chinese Cultural Outreach and QOL Workshop
Workshop introducing local people to Chinese culture and discussion on the interpretation/mapping of QOLF themes to people from China who are living and working temporarily in Belfast. Direct feedback into urban room QOLF thematic data collection.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.ulster.ac.uk/confucius/home
 
Description Community Consultation for Quality of Life Advisory Group 1 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This was the first advisory group with 24 national experts on the subject of housing. We presented the aims of the project for discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Community Consultation for Quality of Life Advisory Group 2 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The second advisory group attended by 24 people.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Community Places Participatory Budget Charter Launch with CCQOL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Community Places Participatory Budget Charter Launch with CCQOL involving Government, Academic, Voluntary, Community.
Co-developed launch of a Participatory Budgeting (PB) charter with Community Places, with a CCQOL workshop focused on the integration of QOL Framework themes and actions into PB
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.communityplaces.info/news?page=1
 
Description Community Voices Cardiff Eid Party and Launch 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Community Voices Cardiff Eid Party and Launch intention was Awareness raising of CCQoL survey .
Over 300 local community members attended.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Community Voices Cardiff workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Cardiff Council Planning, Cardiff Child Friendly City, Residents, Built Environment Professionals, Students
Discussion regarding how to collaborate on local area Place Plans 16 in attendance
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Design your own park workshop - CDF and Urban Habitats 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Built environment professionals and residents discussion and workshop - Awareness raising of CCQoL survey, confirmation of support for Green Places consultation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://urban-habitats.com/
 
Description Edinburgh. Community Board Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact CCQoL activities Included in University's Community Plan: Supporting Social Impact - Our Edinburgh Neighbourhood exhibition and research subject of the discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.ed.ac.uk/local/our-community-plan/what-we-ve-done-in-year-two/supporting-social-impact
 
Description Event How Can Community Consultation Engage with Under Represented Groups 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event was set up by the Quality of Life Foundation, with me, as part of the dissemination of the Community Consultation for Quality of Life Project. 67 attended. 120 signed up for tickets.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.co.uk%2Fx%2Fhow-can...
 
Description Grange Pavilion Launch 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Government, Council, University, Residents, Built Environment, health, youth organisations invited to launch of research pop up space
Policy makers engaging with residents over 500 attendees to the event
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://grangepavilion.wales
 
Description Grangetown Schools Advisory Panel 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Headteachers, Welsh Government Cabinet Member for Children, Cardiff Council Child Friendly City
Awareness raising of CCQoL survey, confirmation of support for Young Voices consultation. There were 10 contributors to this panel
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.childfriendlycardiff.co.uk/
 
Description Health and Research Care Wales discussion 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion with Health and Research Care representatives and residents connection made with Health and Research Care Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://healthandcareresearchwales.org
 
Description Homes England Planning and Design Virtual Summit 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Homes England discussion about CCQoL project and impact on planning and design of future housing over 200 people attended this summit .
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Meeting with Cardiff Council Director of Planning, Transport and Environment and Chief Planner 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Discussion regarding academic input into Cardiff Local Development Plan
Contributors includedCardiff Council Director of Planning, Transport and Environment; Cardiff Council Chief Planner; Built environment academics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL http://www.cardiff.gov.uk
 
Description Opening Ceremony Reading Urban Room 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Mayor, Project partners, General Public, Reading Council, University department heads, attended the opening of the research project and consultation space in Reading town centre
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Our Edinburgh Neighbourhood Launch Event for Urban room 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Introducing project with speech from leader of council. disseminating project to HEIs, politicians and policy makers. Scotland Today news package TX 26.07.22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce5x67uIbGW/
 
