6 days agoCommission, connect, co-create: a model for empowering young voicesBy Clare Richards, Founding Director at Footwork Inclusive engagement is an important topic and a vital practice. Here, Clare Richards of Footwork shares her experience of developing My Place — a new model of local involvement that empowers young people to drive the conversation. “They should have taken into consideration…4 min read4 min read
Oct 31Public Health Spatial Planning in Practice: An author Q&AIn September 2022 Michael Chao-Jung Chang, Liz Green and Carl Petrokofsky published their book, Public Health Spatial Planning in Practice: Improving health and wellbeing. We spoke to one of the authors — our trustee Michael — about the book, why it is needed and what the big messages are for…Spatial Planning5 min readSpatial Planning5 min read
Oct 25Quality of Life Foundation announces new partnership with LandsecWe have confirmed Landsec as our newest core partner. The UK property developer and investor will join the Quality of Life Foundation as a strategic advisor, inputting into our work programme, panel discussions and workshops. …2 min read2 min read
Oct 18Social Value 2.0 with Chris Paddock (PRD) and Will Watt (State of Life)by Dominique Staindl, Consultant at the Quality of Life Foundation As an industry, we’re sitting on the precipice of a crisis built on cost of living, which ultimately becomes a crisis of quality of life. The discussion around social value, and the effective measurement of it, has now become essential…Social Value4 min readSocial Value4 min read
Oct 11Build to rent — an opportunity to take the leadWe have an exciting opportunity for developers in the build to rent sector to take the lead in deepening and demonstrating their social impact. The Quality of Life Foundation is teaming up with the British Property Federation to collaborate on research, starting in January 2023 with a report to be…Housing Development2 min readHousing Development2 min read
Sep 12A youth workshop at MyPlace Finsbury ParkBy Hani Salih and Annick Matthews from the Quality of Life Foundation. MyPlace Finsbury Park is a project that aims to empower local young people aged 13–18 to be researchers, advocates and leaders for the diverse communities they represent in Finsbury Park. …2 min read2 min read
Jul 4Resident Review: Closing the feedback loop in UK housingAt the Quality of Life Foundation, we want a housing system that improves people’s quality of life in their homes and neighbourhoods over the long term. We do this by fostering greater accountability and encouraging more sustainable models of development. Most crucial to our work, however, is giving residents and…Housing2 min readHousing2 min read
Jun 30Giving local people a chance to shape their futureWe are teaming up with Harlow & Gilston Garden Town for a summer of online and face-to-face community engagement that will give local people a chance to shape their future. Launching on Friday 15 July and funded by the Department for Levelling Up, Homes and Communities, the Your Quality…3 min read3 min read
Jun 29dRMM, Quality of Life Foundation and Edinburgh Napier University collaborate for Built by Nature Accelerator Fund grantMeasuring mass timber: a whole life carbon and quality of life assessment methodology for mass timber construction AMSTERDAM — June 29 Built by Nature, a network and grant-making organisation with a mission to accelerate the timber building transformation in Europe, is pleased to announce a €131,250 Accelerator Fund grant to…5 min read5 min read
Jun 20Quality of Life Evidence ReviewThere is a housing crisis in the UK, the many different aspects of which affect people’s health and wellbeing in profound ways. Housing insecurity is on the rise. …2 min read2 min read
