A message from PLACED Founder & Director, Jo Harrop:
“At PLACED, we are committed to delivering social impact and making a positive change. We are passionate about creating better places by ensuring more diverse voices can shape the towns and cities in which we live. This is at the heart of all we do.
We believe that by involving more people in the design and decision making process we can help make better places that better meet the needs of users, local people are empowered, communities strengthened, and decision makers reflect and understand the communities they are working in. Meaningful engagement can also have a positive impact on wellbeing, community cohesion, and
empowerment.
We also believe it’s invaluable that those who work in the profession represent our communities. Our work with young people continues to be a critical part of what we do. We’re proud that – with support
from the sector – our award-wining youth programme, PLACED Academy, continues to grow. Through this, we can bridge the gap between education and industry, fostering the next generation of built
environment professionals.
As a social business, we reinvest our profits to create additional social value and impact for communities, including our work with young people. This means we can deliver greater impact and respond to local
need.
We’re packing two years into this annual impact report, which summarises our work and the social impact we’ve been able to deliver between 2023 – 2024. Let’s just say it’s been a busy couple of years.
Thank you to everyone that has worked with us over this period. We’re proud of what we achieved and look forward to continuing and expanding our work and impact in 2025″.