Run in association with Fresh Projects, the ‘Community engagement: innovative approaches and getting the overall fee right’ webinar takes place at 11am on Tuesday 16 September.
AWW director and head of sustainability Tim Forster and Nick Hayhurst of Hayhurst & Co Architects are also taking part. They will be joined on the panel by Simon Berry, founder of Fresh Projects.
In this webinar, tailored to both community engagement practitioners and practice/finance managers, you’ll learn practical, proven approaches to integrating meaningful community engagement into your design process and project fees so you can deliver social value effectively.
Topics will include:
Establishing a work programme and timeline for community engagement
Getting the fee right: Learn how to price social value work with confidence, avoiding hidden costs
Ensuring all stakeholders are represented and their voices are heard
Resourcing community engagement work
Hearing from leading UK practices how to structure engagement phases for effective outcomes
Accurately tracking changes to scope of work, a frequent cause of cost overruns
Lewis co-founded We Made That in 2006 and is a trusted voice in shaping healthy, fair and well-designed places. She cares deeply about locally-informed and impact-driven outcomes.
She is a registered architect and affiliate member of the Landscape Institute and has led a unique range of urban projects for the practice – from pioneering industrial intensification work through to comprehensive high street regeneration projects. She advocates for community involvement within the design process, empowering women in the built environment and equitable city-making.
Lewis is Mayor’s design advocate for the Greater London Authority and is a Design Council expert. She has also contributed as a national High Streets Task Force expert. Currently, she is the town architect for the London Borough of Hackney, chairs the Croydon Design Review Panel, and is a member of the Thanet Design Review Panel.
Forster steers AWW’s commitment to designing low-carbon, socially impactful environments.
He led AWW to becoming the first architectural practice to receive the Social Value Quality Mark – a process that enabled the practice to develop its approach to measuring social value through design – and was responsible for design delivery of the Mary Ward Centre, winner of the AJ100 Community Impact Award in 2024, as well as a number of other community focussed awards
Hayhurst founded Tyler Hayhurst in 2004 and later reformed his practice as Hayhurst & Co in 2009 where he has led a series of pioneering education, community and residential projects. He has taught and lectured widely and is a senior lecturer at University of Brighton where he specialises in design theory and practice.
He will speak about Filwood Community Centre and Library, a £10 million project in Bristol that is part of the wider Filwood Broadway regeneration. Hayhurst & Co has been working alongside You&Me on the scheme, currently on site, which looks to provide outstanding social and cultural facilities for Knowle West and the wider south Bristol community.
Fresh Projects’ Berry is an entrepreneur and engineer who bridges the gap between creative excellence and business acumen in the architecture and engineering sector. As the former commercial director at WSP, he has witnessed at first hand the challenges faced by architecture and engineering firms and offers expert insight into transforming architectural practices into thriving, sustainable businesses.
With practical insights you can quickly deploy in your practice, and an opportunity to ask questions from our expert panel, in this webinar we’ll explore the many elements that contribute to successful community engagement work.
Register for your free webinar place now.