5.1Tom Collins House
5.2Community fun days and get-togethers in Byker
6.1The cafe
6.2Placemats in the cafe
6.3Completed placemat extracts
6.4Evening in the park
6.5The community fridge
9.1City of Dreams, theory of change, version 7 (2019)
13.1The Newcastle City Futures review framework
13.2Newcastle City Futures partners by sector
13.3Findings from the Newcastle City Futures review
13.4The Urban Living Framework – role for universities in supporting inclusive leadership in place
14.1Collating the data
14.2Timeline of co-design and public involvement
14.3Principles of Future Homes design
Boxes
8.1Thrive pledges
12.1SWOT analysis of the capacity of the cathedral
13.1Newcastle City Futures project examples
Dominic Aitken is a research associate in environmental gerontology who joined Newcastle University in 2017 following a post at Northumbria University. With a background in medical sciences and urban regeneration, Dominic’s work focuses on the contribution better housing can make to health, most recently, home adaptations.
Paul Benneworth was Professor of Innovation and Regional Development at the Department of Business Administration at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. His research focused on better conceptualising the connections between higher education and society, and the implications this raised for policy and practice.
Elizabeth Brooks is a research associate at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, specialising in social and environmental justice. She has worked in research for almost 25 years and is currently employed by two European Union studies, RELOCAL and BEMINE, exploring, respectively, community development and levels of governance.
Sara Bryson is a community organiser for Tyne and Wear Citizens. Citizens UK organises communities to act together for power, social justice and the common good. Launched by Citizens UK in 2001, the living wage campaign has won over £210 million of additional wages, lifting over 70,000 families out of working poverty.
Lizzie Coles-Kemp is a qualitative researcher at Royal Holloway University of London. She uses creative engagement methods to research the intersections between human security and digital security. Lizzie is currently an Economic and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) research fellow and coordinates the ‘Digital Security for All’ theme as part of the UK Research and Innovation NetworkPlus Not-Equal.
Clara Crivellaro is a Human–Computer Interaction researcher at Newcastle University’s Open Lab. She explores the design of social technologies to support democracy, social innovation and socio-economic justice. Clara is currently leading the UK Research and Innovation NetworkPlus Not-Equal, ‘Social Justice through the Digital Economy’.
Simin Davoudi is Professor of Environment and Planning, and Director of the Global Urban Research Unit, at Newcastle University. She is past President of the Association of European Schools of Planning, and Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute, Academy of Social Sciences and Royal Society of Arts. Her research focuses on governance, power, knowledge, justice and democracy.
Anne de A’Echevarria works as a freelance creative learning consultant and writer, directing her own consultancy, Thinkwell. She has worked with many teams within the education, media and health sectors – any group that is interested in exploring how best to develop a culture of enquiry, creativity and creative learning within their organisation.
Ben Dickenson was Executive Producer of City of Dreams, appointed by NewcastleGateshead Cultural Venues, from 2017 until the end of 2020. His career has involved community arts, writing for stage and screen, filmmaking, teaching, and managing supported housing, youth citizenship and children and young people’s programmes. He has written two critically acclaimed books and, since 2014, has led Alphabetti Theatre’s literary development.
Caroline Emmerson is based in Newcastle. For 40 years, she has worked in various community and youth work settings, including 11 years at the CHAT (Churches Acting Together) Trust. Her key areas of expertise are empowering people and bringing together diverse community groups to build community resilience.
Lindy Gilliland is Project Manager of Common Ground in Sacred Space. She previously led the redevelopment of the Great North Museum and the Hatton Gallery (Newcastle University) while working at Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums. She is an experienced museum professional formerly working in university and local authority sectors.
Rose Gilroy is Professor of Ageing, Planning and Policy at Newcastle University. She has published extensively on the city, neighbourhood and housing as arenas for ageing well. She founded the Future Homes Alliance community interest company that will build innovative housing in Newcastle.
John Goddard OBE is Emeritus Professor of Regional Development Studies at Newcastle University and formerly Deputy Vice Chancellor responsible for the university’s civic engagement. In that role, he was appointed a member of the Council of St Nicholas’s Cathedral and subsequently chaired the board for its Common Ground in Sacred Space project. He was Vice Chair of the Civic University Commission.
Jill Haley is Chief Executive of Byker Community Trust, Housing Association, Newcastle. She is a demonstrated and experienced professional with a long history of working in the civil and social organisation industry, also attaining private sector practice. She has strategic housing, community development, finance, governance, business development and risk management skills. She is a qualified coach, passionate about excellence in leadership, empowerment and customer excellence.
Annette Hastings is Professor of Urban Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow. Annette’s research and teaching focuses on the drivers of urban inequality and approaches to tackling this, with a particular focus on the role of public services.
Kirsty Hayward is STEM Engagement Manager at Success4All, a small educational charity based in the North East of England. Success4All supports children and young people in community centres and schools where it is needed most. Success4All believes that young people learn best from each other and embeds open-ended, young person-led learning throughout all its services.
Patsy Healey (an elected trustee of Glendale Gateway Trust) is Professor Emeritus in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University. She has qualifications in geography and planning, and is a specialist in planning theory and practice. She was Chair of the Glendale Gateway Trust from 2012 to 2015.
Tom Johnston is the Chief Executive and a founder trustee of Glendale Gateway Trust, and active community volunteer. Tom became a paid member of staff for the trust and has been employed by them since 2000, championing community enterprise and ownership projects, including