Event Dates:6 Nov - 13 Jan, 2025 • 00:00
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Bristol
Edinburgh
London
Manchester

Regenerative Places Framework - Collaboration Cafes  

UKGBC will host collaborative workshops in Bristol, Edinburgh, London and Manchester to explore the potential and practicalities of place-based regenerative approaches.
Retrofit Regenerative Places Event
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About

What if, every time we built or retrofitted something, the communities and ecosystems around us got better? But how?  

The ‘Regenerative Places Framework’ project aims to explore this potential and make a compelling case for the benefits of place-based regenerative approaches, and the pathways needed to put them into practice. 

To inform this project, we are hosting a series of four Collaboration Cafes across the UK to bring together groups that are part of a wider local ecosystem but who may not otherwise work together. These workshop sessions will work alongside a dedicated project Task Group to inform the Framework.

The Framework will consider how regenerative approaches can best be applied to the retrofit of existing homes at scale, the regeneration of existing communities, shared and public spaces, and additional housing that responds to community needs and aspirations. Informed by UKGBC’s Regenerative Places programme, including the Local Area Retrofit Accelerator pilot projects delivered by The MCS Foundation, this project aims to develop guidance for industry and policy makers on how to embed regenerative approaches into projects from the earliest design stages, delivering tangible social, environmental and long-term economic value. With nearly 19 million poorly rated homes and interconnected housing and climate challenges, there’s a pressing need for transformative action.  

What is a Collaboration Café?

Collaboration Cafés offer an informal and uncompetitive space for UKGBC members and other stakeholders to share insights and synthesise lessons around place-based regenerative approaches and the needs and aspirations of communities. See how previous Collaboration Cafes have worked in this UKGBC post. 

Who should attend?

To address the wide range of local benefits to regenerative approaches, and in line with this project’s systems-led approach, we are keen to involve both UKGBC member representatives as well as non-member organisations that are part of a wider local built environment ecosystem. These include, but are not limited to:
National / regional community organisations / networks (including community energy, community land trust, housing and tenant associations, and social justice)
National / regional wildlife and environmental organisations / networks
Training and skills providers
Public health bodies
Energy generation and supply organisations

Collaboration Café details 

We will host Collaboration Cafes across the UK: 

1

Collab Café 1 – Bristol

Thursday 6th November (PM)
2

Collab Café 2 – Edinburgh

Tuesday 18th November (PM)
3

Collab Café 3 – London

Tuesday 2nd December (PM)
4

Collab Café 4 – Manchester 

Tuesday 13th January (PM)
Register your interest

Sessions will last approximately 2-3 hours. Venues will be confirmed in due course. 

If you are a UKGBC member or other relevant stakeholder interested in attending one of these sessions, please register your interest via this short form.

UKGBC cancellation and refund policy

Please see our website for more details on our cancellations and refunds: https://ukgbc.org/ukgbc-cancellation-and-refund-policy/

Regenerative Places Programme

Our programme utilises a place-based retrofit strategy to enhance local network capacity, strengthen resilience against future climate-related challenges, and deliver broad regenerative benefits to communities.
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Programme Partners

Our Regenerative Places work is made possible thanks to our programme partners

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