Neighbourhoods Green Conference
making neighbourhoods green
Putting Greenspace at the heart of social housing18 May 2007
Congress Centre, London, WC1
'making neighbourhoods green' was a conference aimed at housing and neighbourhood managers, resident liaison officers, community regeneration officers, playworkers, green space managers, and others working in social housing. This conference has now been held. For information on the conference, including the programme, please see below.
Presentations from the day are provided below (where available), by clicking the speakers names where highlighted in red. Note that presentations are available in pdf format and may take a few minutes to load.conference programme
9.30 Registration and Coffee10.00 Chair's welcome - Dickon Robinson - CABE Space
10.10 Keynote speech - Stephen Howlett - Peabody Trust
10.20 Neighbourhoods Green - Mathew Frith - Peabody Trust
11.00 Keynote speech - Peter Mathews - DCLG
11.15 Coffee
11.45 Breakout Sessions
- Playful estates - Tim Gill - Children's play consultant
- Viable spaces in estate regeneration - Sarah Harrison - PRP Project Services
- Resident engagement - Nic Durston - Groundwork London
- Involving young people - Heather David - Notting Hill Housing
2.00 Chair's welcome - Dickon Robinson - CABE Space
2.05 Greenspace and mental well-being - Dr Marcus Roberts - MIND
2.30 Breakout Sessions
- Dumbed down spaces - here to stay? - Mathew Frith - Peabody Trust
- Raising management standards - Bob Ivison and Sid Sullivan - Greenspace Consultants
- The climate change challenge - Pete Massini - Natural England
- New lottery funding - Debbie Pippard - The Big Lottery
4.05 Resources - thinking outside the box - Graham Duxbury - Groundwork UK
4.25 Taking Neighbourhoods Green forward - Mathew Frith - Peabody Trust
4.35 Q&A and Chair's departing remarks - Dickon Robinson
5.00 Close
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