Attention Young Visionaries of Croydon!

Are you passionate about the spaces you live, learn, and play in? Do you find yourself thinking about how public spaces can be more inclusive, greener, and truly serve the community?

Join us for a workshop all about giving you—the young people of Croydon—the tools and platform to shape the future of our town centre.

If you’re aged between 14-21 and ready to turn those thoughts into actions, join us for a workshop all about giving you—the young people of Croydon—the tools and platform to shape the future of our town centre.

Led by local artist and architecture student Melody Akanji, you’ll get:
– A peek into Croydon’s most forgotten spaces
– Hands-on exploration of public spaces, green initiatives, and how what we build can include or exclude people.
– Creative insight into collaborative planning: Together, we will create a large-scale multimedia pop-up collage that maps out your collective vision for some of Croydon’s most overlooked spaces. Starting with the town’s existing layout, we invite you to overlay your ideas, hopes, and dreams, crafting realistic plans that truly reflect the community’s aspirations.

Whether you’re an artist, thinker, planner, or dreamer, your voice is crucial in shaping the future of our shared spaces.

Free and open to all; please click through to the Eventbrite page to book a free space so we know how many people to expect!

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Croydon Council is creating a new strategy to underpin the regeneration being planned for the town centre. A series of creative activities provide opportunities for the community, businesses and partners to get involved. This workshops is facilitated by local arts charity Turf Projects who are part of a multi-disciplinary team led by We Made That, working with Croydon Council in partnership with the GLA. The engagement is taking place from November 2023 into Autumn 2024.

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