Neighbourhoods Green Events
Making it Home: improving open space in the affordable housing sector, 28th February
Landscape Institute, London 9:15 AM to 1:15 PM
In partnership with Neighbourhoods Green, the Landscape Institute presents a seminar that focuses on the affordable housing sector. It aims to improve landscape professionals' understanding of this sector in order to ensure that design solutions and management regimes proposed for open spaces are realistic, sustainable and contribute to the creation of thriving communities.
For further details, please click here (opens new window).
Effective Tree Management Seminar, 27th March 2012
The National Housing Federation, London WC1V 6NY
Trees are an important component of housing green space and are a key consideration on-going estate management. Come along to this half day seminar to:
- Understand the importance of effective tree
- management
- Discuss how best to manage risk and liability
- Learn how to measure the value of your tree
- assets
- Hear approaches others have taken
- Help shape web based guidance for the sector
Booking information will be released soon. To register your interest, or to find out more, please email Nicola Wheeler, Neighbourhoods Green Project Coordinator Nicola.Wheeler@housing.org.uk 020 7067 1079
Better connected green spaces? Getting ready for the challenges and opportunities ahead
29th February 10am - 1pm, Loughborough
Greenspace East Midlands has organised an Open Conference to support local authorities and housing associations managing green space to maximise emergent opportunities and respond to challenges. For more information. click here (opens new window, PDF 219KB) or contact Ruth Rolls, Forum Manager rrolls@green-space.org.uk
Design your own neighbourhood
5-7th February 2012, Eden Project
Do you have a great idea for a community space or building that you'd like help getting off the ground? Perhaps you and your neighbours have suggestions for how to improve your area, with simple changes like a new cycle lane or better parent-child parking - or maybe you're keen to take on something bigger like a community cafe.
The Eden Project is running a free 'creative planning camp' at its iconic site, to help residents and community groups with the initial stages of coming up with a vision for their area. Apply online for a place at the workshop, or visit Eden's neighbourhood planning pages to get inspiration from other communities that have made change happen where they live.
The Glass House - Community Led Design - Design Training Courses Spring 2012
Neighbourhoods by Design, Birmingham 23 - 24 February
Neighbourhoods by Design is a free two-day, hands-on design course for community groups and organisations working on a project to improve their whole neighbourhood.
Spaces by Design, Exeter 8-9 March
A free two-day interactive design training course, this is an exciting opportunity for community groups and organisations who are working on the physical regeneration of a space, park or play area for community use
Planning for Parks
A new training programme for 2011/2012 to help social landords, parks and planning officers to grips with their green and open space strategy projects. Developed in partnership with JPC, The Next Field and the Institute of Parks and Green Spaces, the programme consists of five one-day courses held in English cities between October 2011 and February 2012.
Visit the news page for further details