Inclusive neighbourhood parks and resorts

The first talk seeks to collectively explore fresh ways to create healthier towns and communities that promote inclusive economic growth and social development, using the experience of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council and Ryder Architecture in creating an urban park. The new park will be a place for entertainment; for play; for fitness and leisure; for cafes and restaurants to spill into where people can connect with nature; and for new community groups to be created to help address local loneliness.

A second talk from Landsec will focus on the case study of Mayfield Park, Manchester, and will explore the challenges and innovations of delivering health-enabling green infrastructure at the outset of regeneration. It highlights Mayfield’s contribution to climate resilience, wellbeing, placemaking and socio-economic growth, and it offers a practice-based model for how forgotten urban districts can be reimagined as inclusive, green, and resilient places to live, work and thrive.

The final talk in the session will showcase Therme Group's Therme Manchester health resort, described as the UK’s first destination of its kind – bringing nature, water and wellbeing at scale to an urban setting. Driven by an inclusive vision of ‘Wellbeing for All’, the resort will become a beacon of wellbeing and an integral part of the city region’s social infrastructure.