Annual Civic Lecture: ‘Urban Flourishing – The Great Places Conversation’
The Canterbury Society’s annual civic lecture is a popular event which attracts high quality speakers and we are fortunate this year to have Max Farrell, Founder and CEO of the LDN Collective which is a network of built environment experts & creatives, fighting to improve people’s lives and the planet’s prospects. (ldn-collective.com)
Launching this year, The ‘Urban Flourishing Initiative’ is a new project to help tackle the big place-based, social and environmental challenges we are all facing. It brings together communities, experts and researchers to shape better places to live, work, and thrive.
The project will create a practical framework to guide how towns and cities can grow and improve. This new resource will be built using a mix of expert advice, public input, and tools like AI to make sure it reflects real needs and experiences. The result will be an open, evolving platform that helps shape better policies and planning decisions at both local and national levels – with the goal of making urban areas fairer, greener, and more inclusive for everyone.
Details of the LDN Collective launch event are on YouTube
All welcome – Doors open from 6.30pm – Free to Members – £5 kindly requested from non-members
About Max Farrell
Founder & CEO, LDN Collective
Max is Founder & CEO of the LDN Collective, a network of built environment specialists fighting to improve people’s lives and the planet’s prospects. Members are experts in placemaking & urban design; social value & co-design; branding & communications. Current projects include a new ‘eventscape’ in the Royal Docks; a garden community in Huntingdonshire and urban regeneration projects in the UK and beyond. Thought leadership includes #ParkPower – a crowdsourced vision for London’s green spaces and the Wolfson prize award-winning #FastForward.
Max’s expertise lies in urban planning & strategic communications. He is Immediate Past President of LAI Land Economics Society (London chapter); Chair of Built Environment Policy for West London Business; Lead Judge for the Healthy City Design Awards and a Fellow of the RSA. Max was Project Lead and Author of the Farrell Review of Architecture and the Built Environment, commissioned by the UK Government, which made 60 recommendations many of which have been implemented. He is an adviser to Demos, Urban Design London, the Place Alliance, the Urban Room Network, Healthy City Design Congress and the Quality of Life Foundation.