places to practise

Year 5 Report for the Every One Every Day initiative in Barking and Dagenham 

We live in a time of intensifying polarisation, with huge strain on households and communities, and mistrust at all levels of society. The World Economic Forum has identified erosion of social cohesion as amongst the most pressing risks to security and prosperity across the globe.

We are urgently in need of systems which counter these trends in our society. Which connect us around what we share, what we can contribute, and what we can do together as opposed to what makes us different, separate and disconnected.

Every One Every Day is such a system; designed for connection, contribution and collaboration.

In Places to Practise residents describe in their own words how participation has helped them build connections, confidence, and skills, which they have used to turn their ideas into practical reality.

In doing so they have described overcoming social isolation and mental health challenges, feeling increasingly optimistic about their family’s future, and finding a greater sense of being included in positive change in their neighbourhoods and communities.

Places to Practise points towards the real-life, practical design of a system which can reliably produce the essential building blocks of social cohesion in our neighbourhoods, communities and cities.

This feels more important today, than ever before.