Community Engagement & Co-design

At JTP, we see community engagement as fundamentally different to consultation. Representing the evolution of our legacy and extensive experience as leaders in Collaborative Placemaking, JTP Engages creates bespoke engagement processes tailored to each place, community, client objective and budget.

JTP Engages blends cutting-edge data and digital tools like JTP’s in-house interactive map, GIS, personalised project websites, targeted social media campaigns and AI-generated visuals with innovative in-person techniques. By combining the best of co-design methodologies with new technologies, our team creates more inclusive engagement that reaches a broader, younger and more diverse audience, building trust, transparency and shared ownership from the outset.

Collaborative Placemaking

Our process is unique, putting the community at the heart of the creative and co-design process. It involves three stages of Understanding, Engaging and Creating which together we call Collaborative Placemaking. Click here to read more about our Collaborative Placemaking process.

JTP Engages – Putting the community at the heart of the co-design process

Why Use JTP Engages?

Led by our dedicated JTP Engages team, we work collaboratively with clients, consultants and communities to deliver engagement that:

– Reaches broader and more diverse audiences
– Builds early support and public trust
– Creates a strong local identity
– Keeps engagement proportionate and within budget
– Supports a more efficient planning process

What makes JTP different is that we are the ones holding the pencil; we engage with local people, listen to their unique insights and co-design with those who will go on to use the place.

Follow our dedicated community engagement Instagram @jtp_engages, see some of our engagement projects below or click here to view a selection of some of our digital content.