Dr Cathy Hope supervised the community engagement of five whole of suburb play reviews that would lead to the design of a feature play space and whole of suburb play masterplan.

A Report was commissioned by Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS) to outline the community engagement strategies undertaken by four design consultant teams between February and July 2019 for the Better Suburbs five whole of suburb play reviews. The purpose of the Report was to provide TCCS with:

1. A background to the whole of suburb play reviews

2. A summary of the community engagement strategies used in this project including:

• an outline of the engagement and plan design process across the project lifespan
• a summary of community engagement and co-design methods
• a summary of key stakeholder groups including benefits and challenges of working with each group
• an example of engagement methods used by design consultants for each key stakeholder group
• a list of the communication tools used
• a list of the data collection methods used

3. Recommendations to inform community engagement in future play space projects.