The ultimate community engagement kit

When asked what their biggest challenges in urban greening were, councils ranked engaging community as number one. The ultimate community engagement kit is here to help.

The guide brings together five pieces of research

  • 1 A national community attitudes survey of 1,684 people
  • 2 An audit of 120 council greening strategies to understand the words and benefits they use to describe urban greening
  • 3 Conversations with 15 councils of different sizes and locations to understand what works in engaging community
  • 4 A scan of 60+ articles looking at how media talks about green space
  • 5 A survey of 246 people working in top tier developer organisations to understand how they talk about green space

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Contains eleven ready-made, proven engagement ideas

including links to the councils using them effectively

Demonstrating the benefits for local community really helps get council across the line.

Natalie Pelleri, Senior Planner, Inner West Council

INCLUDES A FREE, CUSTOMISABLE AD KIT

including posters, social media posts and short videos that can be customised to tell your residents why urban greening improves their lives

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