The Joy Factor: making cities feel good again

How can we resist the blandification of our towns and cities?

Humanise will be out in force at the UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) in May to discuss this very question and urge leaders to put the joy back into Britain!

Joining us in Leeds on 19th May will be a stellar panel of experts, chaired by Humanise’s Abigail Scott Paul, exploring how to do it:

Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands
Kate Josephs CB, Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council
Tim Heatley, founder of social impact developer Capital&Centric
Sharon Watson MBE, DL, Chief Executive and Principal of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Professor Rosie McEachan, Director of the Born in Bradford study at the Bradford Institute for Health Research
Laurence Dudeney, partner and project leader at Heatherwick Studio.

Abigail says: “We can’t wait to be in Leeds at the UK’s biggest sector event to discuss the need for more joyful development across the nation. Our research shows that the public are fed up with the anonymous buildings they’re being served, so let’s ditch dull developments and ‘cookie cutter’ estates. With 1.5m new houses and New Towns on the agenda, there’s never been a more important time to raise the bar and build radically more human towns and cities. People want and need it.”