Festival of Place: Social Impact 2025
Monday, 24 Mar 2025 - Tuesday, 25 Mar 2025
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM GMT
Online, via Airmeet
Festival of Place: Social Impact
Book now and join us from 24-25 March on Airmeet from 11am-3pm for two lunchtime learning sessions.
This year, we will be taking a closer look at the social impact of housing. We’ll be hearing from investors who are powering change by investing in the building or retrofit of social housing, taking a deep dive into systemic issues in the housing market and what needs to change and finding out what contributes to quality of life for tenants in built-to-rent homes.
We’ll also be looking at the social impact of public spaces – how feminist planning can support a safer city in the context of violence against women and girls, and how exemplary design can deliver positive health and belonging impacts for people. We will also be looking at emerging thinking on measuring social impact.
Join us over two days, two long lunches, everything streamed live with Q&A and recorded, to understanding place-based impact: How to measure it and make it happen. Book now and join us from 24-25 March on Airmeet from 11am-3pm.
With thanks to LDA Design for supporting the event.
Sessions include:
Chinyelu Oranefo, Director of Sustainability & ESG Finance, Lloyds Bank
Adopting the lens of a just transition and assessing social risk in the context of sustainable and ESG finance, as well as the retrofitting of social housing and the National Wealth Fund.
Sophie Thompson, Director, LDA Design and Chris Koster, Team Leader & Subject Matter Expert, Coastal Partners
Beyond the water: Infrastructure and social equity - With the Government confirming a £2.65 billion spend on flood defences, how do we make this money work much harder so that coastal communities properly benefit?
Alexandra Notay, Chair, Radix Big Tent Housing Commission
Unlocking social impact through affordable and quality housing - overcoming barriers in the market
Matthew Morgan, Director and Co-Founder, Quality of Life Foundation
Assessing the social impact of Built to Rent development: Presenting the findings of resident and community evaluations at three flagship BTR projects in London
Holly Bruce, Councillor for Langside, Glasgow City Council
Feminist planning: Gender mainstreaming to prevent violence against women and girls
Jack Burnham, Head of Affordable Housing, Octopus Investment
Place-based impact investing: Working in partnership to deliver affordable housing
Catherine Manning, Head of Impact Practice, Impact Reporting
Imperfect solutions for impact measurement. The single truth linking all frameworks and how to put your best practice foot forward
The event is supported by LDA Design: LDA Design is an independent, 100% employee-owned consultancy of landscape architects, urban designers and planners specialising in strategic advice, healthy streets, public space transformations, estate regeneration, new settlements and renewable energy. LDA led the final landscape masterplan and detailed design of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, one of Europe’s most successful new parklands. Other projects include some of the UK’s most challenging regeneration projects, including Sighthill in Glasgow and Aberfeldy Estate in London. Their ‘first life’ approach results in great places where people belong. Learn more about LDA Design
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Speakers includeView All
Alexandra Notay
Chinyelu Oranefo
Holly Bruce
Matthew Morgan
Sophie Thompson
Jack Burnham
Catherine Manning
Chris Koster
Speakers include
Alexandra Notay
Chinyelu Oranefo
Holly Bruce
Matthew Morgan
Sophie Thompson
Jack Burnham
Catherine Manning
Chris Koster
Sponsor - Social Impact 2025
Social Impact agenda
| Monday 24 March | ||
| 11:00 |
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Alexandra Notay, Chair, Radix Big Tent Housing Commission |
| 12:00 | Adopting the lens of a just transition and assessing social risk in the context of sustainable and ESG finance, as well as the retrofitting of social housing and the National Wealth Fund. | Chinyelu Oranefo, Director of Sustainability & ESG Finance, Lloyds Bank; |
| 13:00 | Place-based impact investing: Working in partnership to deliver affordable housing | Jack Burnham, Head of Affordable Housing, Octopus Investments |
| 14:00 | Assessing the social impact of Built to Rent development: Presenting the findings of resident and community evaluations at three flagship BTR projects in London | Matthew Morgan, Director and Co-Founder, Quality of Life Foundation |
| Tuesday 25 March | ||
| 11:00 | Feminist planning: Gender mainstreaming to prevent violence against women and girls | Holly Bruce, Councillor for Langside, Glasgow City Council |
| 12:00 | Beyond the water: Infrastructure and social equity. How do we make flood defence money work harder so that coastal communities benefit? | Sophie Thompson, Director, LDA Design and Chris Koster, Team Leader, Coastal Partners |
| 13:00 | Imperfect solutions for impact measurement. The single truth linking all frameworks and how to put your best practice foot forward | Catherine Manning, Head of Impact Practice at Impact Reporting |
