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Overview

Brent Cross Town and The University of Manchester are inviting you to take part in The Flourishing Index survey.

At Brent Cross Town, we are pleased to be supporting The University of Manchester on a new research study which aims to create a new measurement tool to help understand community wellbeing – this new measurement is called ‘The Flourishing Index’. This research study is also supported by Buro Happold’s sustainability team, who are greatly interested in the social as well as environmental impact of new developments.

It is our aim that by working with the University on this

Overview

Brent Cross Town and The University of Manchester are inviting you to take part in The Flourishing Index survey.

At Brent Cross Town, we are pleased to be supporting The University of Manchester on a new research study which aims to create a new measurement tool to help understand community wellbeing – this new measurement is called ‘The Flourishing Index’. This research study is also supported by Buro Happold’s sustainability team, who are greatly interested in the social as well as environmental impact of new developments.

It is our aim that by working with the University on this new research study, we will gain a better understanding of the wellbeing of the local community. We will then be able to use these insights to inform the design and management of Brent Cross Town.

In addition, The University of Manchester is offering each participant the chance to be entered into a prize draw to win one of 50 Love2Shop vouchers. If you’d like to be in with a chance of winning, just enter you email address at the end of the survey.

If you want to find out more about 'The Flourishing Index and what information is being collected as part of it please visit: Brent Cross Local Well-being Survey (manchester.ac.uk)

About Brent Cross Town 

In 2016, Barnet Council and Argent Related created a joint venture to deliver Brent Cross Town – a new mixed-use neighbourhood for north London. Brent Cross Town, set around 50 acres of parks and playing fields, will deliver 6,700 new homes and workplaces for 25,000 people supported by first-class public transport infrastructure, a new and improved network of walking and cycle routes and a series of new and improved parks, squares and other amenities.

Want to find out more about Brent Cross Town? Click here

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  • We asked, you said, we did

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    We asked

    As part of a long-term ‘Flourishing Index’ project led by University of Manchester for Brent Cross Town, and to provide a benchmark to measure over time, we asked about your direct experiences of wellbeing, both personal and community wellbeing. Questions ranged from your sense of belonging and overall happiness, to how you rate wellbeing support activity and neighbourhood satisfaction.

    You said

    We did this via face-to-face and online surveys. We received 1,518 responses from local residents who live within 20 minutes walking distance of the forthcoming high street at Brent Cross Town. These were primarily people who stopped to talk to us and complete the survey in local public spaces. We also received 50 responses to the online survey targeted at the local community.

    Together, the research revealed multiple wellbeing strengths in the area, to be maintained and bolstered into the future, such as a strong sense of belonging and social cohesion. The work also demonstrated several wellbeing opportunities where there is scope to help improve how local people are doing. For example, helping to improve job satisfaction, by providing good quality jobs for local people. In addition, boosting personal happiness – by supporting more, varied social activities locally and providing more support for girls and women to use local outdoor green spaces.

    We did

    As pledged previously, we will donate £1 for each local person who fully completed the online survey to a local charity. For those respondents who expressed an interest, we will keep them up-to-speed with the research, including invitation to co-interpret the findings this year (2024). Both a high-level and more detailed summary of the Flourishing Index baseline will be publicly available this year (2024) through the Brent Cross Town website. The findings will be used to inform an overarching evaluation framework and ongoing design and management decision making.