Lucy Atkinson

Current 2023 Fellow @ChurchillFship. Co-design for @SustransLondon. Formerly #CreativeCivicChange with @PeckhamPlatform and @DesignWest1. Other stuff.

[Playing Out @playingout]

"The freedom to move around independently, to cultivate relationships with your peers from a young age, to grow in independence...these needs are clearly not going to be met by a 3m by 3m playground with a ride-on toy". @JonnyAnstead https://t.co/6twBDhnh7V @BDonline

[Tim Gill @timrgill]

Want to know more about yesterday's @CommonsLUHC hearing? Here's a summary from @BuildingDesign. @dbornat @JonnyAnstead Sarah Scannell @BhamCityCouncil Jo McCafferty @LevittBernstein and I aimed to build a strong case for change. @luhc https://t.co/N995Y1HJ2K

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

@SamanthaJMoir @elpaseogarden @PilsenAlliance @ChurchillFship Thanks for getting in touch. Email me on lucyvatko[at]https://t.co/A4ka3iFv8o

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

A visit to the Harvest Festival at @elpaseogarden in #Pilsen, Chicago. Picked tomatoes, ate fresh tamales, and listened to a panel on habitat restoration, community development and the pressures brought by gentrification. Also met @PilsenAlliance. Part of @ChurchillFship

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

Very happy to be working on this project with the wonderful @FYAonroad and @CamdenCouncil

[Fitzrovia Youth in Action @FYAonroad]

Mapping in the Dark 🔦 ⭐ 💡
Our new Young Urban Designers walked across the estate yesterday identifying areas most impacting young people & children's #health & #safety. Great initial observations & excited to see developing designs!! #youthled #community #regentspark #camden

[Sustrans in London @SustransLondon]

Brilliant hearing from fantastic kids at @LBHounslow Ivybridge about how they want their #SchoolStreet to look.Artwork, 🌻 plants, 🌳 trees, basketball hoops,a clock 🕐 for learning to tell the time,mosaics of the solar system and food chain were some inspiring ideas!

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

What happens when you have a #PlayStreet vs what happens when you don't. This is the travel data from Ivybridge Primary School in @LBofHounslow on #WorldCarFreeDay @willnorman @katherinedunne @SustransLondon @playingout

[Trees for Streets @TreesforStreets]

Q. Your street too narrow for trees🌳?
A. Build out into the road 💡

We park cars🚗in the street – but that doesn’t make it a car park

Let’s make trees and greenery a feature of ALL our streets. Aspire to live in garden streets 🌳🌷= Healthy street

👉https://t.co/XnVelvEfIy

[Playing Out @playingout]

We are beyond happy about this! A real chance to prioritise children’s needs in national built environment policy. Thank you to @luhc @timrgill @FieldsInTrust @dbornat & all supporters of our proposal. Please respond/share. https://t.co/g4JhQBchXz

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

With newfound friends Luther Keith of
@arise_detroit and John George of
@blightbusters. Def can't fit all they do into a tweet but includes a 30,000sq ft factory rehabbed into artist studios, community diner, so much artwork, food growing, new housing. Genuinely extraordinary!

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

Spent yesterday at the brilliant Chicago Sukkah Design Festival as part of @ChurchillFship. Visited North Lawndale to see the sukkahs, which will all be re-homed and cared for by local civic organisations after the festival. More: https://t.co/18CWwXR6h7 @LawndalePopUp

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

I am going to be in Detroit in early October, hoping to find out more about neighborhood-led public space projects in Detroit as part of @ChurchillFship. Any suggestions of who to meet/where to visit? @CityofDetroit @DetroitPlanning @LISC_Detroit @Eric_S_Thomas

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

@MsMarySheffield I'm visiting Detroit from the UK in October and would love to meet you and see some of these projects firsthand. I've sent an email to your council address!

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

@NDC_MN @WilderFdtn @CEZmsp @intermedia_arts @shardlow @RebldgTogthrMN @MayorCarter @spmcfoundation

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

I'm heading to the Twin Cities as part of a fellowship studying resilient communities and economies. Looking to meet people working in community-led public space projects, cultural partnerships, revitalization. Can you help? @NDC_MN @WilderFdtn @CEZmsp @intermedia_arts

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

Great to co-facilitate this workshop with @pempeople today for @futureofldn conference in #UnlockingSocialValue

[Future of London @futureofldn]

By working collaboratively you can understand the why and what behind the data.

That was Nina Burich of Mobilise introducing a workshop on bottom-up social value creation.

Thanks to all the participants and facilitators for a full on ideas session. 👏👏👏

#UnlockingSocialValue

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

Looking forward to co-facilitating a session on social value for @futureofldn here next Tuesday with Nicolas Okwulu of @LEX2_Pempeople @pempeople alongside some great speakers.

[Future of London @futureofldn]

Why social value is key to urban development

Register: https://t.co/auiqSUxCfq

Speakers: @AndrewvanDoorn @SirBobKerslake @SBailey @Trowers @MarcusBate4 @MountAnvil @mekor2 Hilary Satchwell @Tibbalds Kelly Thomas @MetTVH @petegladwell Vivienne King @TheGood_Economy

[Lucy Atkinson @lucyvatko]

Excited to be a 2023 #ChurchillFellow alongside 140 others. I will be exploring community-led approaches to regeneration in inner city areas. More to follow!

[The Churchill Fellowship @ChurchillFship]

📢📢News just in! Congratulations to our new #ChurchillFellows of 2023.
141 inspiring individuals will embark on extraordinary journeys to learn from the world to inspire change in the UK. Meet our new Fellows: https://t.co/F8HcTRshtq