Community Space
More than 120 residents have already joined workshops and activities at the WhatIf? hub, building everyday skills to stay safe and connected during extreme weather.
The Park View building is being renewed as a community space and ideas collectivewhere residents can lead change together.
The What If? hub is becoming a learning space where residents explore climate impacts and practical ways to protect themselves and their neighbours.
In partnership with Stockport Food Partnership, the space helps provide access to healthy food and build local food resilience.
What If? also serves as a place to test and improve community response and recovery during emergencies.
Equipped with solar panels and better insulation, What If? shows how community buildings can stay cool in summer and model sustainability for others.
To build a picture of each community, the Resilience for Communities (R4C) program used risk mapping, open-data sources, expert interviews, community surveys and focus groups. This assessment used the Climate Resilience Measurement for Communities (CRMC) tool to assess community resilience to extreme heat and flooding - helping to identify priorities and design solutions.
Sources of resilience — The WhatIf? Café strengthens Edgeley’s social, physical and human resilience.
Developing a community-owned and run space that brings residents together around shared challenges.
Reviving the Park View building as a community resource for collective benefit.
Creating opportunities to learn about resilience and strengthen community networks.
Impact multipliers — Resilience solutions have a different mix of impact multipliers and impact multiple systems, businesses and societies. Together, multipliers produce anamplified impact.
Renewable Energy
In line with the Urban Power program, the hub benefits from new solar installations.
Community Awareness
Through workshops and events, residents learn how climate impacts daily life and how to respond.
Community Cohesion
Provides a shared space where residents can plan, connect and act together.
Access to cool spaces
Thermal insulation keeps the building comfortable during summer heatwaves, offering a safe space for residents.
How does this solution make a difference? – Addressing prioritized shocks and stresses
Extreme Heat
Food Security
Access to Emergency Resources
Building heat awareness and preparedness
Education and outreach strengthen local understanding of how rising temperatures affect health and wellbeing, enabling residents to act early and support one another during heatwaves.
Building resilience through food access
Improved access to healthy food reduces financial strain and ensures that households remain stable even during supply disruptions or extreme weather.
Creating reliable safe spaces
Upgraded insulation and solar power make the What If? Community space a dependable cooling and recovery space that can operate independently during emergencies.
