“We began with a simple question during a group walk through Birkenhead: “what does Birkenhead feel like to you?” From that came conversations about what makes a good town and what creates a sense of belonging. We asked: “what could we do here, in Birkenhead, to make that happen?”
Graham Marshall – Chair Mentor
Prosocial Place
Real change does not come from top down; it grows from honest conversations and shared experiences. This conversation about Birkenhead’s future was supported by Wirral Council and the GroundsWell Consortium, but it was not driven by any funding bid. That independence makes the outcomes truly authentic, created by
local people, for local people.
Over the past year, hundreds of people from every walk of life have shared their ideas. There were no fixed plans, just open discussions about the future people want. Those chats in cafés, on park benches,
in meeting rooms and online have built something special: trust, connection, and shared purpose.
As ideas emerged, the bigger picture became clear. Threads of economic growth with social wellbeing; creativity with culture; old with new; big landscapes with the close-knit streets, wove together into a
single tapestry called the Birkenhead Place Plan.
Framework – Purpose & Focus…
Community well-being sits at the heart of the government’s place-based policy agenda.
Our Place Plan responds with twenty-one threads that reflect community priorities and aspirations. These cluster into five thematic levers that together represent the ‘Determinants of Community Wellbeing’ here in Birkenhead.
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