First Hand: New Covent Garden Market walking tour

Join this walking tour to get behind the scenes insight into London's largest food hub: New Covent Garden Market in London’s Nine Elms.

It's a unique site: with 37 acres of dynamic activity nestled in a London neighbourhood it's almost impossible to believe it's a key component of London’s multi-layered food system. And like the world and the city around it, it's changing. The site itself is navigating a significant transition in the form of a major multi-year redevelopment project.

What you'll gain

💡 A first hand view of a transformational change project in action. We'll explore the skills needed to negotiate change. We'll see how the market works as an ecosystem in its own right and how understanding and investing in relationships has created trust, space for creativity and the ability to navigate inevitable challenges together.

🔗 Exchange with like-minded professionals across industry, policy, advocacy, and education. Examine and compare perspectives on what skills are needed to drive action in your context.

🚀 Inspiration for your own learning & skills agenda, whether that's personal, organisational or place-based. We need new capability and capacity to face uncertainty and change. This tour, and the Open Learning demo day, shares ways to turn your places and projects into climate learning experiences, creating momentum and driving action.

Who is it for

This event is specifically for changemakers from local government, local business, education and community networks who are driving climate, skills and social value agendas in London and the South East.

Places are limited, reserve yours now

If you can’t attend after securing a ticket, please cancel to free up your spot.

Accessibility

Your safety and wellbeing have been considered in the event design, please let us know if you have any access needs, and we’ll do our best to accommodate them.

Join our Open Learning Demo day to learn more!

After the tour, join us at Mission Kitchen for a breakfast event. We’ll be sharing everything we’ve learned about Open and Place-based Learning. These approaches and models for building capability are gaining ground and should be part of your climate adaptation and resilience toolkit. Book your place here.

Can’t make it? Join our online briefing on Tuesday 23rd September for a preview of our new OPEN WORKS database and field study. Find new ways to deliver change locally. Book your place here.

About First Hand

First Hand is a project by Forth Together CIC. It benefits from Horizon Europe and UKRI funding. Find out more about the LEVERS project.

For over a decade Forth has helped public bodies, developers, networks and educators turn places into classrooms - so more people can connect with the ideas and skills they need in a changing world.

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