Prosocial Place: Community-led regeneration, research, and design for healthy places.

Led by Graham Marshall, landscape architect and urban designer, and Rhiannon Corcoran, Professor of Psychology and Public Mental Health at the University of Liverpool.

 

Together we work as social regenerators, researchers, mentors and activators, bringing cross-disciplinary expertise to complex urban challenges. We help places and the people who live in them to thrive.

 

What We Do

Community-Led Place Change

Supporting communities to shape meaningful, lasting change in the neighbourhoods they call home.

 

Health-Led Urban Design

Creating people-centred places that nurture wellbeing, inclusion and everyday life.

 

Place-Led Heritage & Culture

Strengthening identity, vitality and distinctiveness in towns and cities through culture, memory and shared meaning.

 

Co-Learning, Leadership & Impact

Turning research and experience into practical knowledge that influences policy, practice and long-term systems change.

 

Our Approach

People & Communities First

Ensuring community needs, insights and voices guide every stage of place transformation.

 

Equity and Care

Addressing inequality and working in trauma-informed, compassionate ways.

 

Collaboration

Connecting communities, public services and the private sector to create shared purpose and collective action.

 

Respect for Place

Recognising every place as unique, rooted in its history, culture and context - what we call place-keeping.

 

Learning and Impact

Bringing research and practice together to improve community wellbeing and embaed lasting change.