Description Presentation and Stall at Reading Gurudwara 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Presentation and Stall at Reading Gurudwara-Worshippers at Gurudwara-Partnership with committee to bring community to participate in activities at the Urban Room. - over 50 people from community in attendance
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Quality of Life and Ulster University: Belfast Regeneration Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Quality of Life and Ulster University: Belfast Regeneration Workshop
contributors include Government, Academic, Voluntary, Community, Police Service NI.
Panel workshop focused on a: interpretation of QOLF themes relevant to Belfast, and b: action workshop on how QOLF themes can be integrated into Ulster University's development plans for a new city centre campus. Facilitated by CCQOL Co-I Dr Golden, QOL Director MMorgan, and UU Prof of Community Engagement DMorrow. Workshop outcomes led to 2nd post-urban room event in October 2022.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Reading 2050: Past, Present amd Future Reflections Talk with Reading UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Discussion event about the future of Reading, part of the Reading 2050 future visiting project with the Reading UK team ( representing local business in Reading ), project partners, general public , local councillors ,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Reading Quality of Life Workshop with QOLF 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact A discussion with a range of regional stakeholders from community groups about the Quality of Life framework .
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Royal Society of Ulster Architects Women in Architecture Group: CCQOL Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Royal Society of Ulster Architects Women in Architecture Group: CCQOL Workshop involving practitioners, academics, voluntary group representatives.
Workshop focusing on QOLF themes and their relevance to the built environment (planning, development, architecture, and future city living as inclusive frameworks), led by the CCQOL Belfast urban room Co-Is and RAs with RSUA Women in Architecture representatives, including presentations from CCQOL PI Prof Flora Samuel and CCQOL project partner Stephanie Edwards of Urban Symbiotics. Event co-funded by Royal Society of Ulster Architects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://rsua.org.uk/women-in-architecture/
 
Description Sight and Hear Loss: the city and you 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Public and voluntary group members workshop and meeting
Workshop led by CCQOL Belfast Co-I and RAs with mutlple charities and voluntary groups supporting people with disabilities (Guide Dogs, RNIB, Forsight, AngelEyes, Deaf and Blind). Actions arising on how to adjust the urban room to better accommodate visitors with visual and physical impairment and how QOLF themes are interpreted through the lens of inclusivity and accessible healthy cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.forsightni.co.uk/
 
Description Taff Housing Association drop in 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Housing Association and Tenants drop in meeting
Awareness raising of CCQoL survey, links established with Housing Association 30 people in attendance
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://taffhousing.co.uk/
 
Description UK Green Building Council Social Value Showcase 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact On a panel with three other speakers talking about best practice in social value. One of the other speakers was Cara Mullholland who works with me on another project the Better Places Toolkit, a KTP with Stantec. 85 attendees.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.ukgbc.org/courses/social-value-showcase-2/
 
Description Ulster University UU-Quality of Life Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact UU-Quality of Life Workshop
Contributors from Government, Academic, Voluntary, Community\Bespoke workshop applying QOLF themes and CCQOL mapping research to Ulster University's Campus Community Engagement Forum activities - applying 6 QOL themes as drivers of engagement and university-led actions to improve the inclusion of marginalised communities in the opportunities for improving QOL presented by a new UU campus in Belfast City Centre.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Urban Room at Reading research presentation to whole University of Reading community 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An all University presentation to colleagues to describe y partnering with organisations to play a positive role in our local communities and using these connections to strengthen our work and research. The presentation was attended by over 150 academics and researchers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Walking Studio: QOLF and the Art of Urban Exploration 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Walking Studio: QOLF and the Art of Urban Exploration
involving Academics, members of the public
A collaboration between the Belfast School of Art and the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at Ulster University, linked through Your City Your Voice and Community Consultation for Quality of Life, in partnership with Belfast City Council. The walking studio used urban exploration as a means of applying and gathering Quality of Life themed observations about the built environment surrounding Ulster University Belfast, with members of the public, focusing on public art and the public realm as a canvas for creative quality of life for all-ages. The event was sponsored by ESRC-UK funding as part of the 2022 ESRC Festival of Social Science.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://festivalofsocialscience.com/events/the-walking-studio-the-art-of-urban-exploration/
 
Description Well-Being of Future Generations Wales discussion forum 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Well-Being of Future Generations Team and local area young people -Awareness raising of Well Being of Future Generations Act and potential collaboration on consultation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Welsh Senedd discussion forum on consultation language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Welsh Government, (sponsored by Minister for Social Justice) public and third sector representatives, residents
Guidance onrecommendations for a consultation code of conduct over 90 in attendance
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL http://ccqol.org/news/
 
Description Westminster Forum talk on Community Consultation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Session on housing chaired by Lord Best.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/agenda/Housing-Design-2021-agenda.pdf
 
Description Young Voices follow up workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Contributors to the meeting Child Friendly City, Cardiff Youth Service, residents, Four Winds, Grangetown Boys and Girls Club.
Recommendations and commitments to work collaboratively on Grangetown Place Plan .
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description |Community Consultation for Quality of Life Launch 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This was a formal launch event for the Community Consultation for Quality of Life Project. It attracted 57 industry members.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://ccqol.org/news/