Better Places Together Conference: Rethinking Engagement & Social Value

Overview

• How can we rethink engagement and social value from tender to legacy to create Better Places Together?
• What changes can we make to promote a shift from tokenism to trusted conversations?
• Are there opportunities to deliver more meaningful engagement that enables us to successfully listen to and advocate for less-heard voices?
• Can we improve social value initiatives to ensure they genuinely create long term change, not short-term solutions?

In recent years, engagement and social value have become buzzwords in the sector, featuring as key requirements in tenders and a focus of discussion at built environment forums. Whilst the conversation is positive, the reality on the ground can often be fraught with challenges.

Hosted at BOXPARK Liverpool, Better Places Together is a programme of collaboration and action from PLACED. Open to all, it will explore how rethinking the approach to engagement and social value can create better places for everyone.

Better Places Together focuses on the crucial ‘how’ of engaging communities and less-heard groups, reflecting on ground-level experience and knowledge to rethink what constitutes best practice. The event aims to create a space for critical and open discussion, where the challenges and barriers to delivering successful engagement and social value can be discussed, and active solutions can be collectively devised.

Better Places Together is organised and delivered by PLACED with the support of their valued collaborators and industry peers.

To find out more about the event please visit: betterplacestogether.org.uk

To find out more about PLACED: placed.org.uk