Community Champions Regent’s Park: resident-led social action in the Regent’s Park Estate
Panel Discussion and Workshop | 09:45 – 10:25 | Seminar Room 2
Main Themes
Innovation | Wellbeing | People | Place
The Session
Started during the pandemic, Community Champions Regent’s Park Estate is a resident-led volunteer programme, managed by Fitzrovia Youth in Action, and now based at Old Diorama Arts Centre. Run by the community, for the community, the Regent’s Park programme has been particularly successful in galvanising local organisations and residents of all ages from age 8+ to 80+, working together in partnership to make large-scale impact and real change.
In this session, the project’s organisational partners and resident volunteers speak about some of the initiatives that have made the programme such a success, along with some of the main challenges and lessons.
The Speakers
ELLIE RUDD, Fitzrovia Youth in Action
Ellie is the Youth Leadership and Regent’s Park Estate Community Champions Manager. For the past five years, Ellie has worked at Fitzrovia Youth in Action, where their work has focused on youth-led and community-led initiatives. A qualified youth worker and youth-arts project manager, Ellie’s practice is multidisciplinary, utilising creative and active participation and peer research methodology. Previous roles and experience include working in further education and arts spaces for youth voices, community engagement and applied theatre.
TYLER INBERG, Somers Town Big Local
Tyler is a Regent’s Park Estate Community Champions Manager. Over the last few years, he has been working on resident-centred projects around Camden, with a specific focus on designing with communities and exploring how the intersection of engineering, business, and design can be used to elevate the voices and ideas of local residents.
The Organisations
