Phillippa BanisterExperiments in fostering doorstep connectionIf like me you’ve ever rolled your eyes in a meeting when someone’s casually said “we could get the community to maintain the planting” or…Oct 13Oct 13
Phillippa BanisterinCollective Imagination PracticeThe hidden benefits of child-friendly spacesAnyone for hop scotch?Apr 29Apr 29
Phillippa BanisterinCollective Imagination PracticePermission to dream, together, about TownsOn a hot summer’s day last year, 8 strangers met for the first time in Shipley, a town in West Yorkshire to begin a collective imagination…Feb 12Feb 12
Phillippa BanisterinStreet SpaceThe Nature of thingsEver since locating Street Space to Bradford it’s been fascinating to notice an important actor making her way into all of our projects…Oct 2, 2023Oct 2, 2023
Phillippa BanisterBorn StorytellersMy little girl’s words are developing. The joy on her face as she hangs the words together to share meaning, communicate a memory or to ask…Aug 16, 2023Aug 16, 2023
Phillippa BanisterinStreet SpaceOn new shoots of growth…Recent opportunities to speak at both the RSA’s Northern Forum event on Placemaking and at UCL’s Institute for Global Prosperity have…Jul 19, 2023Jul 19, 2023
Phillippa BanisterinCollective Imagination PracticeCollective Imagination Huddle: Your Town JamYour Town Jam: gather ingredients, cook up & taste different recipesJun 9, 2023Jun 9, 2023
Phillippa BanisterinStreet SpaceThe joy of… co-designThere’s been an explosion in the desire to evoke ‘joy’ in our public spaces over the last few years. I’m not sure where it’s come from but…Apr 1, 2023Apr 1, 2023
Phillippa BanisterinStreet SpaceA radical shift in how (I — we) see the worldI’ve had the privilege of co-facilitating a citizens jury on climate change over the last 8 weeks. It’s been a fascinating process.Nov 30, 2022Nov 30, 2022
Phillippa BanisterinStreet SpaceWorking alongside someone else’s conflictBy Sophie HardcastleNov 9, 2022Nov 9, 2022