
Siân Whyte
@sian_whyte
Interim Co-Director of Research @the_young_fdn @icstudiesuk.
Formerly research @designcouncil; impact & eval @CitizensAdvice. Coffee advocate. Views own
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"With true collaboration, people can shape the places they live." Great blog from The Young Foundation's Helen Goulden, and an entry point to the work of Waltham Forest on their 15-minute neighbourhood framework and all it means for thriving people and places - youngfoundation.org/with-true-coll…


Thinking about and working on #15minuteneighbourhoods and connected places has been a big feature of the last year. New blog for The Young Foundation reflecting on the concept, our research and engagement with Waltham Forest Council and recent webinar with Town & Country Planning Association TCPA Healthyplanning. Take a read 👇

EVENT 🗓️ Tower Hamlets Events | We're working with Spirit of 2012 to connect people in east London around music and song in the run-up to the UK hosting Eurovision. Join us next week to share your perspective and help shape this community project! Find out more here: bit.ly/432MvEF


Wow! Not one, not two, not three, but FOUR opportunities to come and work with the great team at The Young Foundation. What’s stopping you?!? #MIMO

Live Toynbee Hall on Commercial Street, East London - we're on the Community Billboard! If you're nearby, catch the short film sharing our work with Spirit of 2012 to explore connection through song.

We're down at Stepney City Farm today asking local residents what songs matter to them that they'd like to contribute to our growing #CommunityPlaylist. Come say hello if you're in the area!



Looking forward to our #CommunityTuneIn event later Toynbee Hall - if you're in the area, come say hello!

Fantastic to be at CLEVER Cities #NatureintheCity conference representing The Young Foundation, alongside wonderful colleagues from across our consortium. Speaking twice today about participation, on cross-sector collaboration to mainstream NbS and public participation in co-creation

Inspiring to get real talk at the CLEVER Cities Conference from our London Thamesmead Community Design Collective about how to *really* give power to community members to make decisions, pay them for their expertise and design green infrastructure for those who live there.


WATCH📽️| This short film with our Head of Strategic Insight Siân Whyte & UK Research and Innovation's Steve Scott exploring ‘citizen science’ and community participation in research. "There is huge value in involving the public & communities." Find out more👇youtu.be/jjLg8fIwQCA 1/3

📽️I What is ‘citizen science’? Watch this short video with Siân Whyte and Steve Scott to find out more youtu.be/jjLg8fIwQCA 1/3

HAPPENING NOW 📢: Siân Whyte opens our #HiveMinds webinar, introducing methods and approaches UK Research and Innovation funded #CitizenScience projects are using to involve the public and communities in research. Watch our short film ⬇️ bit.ly/3RUfAyH


📢FREE WEBINAR📷 Join Al Mathers, Siân Whyte and ありす at UK Evaluation Society's online event, exploring #participation in research and how to embed and value equity, diversity and inclusion. 📅 12-1pm, 18 July 💻Sign up >> bit.ly/3xRdfwU ❗️Register by 2pm, 17 July