September 2018

Every month, we bring you the latest local news, events, and consultations, so you can get involved with life as a Liverpool city centre resident.

Mayor of Strasbourg to speak at Engage 2018 seminar series

This year’s theme: “WHS Cities of Inspiration”

With Liverpool’s World Heritage Site status intact for another year, how can the city can make the best use of its UNESCO inscription, to benefit development, civic design, tourism, economic and cultural regeneration?

This is the question we aim to answer in our 2018 seminar series, for which we have invited three European WHS cities to come and share how they have used their UNESCO status to promote and develop their city.

Reserve your tickets now

Representatives from Strasbourg, Hamburg and Bordeaux will all travel to Liverpool to share their experiences and expertise with us, starting with the Mayor of Strasbourg, and architect Henri Bava who is leading a major development project (the “Deux-Rives”) in the city.

STRASBOURG – Wednesday 3rd October 2018 @ Cunard Building

BORDEAUX – Wednesday 17th October 2018 @ Port of Liverpool Building

HAMBURG – Wednesday 31st October 2018 @ Royal Liver Building

Tickets cost less than £4, and include a tea or coffee on arrival, as well as a donation towards Engage Liverpool’s work. Reserve your place now, online.

Young Heritage Champions excited about Urbingo project

Speaking of World Heritage – last month, we were excited to get the thumbs up for our prototype Urbingo game, from Liverpool’s Young Heritage Champions.

The group, spearheaded by Liverpool City Council’s Mayoral Lead for Heritage, Cllr Alice Bennett, aims to give young people a greater appreciation of Liverpool’s rich heritage, and inspire them to think about how it can be preserved and engaged with by future generations.

Read about the Young Heritage Champions online, or visit our Urbingo project pages for more.

Dates for your diary

How have the cities of Strasbourg, Bordeaux, and Hamburg capitalised on their World Heritage Site status?

Join us for a series of 3 seminars, with international and local speakers, investigating what we can learn from these cities of inspiration!

STRASBOURG – Wednesday 3rd October @ Cunard Building

BORDEAUX – Wednesday 17th October @ Port of Liverpool Building

HAMBURG – Wednesday 31st October @ Royal Liver Building

Reserve your tickets online

In the know

Engage’s newsletter archive

One of the hidden gems on the Engage Liverpool website is our archive of Liverpool newsletters, including emails from the Bluecoat, Bido Lito, and Culture Liverpool, among others. Have a browse!

Event: Ed’s Place

Our friends at PLACED are hosting a series of pop-up events at the old George Henry Lees building on Houghton Street, throughout September, in an effort to get people thinking imaginatively about how our city centre can be a better place for everyone.

Almost all the events are free, but we highly encourage you to book ahead. Check out the schedule, and reserve a place, on their website.

Pier Head Village:
What are your thoughts?

Valuable tourist attraction, or tacky eyesore on a presigious site? The Pier Head Village has split opinion, and as its 3-year contract reaches an end, we invite you to let us know your thoughts on whether it should return in 2019.

Phew! You made it to the end…

Have you booked your ticket yet for our 3rd October “Cities of Inspiration” seminar? No? Time to sort that out!

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