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Brian Quinn
CABE Space
GreenSpace South East– 13 June 2008
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CABE Space aims to bring excellence to the design, management and maintenance of parks and public space in our towns and cities
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CABE Space current projects
Urban green space sector skills
Adapting public spaces for climate change
Community empowerment – how community
groups can improve green spaces
Open Space Strategies Guide 2009
Spaceshaper – young person’s version
CABE Space Enabling
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Urban Greenspace Sector Skills – 2008 Skills Survey
survey of skills issues in green space sector sent
to all Heads of Parks
– Partnership between CABE Space, Lantra and Green
Space
– Really creating an evidence base to focus effort and
measure progress on skills
– Survey is still open – will be great to get some more
responses – see the skills and learning part of our
website www.cabe.org.uk
– Partial responses are still useful evidence
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Urban Green Space Skills Strategy
Built on evidence from Skills Survey
Working with wide range of partners to agree a
strategy – addressing the skills challenges facing
the sector
Is in draft form – not released yet
Key deliverable for CABE Space in 08/09
Key issue is to raise with decision-makers in LAs
the importance of green space skills in providing
quality of life and creating better places.
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Climate Change guidance provided through themed newsletters
Aimed at heads of
parks, planning and
streetscene
4 during 2008/09
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Content:
10 case studies
Briefing paper
6 case stories
Policy and legislative review
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Climate Change - themes for public space
FloodingRiver Quaggy, Lewisham, LondonRiver Irwell Flood Control Scheme and Salford Strategic Flood Risk Assessment, SalfordMilton Keynes Flood plain forestCleveleys coastal protection
A holistic approach to developing sustainable neighbourhoodsAugustenborg, Malmö, SwedenOlympic Park, Sydney, AustraliaCitySpace Plan, Chicago
Approaches to sustainable urban drainage 12th Avenue Green Street, Portland, USA Bristol Business Park, North Bristol
Combating the urban heat island effect Chiswick Park, London
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The climate change briefing paper
Published as a supplement in
Horticulture Week in July 2008
Current activity
Adaptation through policy making
Management and delivery
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Community Empowerment – Project outline
Ongoing project to understand how community
groups learn and can be better engaged as clients
in public space improvement projects.
– 3 focus groups
– A questionnaire looking at partners, barriers and sources
of advice
– 3 visit days planned where successful groups featured in
It’s our space can share their experience at their space
with other community groups
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Community Empowerment - Headline findings
Communities are increasingly taking the lead in revitalisation of green spaces – expectations are rising and people are willing to demand higher design quality
They need more support, especially face to face, to access the right resources and advice
Partnerships are key - Local Authorities and housing bodies sometimes seen as fantastic or bureaucratic/obstructive
Endlessly changing national and local policies/politics can cause problems
LAs and other bodies need to embrace the value of community empowerment to
Training, visits and best practice sharing/advice networks are key areas to work on
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Open Space Strategies Guide 2009
Based on the CABE Space Green Space
Strategies Guide 2004 and GLA 2004 Guidance
Co-badged with Mayor of London (GLA)
Content being revised – new planning system,
new issues for open space eg health agenda,
climate change, green infrastructure.
Out to consultation Q4 2008 and publication early
2009
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Spaceshaper – A tool for assessing the quality of a public space
Engages professionals involved in managing a space with residents and visitors who use the space
Works as a facilitated workshop using a trained Spaceshaper facilitator
Over 700 attendees at Taster sessions 180 trained facilitators 50+ Spaceshaper events Can be used on undeveloped sites,
streets and hard public realm as well as green space
Has been adopted by Forestry Commission for its Newlands project
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Young Person’s Spaceshaper is being trialled
About making Spaceshaper
accessible to children and
young people
More flexible: different
ages/scenarios
Simple and fun
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Development of YP Spaceshaper piloted by a range of bodies
£245, 000 over 3 years
from DCSF
beam, Bristol and Kent
Architecture Centres,
CABE
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Becoming a Spaceshaper facilitator or client
Client:
– contact CABE for local
facilitators
Facilitator:
– attend a taster
– Apply for the training
(£50-£150)
– Carry out a dummy run Email: [email protected]
www.cabe.org.uk/spaceshaper
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CABE Space Enabling – SE region
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CABE Space Enabling – recent work
•Preparing green and open space strategies
•Swale, Hastings, Medway, Brighton and Hove, Southampton and Ashford
•Other enabling support
•Hastings Seafront
•Pan housing estate Isle of Wight
•Kent residential streets design standards
•Green infrastructure for Greater Ashford and setting up integrated design team for redesign of Ashford Ring Road
Brian Quinn
www.cabe.org.uk
Thank you.