My City Too

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‘While London is undergoing a remarkable transformation, young people have little understanding of and even less involvement in the process of change. Open-City’s My City Too programme is a timely response to the challenge of helping the next generation of Londoners influence the future development of their city.”

Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP

Images of banners from the My City Too campaignMy City Too is a citywide campaign to enable young people to voice their ideas, aspirations and solutions for the future of London and to directly influence change. Forums, peer to peer surveys, a major mayoral debate and local community engagement projects all form part of the campaign.
 
Since it was launched in 2007, young Londoners aged 12 – 19 have come together on a regular basis to develop and progress the campaign. Activity has included: an online survey of the views and ideas of over 1300 young people across 30 London boroughs; local action research projects; intergenerational events, the publication of a teenagers’ manifesto for better places in the capital; and My City Too hustings for mayoral candidates at City Hall, 2008.

My City Too Phase 2 (2009–11)

Following the success of the campaign’s first phase, Open-City is embarking on Phase 2 of My City Too. Phase 2 will be delivered in part through the Young Urban Planners Programme funded by the Department for Education, which will pioneer a new and more sustainable approach to youth participation in shaping their environments: involving young people in decision-making processes around their built environment at local level to ensure that future spaces are sustainable, usable and meet the needs of all members of the community.

We’re always keen to get more young people involved in My City Too and ensure as many young Londoners’ views are heard as possible in improving the spaces and places they use.

If you are a young person, teacher, parent or built environment professsional interested in getting involved in My City Too please contact Magdalena Novoa by email or on 020 7383 5722.

Read about the Young Planners programme in Property Week.

Find out about the My City Too live and public event, as part of the London Festival of Architecture

 

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