2020

In 2019 Newham Council launched the Shape Newham initiative, led by architecture practice AOC. The three-year ‘place-making’ project was created to revitalise the public realm* within roughly half of the borough’s neighbourhoods.   Founding ClimateYouChange member, Celia attended a series of workshops across the borough aimed at choosing the locations and priorities for each project. She participated in discussions and decision-making with a view to encouraging the uptake of

In November of 2019 we met Councillor Terrance Paul, the Cabinet member for finance and corporate services at a Newham Council planning meeting on citizen’s participatory democracy. Councillor Paul suggested we arrange a separate group meeting with him.   We then saw him again (prior to our group meeting with him) at a budget forum where Councillor Paul went through the draft budget for the next three years council spending plans. We were invited to contribute our thoughts an

On the 22 nd  of February 2020 we gave a presentation at the Citizens’ Assembly for Climate Change, after being invited to by Newham Council.   The assembly was created from a cross-section of our communities, with the express purpose of educating members of the public on the climate crisis, so that they can advise on the council on appropriate measures which they feel should be taken using their diverse perspectives,   We were part of a morning of presentations being given o

ClimateYouChange members are pleased to have met with local MP, Stephen Timms.   This was the first time that we met him as ClimateYouChange.   For context, group founder, Celia had previously had a meeting with Stephen Timms. This had been during a time of transition. She was moving away from being part of a wider organisation after seeing that their focus was more on activism than education. Celia was at this time deliberating on how best to set up a new type of group focus