Events Archive & Reports

Artificial Intelligence is everywhere in the news and in business these days – we even used it to generate the image for this event. How can it help your civic society ?  Do you need to be an expert? (No!)  Civic societies are often under-resourced, and at this event we showed that with a little knowledge, illustrated with examples, AI can bolster your resources in several useful ways, without necessarily spending a [more...] ...

What is the nature and scale of the crisis and why are some streets and centres doing better or worse than others. What can be done about it?  We discussed these and related issues at this Open Meeting on 26th March. London’s town centres have had a challenging decade – changing planning policies, growing on-line sales, COVID, vacant shops and rising costs. They are in transition, but are they going in the [more...] ...

The next London Plan, with its much higher housing targets, will increase the pressure for higher densities in the suburbs. It could guide high-density housing / mixed-use development to high accessibility locations. The shape of the new strategy will be a key issue for the new London Plan. Issues What is the vision? What should the strategy be? (Speaker: Prof. Tony Travers), and  What would be needed to increase the density of [more...] ...

Following the success of the summer party, we’re holding a Christmas Reception for members on Monday 1st December, at the Alan Baxter office building at Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ. Please do come along and join Trustees and committee members for drinks and nibbles, meet fellow activists from other member societies across London, and continue conversations started in August.  This is a free event for a maximum of two people per society [more...] ...

Doors open at 6.00PM with drinks and nibbles available ahead of the formal meeting start at 6.30PM. This will be a meeting in two parts, first the formal business of the AGM, agenda below, followed by two presentations, from our Patron Professor Tony Travers and Leanne Tritton, Chair of the London Society. The presentations will be followed by questions and discussion. Please book your place(s) using the booking facility. Please note that [more...] ...

As in previous years, the annual summer drinks party for London Forum’s members will be held at the Alan Baxter office building at Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ, near Farringdon station. Please do come along and join Trustees and committee members for drinks and nibbles on Monday 18 August 2025 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm and meet fellow activists from other member societies across London. This is a free event for a maximum [more...] ...