Shaping Newham together: Lessons learned from People Powered Places, with Sadia Ur-Rehman and Amélie Pollet
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This podcast episode takes us into the heart of London's Borough of Newham, introducing us to the innovative People Powered Places program. Guests Sadia Ur-Rehman and Amélie Pollet, the dynamic duo behind the initiative, talk us through Newham's significant participatory budgeting project of 1.6 mio GBP. In our conversation, Sadia and Amelie discuss their strategies for communicating about project delivery, maintaining close involvement with political leaders, and conducting user testing to co-design processes on our platform.
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