Social infrastructure
places, spaces and structures that enable people to get together, socialise and co-operate
Popular
a research and advisory practice to help us understand, design, operate and maintain our social infrastructure
What we offer
Research
Mapping, measuring and understanding social infrastructure using qualitative, quantitative and participatory methods
Strategy and Policy
Supporting strategic planning for social infrastructure as part of masterplans, new builds and developments
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Helping those who own and run social infrastructure to realise its potential
Public Engagement
Designing and delivering community engagement, participation and co-creation to map present and future social infrastructure
Community Ownership
Research and advisory for groups transitioning community assets into democratic ownership, including governance and finance models
Knowledge Sharing
Bringing together people who own and manage social infrastructure to share experiences
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Pooling and sharing resources to help advance the field
Testimonials
"The Popular team helped us to deliver a project to understand and communicate how the Coin Street model has driven outcomes in terms of human flourishing, quality of life and increased individual and collective agency. This was an important project for us to mark our 40th anniversary, engage politicians and policy makers, and support colleagues in social enterprise and community-led development across the UK and beyond.
The Popular team were terrific partners who helped to shape our goals and deliver a high-quality report and launch event. The team have an impressive knowledge and understanding of the sector and were able to apply this both to their methods of gathering data and the resulting impact report.
Oliver, Zoe and Dan were a pleasure to work with and the report we now have meets and exceed our expectations and will help us to demonstrate the benefits of community-led development. We hope to work with them again."