We have all heard of Best Practice. Those proven methods that have been shown to lead to success in a particular field or situation. Within most industries, including social housing, they are crucial to keeping businesses organized and functioning to a successful and high standard. No one is ever going to discredit the advantages of best practice because it shapes entire industries however, within the realms of innovation, best practice has to ability to kill it completely.
We’re back with a new strategy! In the first of a series of posts on place and community power, Paul talks to Bromford resident and sustainability innovator, Tanya Love. They talk about street-level innovation, the importance of optimism and how we all need to Be More Guerrilla.
On Thursday 15th January I attended the fifth session of our Priors Park place workshops. This session saw us back at the community church with a couple of new faces. The focus of this session was to get to the bottom of what a place plan is truly asking for. A lot of this revolves around language and developing an understanding of where we need to draw influence from within the community to help shape it’s creation.
On Thursday 11th December I attended the third session of our Priors Park place workshops. This time we met at Priors Park Community church, a setting that last session was identified as a major asset for people within the community and was the hosting space for many local groups. A reminder as usual that if you haven't read the first two entries about our sessions so far you can below, as they both provide a lot of the context around what I talk about in this one.
