citizensuk project ouline
TRANSCRIPT
Organised people and money Developing leaders
Building strong democracy Tackling social injustice Concrete social change
WHY WORK WITH US?
YOU have – design innovation skills that our members don’t have WE have – people and major social injustices to solve
WHAT HAVE UNIVERSITIES IN THE PAST ACHIEVED?
LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY – Living Wage UCL – Tackling how housing inequalities affect educational outcomesKINGS COLLEGE LONDON – Child Development QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY – Developed London Living Rent UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON – WONGA (Payday lending)
WHAT COULD YOU DESIGN?
A CAMPAIGN i.e. Refugees Welcome A PRODUCT i.e. Prepayment metersA STRATEGY i.e. How to bring together state, market and civil society to champion good landlord practise and stop rogue practise.
2 PROJECT BRIEFS
FUEL POVERTYPrepayment meters (”a market failure”)
ROGUE LANDLORDS Tackling a lack of regulation in this strand of the private sector
What will you be stepping into?
Access to 80 East London diverse organisations with many individuals. These are key locations for conducting research. Contribution to a ‘live campaign’ Opportunity to influence a strategy including local, city-wide and national relationships i.e. Mayor Glanville, Mayor Khan, Theresa MayInfluencing effective concrete change for the common good