East London Waterworks Park is an open-to-all volunteer-led charity intent on changing lives by changing the way we think about our relationship with nature and our relationships with each other. Working together, developing long-term partnerships and employing a sociocratic approach to governance and decision-making, we are co-creating our new park with more than 150 volunteers with a wide range of professional backgrounds across five different working groups: 

• Design circle -Architects, ecologists, gardeners, engineers and non-designers collaborating to design the space and engaging the local community through proposal sharing and co-design workshops.
• Inclusivity circle - Listening to people from backgrounds that have been historically underrepresented. The listening project listens to, gathers feedback, analyses  and shares what people want and need from our park and project.
• Learning circle - Collaborating on projects with schools, universities and youth groups that contribute to the design of the park and the project.
• Communications circle - Promoting public awareness and support of the project.
• Governance circle - Engaging in the political strategy to buy the land from central government. Ensuring our community has has an organisational structure and culture that blend grassroots camaraderie with the professionalism of a business that will achieve its aims and objectives. Implementing charity administration, accounting, and business modelling.