About us
‘We believe St Helier should be a place for PEOPLE - where all demographics want to live, work and dawdle. We believe that a great public realm leads to a thriving and supportive community’.
Our mission is to enable community voice to impact public space. The result is a public realm that is loved by those that use it the most. We deliver this through relevant public engagement and facilitating partnership between community, business and government.
A proposal to improve Jersey's public realm through sustainable partnership was commissioned by Government of Jersey in 2022. The research involved surveys in 3 languages and stakeholder interviews across 12 sectors. Key concerns were not enough green space, too many cars and poor housing. 'Public Voice – Common Ground' developed from this.
Public Voice: Common Ground was presented as an example of innovative and best practice at the British Irish Council’s ‘Placemaking in Practice’ symposium, Cardiff, September 2023. It won ‘Best Placemaking and Community Engagement in the Public Domain’ at the Jersey Design Awards 2024. You can find out what happened, read the summary and download the analysis Here
What will Public Voice: Common Ground do for the island?
Sasha Gibb discusses what, why and how with Kate Wright, Jersey Community Relations Trust.
The scope of the pilot:
To illustrate what’s possible through through temporary sites and meanwhile use
To invite everyone to have a voice regarding challenges facing communities and the public realm
To write a commissioning brief based on addressing these problems
To invite public realm stakeholders to fund this commission
The aim of the pilot:
To enable community voice to impact the public realm
To facilitate government, parish, business and community partnership
To illustrate the value of stakeholder investment in the public realm (private, public & 3rd sector)
