Research project
My Castle Gateway
- Start date: 2017
- End date: 2025
- Funder: ESRC IAA and City of York Council My Castle Gateway started as a collaboration between the City of York Council and Helen Graham and Phil Bixby with support and funding for activities from the University of Leeds’ Leeds Social Science Institute. Since 2019 City of York Council has funded My Future York’s engagement activities. Wider Castle Gateway project governance is via the Council’s Executive.
- Co-investigators: Dr Helen Graham
- External co-investigators: Phil Bixby
Partners and collaborators
Phil Bixby, City of York Council
Description
My Castle Gateway launched in June 2017. We’ve been working with anyone interested in shaping the future of Castle Gateway, an area which includes Fossgate, Walmgate, Piccadilly, Foss Basin and Castle area and Eye of York.
The approach My Castle Gateway has taken goes beyond conventional community consultation by enabling all those interested to become part of a sustained long-term conversation where influence comes through sharing responsibility for the area and its future.
Our approach includes:
- Build a brief: Start with the personal… and make different people’s needs and ideas visible.
- Explore Challenges: Cultivate a grown up and sophisticated public debate about complex issues.
- Make change together: Facilitate community networks and local action as well as long term community influence in decision-making, design and delivery.
Impact
It was part of an ICS at the last REF and might be for the next REF.
Publications and outputs
https://spotlight.leeds.ac.uk/world-changers/making-change-together/index.html