Projects
Ongoing projects
Climate Action Leeds
Leeds Love It Share It is supporting Our Future Leeds to deliver part of the National Lottery funded Climate Action Leeds. This work involves setting up a central climate action hub in Leeds city centre, creating a training plan and developing the Leeds Doughnut (see our other project). Climate Action Leeds is facilitating community-led climate action to allow the city to act together on the climate, nature and social emergencies.
For more information visit the Climate Action Leeds website or contact Paul Chatterton at p.chatterton@leeds.ac.uk or Andy Goldring at andyg@permaculture.org.uk
The Leeds Doughnut
Leeds Love It Share It is working with Our Future Leeds to create the Leeds Doughnut. Based on the work of Kate Raworth, we are working to develop the doughnut model in Leeds. The Doughnut is a model for establishing sustainable economic thinking that allows humanity to thrive in the 21st century.
For more information visit the Leeds Doughnut website or contact Paul Chatterton at p.chatterton@leeds.ac.uk or Jenni Brooks at jenni.brooks@ourfutureleeds.org
Past projects
Birmingham Doughnut Project
Following the success of the first Leeds Doughnut City Portrait in April 2022, three of our core researchers - Catriona Rawsthorne, Irena Bauman and Jenni Brooks - contributed expertise to the development of a Neighbourhood Doughnut Portrait for the Ladywood area of Birmingham, led by Civic Square. This enabled knowledge sharing and ongoing learning within the Doughnut Economics Action Lab community. You can read more on the Doughnut Economics Action Lab website or download the Neighbourhood Doughnut report.
Community Game Cards
An interactive resource for communities so they can explore the challenges they face and propose community-led solutions. Download the Community Game Cards in this PDF file.
Margins within the City
A project based in Richmond Hill, Leeds, that developed and tested new methodologies for understanding how an inner city neighbourhood can build resilience through revaluing its assets. Find out more in this academic article published in the journal City, view a slideshow presentation about the project or read the Margins within the City final report.
Leeds City Lab
A network of cross sector practitioners committed to co-production, making connections, talking and planning about how to work differently to make Leeds a better place. Find out more on the Leeds City Lab website.
Common Ground
A Participatory mapping and citizen engagement project that aimed to promote neighbourhood social action. Find out more about Common Ground on the Open Innovations website.