About City Living, Local Life
City Living, Local Life is a programme in the
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea where local people
like you, other community members and your Councillors identify
local issues that matter and find practical ways to make
the 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?
The aim of City Living, Local Life is to understand the most
important local opportunities and solutions. Each of the 18 wards
in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has an average of
10,000 people. Each ward elects three councillors to represent
them. Your three ward 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.
Each area of Kensington and Chelsea is unique, and so are the
approaches taken by different wards and the projects supported.
What's the purpose of this website?
This website has two purposes:
- It communicates about City Living, Local Life projects and
opportunities to get involved, and helps local people hold their
ward councillors to account by publishing what activities have been
supported in your community. Visit your local area page for
more.
- It's a resource for you, local people, resident associations,
voluntary organisations, councillors, officers - anyone who works
with communities - to publicise your news and events through an
easy-to-use online tool that's also mobile-friendly. See the
community noticeboard feature and
submit your news.
How do I learn more or get involved?
Visit the local page for your area using the map and postcode finder to find out what
your ward is doing and funding, and how you can take part
You can also: