Join the Residents' Advisory Board

Ever wanted to design the ideal home? Or perhaps the perfect neighbourhood?

We’re looking for local people to help us design the homes, spaces and places of the future.

We believe that engaging with residents is the key to designing better homes and future spaces, in our aim to develop an environment that nurtures community and wellbeing for all. We’re seeking to set up a Residents Advisory Board to give a voice to residents who are interested in shaping the future development of the borough, through a programme of exciting co-design activities and workshops.

You’ll work with a range of industry experts to explore what 21^st century living looks like, and how it will be affected by our changing patterns of living, working, and socialising, in the delivery of the Baking and Dagenham Ideal Home Design Guide.

Together we’ll set new standards for high quality, affordable housing and exciting, active and sustainable neighbourhoods.

For this to work, we need you!

We’re seeking to recruit 20 local residents from across the borough, who best represent the culture, diversity and vibrancy of Barking and Dagenham to join the board. You don’t need any previous experience, just a passion for change, enjoy developing ideas with others and willing to get stuck in!

Initially, were seeking to run 5 x 2 hour online workshops between January and March 2022 focused on the design of the “ideal home” culminating in a physical workshop where we’ll get together to celebrate your development of the Barking and Dagenham Ideal Home Design Guide.

We appreciate the fact that you’ll be giving up time to take part so for each session you attended you’ll receive a £20 voucher!

If you’re interested in getting involved please register your interest at https://urbansymbiotics.com/hello.html or email hello@urbansymbiotics.com by Wednesday 15 December 2021.

Start the new year by taking part in something new and exciting!