The City of Portland’s Office of Community and Civic Life partners with the Centre for Public Impact to advance equity-centered community engagement May 11, 2023 — Today, the Centre for Public Impact released The Citywide Equitable Engagement Cohort: Portland, Oregon. The… Read more
Type: Our work in action
Detroit, MI; Guilford County, NC; Montgomery County, MD; Shelby County, TN; St. Louis, MO; and Tampa, FL, commit to tackling local health disparities and rebuilding community trust
Detroit, MI; Guilford County, NC; Montgomery County, MD; Shelby County, TN; St. Louis, MO; and Tampa, FL, commit to tackling local health disparities and rebuilding community trust Six local government teams selected to participate in the Centre for Public Impact’s… Read more
Learning with cities: prototyping and testing with communities
From February 2022 to December 2022, the Centre for Public Impact (CPI) partnered with the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University and the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative – Innovation Track to deliver innovation training to cities globally. Very… Read more
Conversation, culture, and collaboration: building community hubs in Redbridge
For the past year, CPI has worked as a learning partner to the London Borough of Redbridge. This work focussed on supporting Redbridge to develop community hubs in the borough, which are part of the council’s efforts to reimagine and… Read more
Can urban waste management be reimagined? The journey of Călărași, Moldova
The Călărași town calmly lies along the banks of the river Bic in the region of the miraculous Moldovan hills of Codru. But not everything is that miraculous, calm, and green. Like many other towns, the town has a waste… Read more
Doing change differently: unlocking the potential of children’s social care
20 % social workers spend around 20% of their time with children and families, 80% on paperwork and bureaucracy, (BASW, 2020) 77 % of practitioners felt they could not help people as much as they wanted. 56% said… Read more
Digital Cities: Transforming public services in Europe
When it comes to digital transformation, the COVID-19 pandemic has made two things clear. Firstly, digital transformation is critical to the delivery of essential public services. Secondly, meaningful and responsive resident engagement is integral. As cities look to the future,… Read more