City Living, Local Life
What is City Living, Local Life?
It's a new initiative where local people like you, other
community members and your Councillors identify local issues that
matter and find practical ways to make your area a better place to
live. The programme gives small amounts of money and lots of
practical support to the best ideas.
The programme is your chance to make a difference to your
street, your estate, your neighbourhood - your local life.
How does City Living, Local Life work?
Each of the 18 wards in the Royal Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea has an average of 10,000 people. Each ward elects 3
Councillors to represent them. Your Councillors are leading City
Living, Local LIfe activities by working together with local people
and community groups in their ward. The aim of City Living, Local
Life is to understand the most important local issues and
opportunities and to find practical solutions to address them.
Councillors work with all those interested to develop a range of
projects - from trying out new schemes to building on projects that
have already worked well.
Each ward that takes part in the initiative has a budget of
£20,000 per year to help make projects a reality. This money isn't
intended to meet the full costs of the project, but it's there to
help get projects going or help secure funding from other
sources.
How can I get involved?
There are a whole range of things you can do to get involved in
City Living, Local Life, from sharing your project idea to giving
an hour of your time to support a local event. Email us or give us
a call to get involved.
- find your Councillor
- contact us to submit your idea or volunteer to get involved
with an existing local project
Download our public leaflet for more information:
Quickstart Guide for Councillors
