What is Community Led Design?
Community led design is an approach that puts local people at the heart of making changes to their neighbourhoods. We use the term community led design to refer to projects to create or improve buildings, spaces, homes or neighbourhoods that are:
led and project-managed by a community group or organisation
or
led by a local authority, developer, registered social landlord or other organisation which is effectively involving local people in the decision-making process
For any community led design project, we would expect community involvement to be an ongoing process throughout the development of the project.
Community led design projects involve local people in:
- developing a collective vision for change
- developing a design brief informed by local knowledge
- making decisions throughout the evolution of the design process
- signing off key stages of the design
We had an excellent day and the places we visited were amazingly close to what we are trying to create here in Stockwell. I am grateful for your acute interest in what we have to say
Can I once again thank Glass-House for all their help and interest. You are an excellent organisation – and the staff are lovely as well!”
The training experience was extremely enjoyable and very informative. We have come away with a design which we feel we can put into reality and the training was probably the best I have attended.
The course was excellent and I can't thank you and Glass-House enough for the support you've given us, it has made all the difference to the way we look at the project."
