Jennifer Ball

Engagement. Impact. Places.

Through meaningful engagement we create better places, stronger partnerships and more lasting social impact.

Successful regeneration is about more than buildings. It requires trust, collaboration and a genuine understanding of the people, communities and organisations that shape a place.

Jennifer Ball is a strategic engagement, social impact and communications consultant specialising in the built environment. She works with developers, local authorities, architects and public-private partnerships to design engagement strategies, build stakeholder relationships and deliver programmes that create measurable social value.

Her experience spans community engagement, public affairs, employment and skills initiatives, community investment funds, social impact reporting, education partnerships and strategic communications. From supporting major planning applications and regeneration projects to establishing governance structures and community-led programmes, Jennifer helps organisations connect commercial objectives with meaningful community outcomes.

A trusted adviser to senior leaders and project teams, Jennifer brings a thoughtful, practical and creative approach to navigating complex stakeholder environments and building support for change.

Email at:
jennifer@jballpr.com

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Services

 

Engagement & Participation

Consultation strategy, co-design, stakeholder engagement, community partnerships and planning engagement.

Social Impact & Community Investment

Community funds, employment and skills programmes, education partnerships, social impact reporting and social value strategy.

Strategic Advisory

Public affairs, stakeholder mapping, reputation management, thought leadership and critical friend support.


Case studies

Edgware Summer Fair: a community consultation event with a difference, that attracted 3,000 people.

A pop-up forest school for young people on the Isle of Dogs.

The Brentford Project, Summer Series: an ambitious community engagement programme with markets, supper clubs, and art fairs.

Bespoke art commission to commemorate local histories.

Making engagement inclusive, for all ages.

East West Rail: creating a modern communications strategy with big-impact activations to win hearts and minds.

A co-design strategy for proposed improvements to a 100-year old park in Newham, to supplement and complement statutory consultation.

London Festival of Architecture - community engaging tours, making the closed-off accessible.

Bespoke art commission with Mr Doodle and Global Street Art, as part of London Mural Festival.


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