SUPPORTING PRIDE IN PLACE PROGRAMMES

Harlow and Ramsgate (Phase 1) and Morecambe (Phase 2)

360 Degree Society has supported the delivery of Pride in Place (Plan for Neighbourhoods) programmes across multiple locations.

In Harlow, Ramsgate and Morecambe, we’ve worked at different stages of programme maturity; from early Board development through to community engagement, deliberation and plan creation.

Our role has focused on:

Supporting Neighbourhood Board development and effectiveness

Designing and delivering deliberative community engagement

Ensuring plans are grounded in community voice, data and local context

Acting as a critical friend and delivery partner to Boards and local authorities

"KRIS' SUPPORT HAS GIVEN US DIRECTION, DEVELOPED OUR MEMBERS INTO TEAMS AND PROVIDED A VERY POSITIVE KICK START THAT HAS RESULTED IN PACE THAT WE ARE ALL DELIGHTED WITH. PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT TESTAMENT IS THAT WE VALUE KRIS' INPUT SO MUCH THAT WE INTEND TO INVITE KRIS AND THE 360-DEGREE SOCIETY BACK TO BRING US TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT TO TAKE STOCK, REFLECT AND PLAN EACH STAGE OF OUR JOURNEY."

Helen Bingley OBE JP DL, Chair West End Pride in Place
"360 DEGREE SOCIETY PROVIDED OUTSTANDING FACILITATION AND SUPPORT TO THE BOARD. COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMENTED THAT IT FELT DIFFERENT — LIKE WE WERE MAKING REAL PROGRESS TOWARD SHARED GOALS. THEIR APPROACH CREATED A STRONG SENSE OF PURPOSE AND MOMENTUM, WHILE ENSURING A WIDE RANGE OF VOICES WERE HEARD AND ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE CONFIDENTLY AND MADE US FEEL THAT MEANINGFUL CHANGE IS ACHIEVABLE."

Joanna Young, Co-Chair, Morecambe Pride in Place Board

Our Role

This role has been tailored to each place:

Harlow – leading a comprehensive engagement programme alongside development of the 10-year plan, ensuring community insight directly informed strategy, priorities and delivery frameworks

Ramsgate – engaging the business community through Ramsgate Space CIC, ensuring SMEs and local employers shaped the town’s economic vision and interventions

Morecambe – supporting the newly formed Board to establish strong foundations through immersive workshops, strategic advice and early engagement

Our Approach

Using our 360 Degree Exploration and Immersion methodology we’ve focussed on three core elements:

1. Strengthening Boards and Governance
Working with Board members to build clarity, confidence and shared purpose, strengthening governance and enabling effective decision-making. In Morecambe, this supported the Board to move quickly from formation to structured, action-focused discussions.

2. Deliberative Engagement and Co-Design
Designing engagement that moves beyond consultation, enabling residents and stakeholders to explore issues, understand trade-offs and shape priorities.

This includes:

Large-scale and inclusive engagement (Harlow)

Targeted engagement with key sectors such as businesses (Ramsgate)

Early-stage engagement to establish direction and shared understanding (Morecambe)

3. Immersive Workshops and Visioning
Facilitating structured sessions bringing together Boards, partners and communities to:

Surface challenges and opportunities

Develop shared priorities

Build ownership of solutions

In Morecambe, this included World Café-style workshops with mixed stakeholder groups, creating a clear sense of momentum and shared purpose.

Across all locations, we combine data, existing insight and lived experience to ensure plans are evidence-based, locally grounded and aligned with wider system priorities.

Outcomes and Impact

Our work supports:

Stronger, more effective Neighbourhood Boards with clearer roles and direction

Delivery of inclusive, high-quality engagement, reaching a broad cross-section of communities

Development of community-informed visions and priorities

Increased confidence in the credibility and deliverability of plans

Place-specific impact includes:

Morecambe –moving the Board from early-stage discussion to structured, immersive and action-oriented planning, creating a shared sense of purpose

Harlow – engaging c.500 residents and stakeholders through a place-based engagement programme, while also supporting Board facilitation and plan development

Ramsgate – generating 2,000+ survey responses and participation touchpoints and informed the final Neighbourhood vision and regeneration plan. Engaged 150+ residents, businesses and stakeholders, generating deeper insight that fed into the wider evidence base and long-term plan

Added Value: Community-Centred Delivery

Across all locations, we ensured that engagement:

Was delivered through and with local organisations

Enabled community members to be active participants, not consultees

Built local capacity, relationships and ownership

In Morecambe, this included Citizens Advice Bureau, CAN and the Poverty Truth Commission to ensure representation from seldom-heard voices from the outset.

In Harlow - a targeted mapping exercise and use of Board and partner networks to ensure broader and more representative participation, including engagement through the food bank, social supermarket, youth groups such as Changing Lives, and Citizens Advice Bureau.

In Ramsgate - delivery through Ramsgate Space CIC, which had already established the Ramsgate Traders Group to ensure high street businesses had a voice in shaping priorities.