My City Too Manifesto
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Many thanks to all of you who have already
pledged your support for the My City Too Manifesto. If you haven’t yet, there is
still time! Email: mycitytoo@openhouse.org.uk
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My City Too Manifesto
London’s Teenagers’
manifesto for better spaces in the Capital
View young Londoner’s manifesto for better
places in the Capital at: http://www.mycitytoo.org.uk/manifesto.html
In light of today’s mayoral elections, please
take a minute to look at the recent My City Too Manifesto for better spaces and
places in London.
Young people are our future. But without the chance
to influence opinion, they are excluded from debates and decisions about the
future of their city. They use the spaces of our city in different ways to
adults.
The My City Too manifesto is drawn from a 2 year-long-campaign
with the My City Too ambassadors from across London. They have debated and
developed their ideas through surveys and polls, building exploration workshops,
collaborations with architects and developers and have developed creative
resources to express their ideas. More importantly, the campaign findings are
intended to aid future development in ensuring that young people are part of the
solution rather than being perceived as the problem.
The campaign
analyses capital-wide problems and finds solutions that can be applied to London
generally. It is about delivering solutions that can influence local, regional
and national policy.
The campaign is led by Open House, the leading
architecture education charity — renowned for its groundbreaking work in
architecture education. This is the first campaign of its kind. Never before has
a pan-London initiative been undertaken to explore what young people want from
their built environment, what their ideas are for the future of their city and
how they can inspire change.
This manifesto will be actively pursued
to ensure that whoever is the next mayor of London will embed these ideas into
their policies for London and the built environment.
Help us to give London’s young
people a voice. Pledge your support for the manifesto by emailing:
mycitytoo@openhouse.org.uk
Regards
Victoria Thornton
Founding
Director, Open House
297 Euston Road
London NW1
3AQ
www.openhouse.org.uk
| Contact Person | Victoria Thornton |
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| Contact email | mycitytoo@openhouse.org.uk |
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