URBACT Good Practices

Boosting urban residents' well-being through nature connection 

Appointing community representatives amongst the residents of the target area Edgbaston Reservoir, to become permanent ambassadors, communicating with the City Council, and understanding their challenges – enabling Birmingham in this way to rebuild trust

Improving integration and resilience in peripheral mass housing estates 

The sound of education: how music and performing art can bolster social inclusion

Fostering intergenerational connections with nature 

Transforming a former disused school into a Creative Hub as part of (sub)urban regeneration process.

Community festival mobilising citizens, fostering civilian power and urban stewardship through raising awareness towards the values of built heritage to decrease social isolation

Promoting the development of entrepreneurial skills among young people

How a city has decided to spot existing public spaces and improve them in the scope of housing, recreation, leisure and social cohesion.