Building Bridges Hub - helping build a more sustainable Maidenhead - OnePlanet

Building Bridges Hub

Case Study

Community, Featured, Video

Overview

Name: Building Bridges Hub

Building Bridges Hub is located in the town centre of Maidenhead, and is dedicated to creating a more sustainable Maidenhead, seeking to help local residents, businesses and organisations do the same. Bridges believes that by working together, people can truly make a difference in their communities. The Bridges Community Action Plan which showcases Maidenhead’s sustainability “Heroes” has been mapped and published on the OnePlanet platform.

More info: Published Action Plan

Challenges

Overarching challenge is implementing sustainability in the community
Community members not knowing what’s out there or who to go to
The depth of sustainability not always including health and wellbeing which are core parts of sustainability
Silos, funding and resources

OnePlanet Solution

Mindmap – enables users at the hub to organise themselves in a very unconventional and stimulating way
Vault of information – nearly 500 resources mapped which are now accessible to community of Maidenhead
Frameworks – have enabled stakeholders to see where the opportunities are for greater sustainability and its opened up avenues for funding

The OnePlanet platform is fantastic. The first time I came across it, I knew that it was just what I was looking for. From someone who has difficulty with computers, I loved it at once because it was so intuitive. We have 455 different organisations on our resource map, and I haven't even begun to scratch the surface. So it's just an absolute blessing for me to have found OnePlanet.

Donna Stimson - Building Bridges Hub, Maidenhead

Benefits and Return on Investment

Intuitive – for those that are not computer savvy
Easy uptake at hub – Seamless, Easy to edit, easy to add, easy to use
Collaboration – connecting with other eco groups that are doing similar things