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 Community Engagement

The Trust, STEP and all the Springfield Village partners are committed to working with local people throughout the project and as the community begins to evolve at Springfield.

Together with the Trust, we are working to engage with local residents, schools, health and community groups to provide communication, events and learning and skills opportunities during the development.

The Trust has been working with the community for a number of years to plan the new facilities, promote mental wellbeing and destigmatise mental health issues. You can view more on their  engagement activities by visiting the Trust website here.

Current Springfield Village Community Engagement Activities:

• Springfield Messenger, our quarterly project community newsletter can be accessed here.

• Schools and young people were invited to submit design proposals for ‘The Hangout’ a new youth shelter in Springfield Park. A design workshop took place with the winning school (St John Bosco) in December 2021. The Youth Shelter has now been installed in Park area A. Details and updates on the Youth Shelter can be viewed in various places on this website:

  ‘From Design to Reality’: The Hangout Youth Shelter Workshop — SPRINGFIELD (springfieldvillage.info)

  The Hangout Youth Shelter students site visit — SPRINGFIELD (springfieldvillage.info)

  The Hangout Youth Shelter has arrived — SPRINGFIELD (springfieldvillage.info)

• Schools and young people are invited to participate in a broad range of mental health, construction and professional learning and skills activities.

• STEP and Springfield Village development partners have visited Burntwood Lane School and Garratt Park School to take part in their Careers Events.

• Sir Robert McAlpine and South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust hosted a virtual event for Carshalton College students focused on Mental Health in Construction. Details can be viewed here. Similar events to be held in 2022.

• As part of the project’s aim to benefit the local community Sir Robert McAlpine have created an ‘Introduction to Construction’ video. This video is aimed at the NHS Trust Recovery College however will be useful for anyone interested in a career in construction. If you are a Recovery College student and are interested in Part 2 please register your interest at recoverycollege@swlstg.nhs.uk.

If you would like to get involved with community engagement activities at Springfield Village then please complete our contact form here.