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Young Placechangers

  • Young Placechangers in Action
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  • This Must be Our Place – 0. Introduction
  • This Must be Our Place – 1. The place you’re in
  • This Must be Our Place – 2. Encounters in our place, go public
  • This Must be Our Place – 3. The politics of what makes a place
  • This Must be Our Place – 4. Green interventions in our place

  • Young Placechangers Evaluation report

Published: 31st March, 2018

Updated: 12th January, 2022

Author: Ian Goodman

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