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Right to the City: Youth Design Challenge
Publica CIC invites young women, girls and non-binary youth who live, study, work, or visit the City of London to take part in our Youth Design Challenge for their Right to the City campaign.
The competition seeks to understand the lived experiences of young people and how safe they feel in the City’s public spaces, with a view to exploring young people's visions for what the City could become and the changes they’d like to see.
Location
Website
Deadline
5 May 2025
Consultant Team
The challenge is open to any young woman, girl or non-binary youth who lives, studies, works, or visits the City of London. The submissions will be grouped and evaluated in three categories:
Ages 11-15
Ages 16-18
Ages 19-21
Ages 11-15
Ages 16-18
Ages 19-21
Submission Criteria
Pick a space in the City of London that you think could be safer and more joyful. It might be a space you pass through all the time, one in which you hang out with your friends or one you would love to visit more if it were designed differently.
Create a A3 portrait poster capturing how this space could be transformed. This could be a collage, drawing, photograph, or even rubbings – be as imaginative as you want!
Each poster needs to be submitted with an accompanying written description (max 200 words) of what the City of London feels like for you, what your vision is and how your proposed design would improve your experience of the City. Your text can be a poem, prose or a list of key words. Don’t forget to also add your title, name, age and pronouns to your description!