Liverpool City Region’s Imaginarium to Launch: A New Civic Space for Unlocking Community Imagination
To mark its 20th anniversary as one of the UK’s longest-standing Community Interest Companies, Wellbeing Enterprises CIC is proud to announce the launch of a bold new initiative: the Imaginarium – a space for unlocking civic imagination and accelerating community-led change across the Liverpool City Region.
The Imaginarium will be a grassroots, people-powered “think and do tank” – a place where citizens, creatives, community builders, and changemakers from all walks of life come together to dream boldly and act collectively. It offers a unique civic platform outside traditional institutions, while also forging new relationships between people, power, and possibility.
Social imagination is not a luxury – it is civic infrastructure. The Imaginarium will nurture this infrastructure, creating space for communities to shape futures that are more inclusive, just, and joyful.
Backed by a growing cross-sector coalition of organisations and allies from across the region, momentum is already building. Planning is progressing rapidly, guided by a commitment to co-production and a wide open invitation to everyone who wants to get involved.
“The Imaginarium is about reclaiming imagination as a civic superpower,” said Mark Swift, CEO of Wellbeing Enterprises CIC. “At a time when communities are facing deep challenges, we need fresh spaces where people can imagine better and build together. This isn’t about asking for permission – it’s about creating a new table where everyone’s voice matters. We’re building something radically hopeful, and everyone’s invited.”
While full programme details will be announced in due course, the Imaginarium will offer:
- A home for imaginative action led by communities – not consultants
- Partnerships with public, private and third sector allies across the Liverpool City Region
- Opportunities for people with lived and local experience to lead and shape change
- A standing invitation to imagine – and build – fairer, freer, and more joyful futures
Wellbeing Enterprises CIC has a two-decade track record of pioneering community-led approaches to health and wellbeing. The launch of the Imaginarium signals a bold new chapter – one that places imagination at the heart of civic life.
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If you’re interested in being part of the Imaginarium – whether as a citizen, creative, organiser, funder, or partner – we’d love to hear from you.
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Contact:
James Smith, Wellbeing Enterprises CIC
E: [email protected]
T: 01928 589 799
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About Wellbeing Enterprises CIC
Founded in 2005, Wellbeing Enterprises CIC is one of the UK’s first and longest-standing Community Interest Companies. The organisation has pioneered community-led approaches to health and wellbeing for over two decades, working in partnership with citizens, the NHS, local authorities, and a wide range of third sector and academic organisations.
Its mission is to support individuals and communities to live happier, healthier, and more connected lives by tackling the root causes of poor health and amplifying the assets, ideas, and aspirations of local people. Wellbeing Enterprises is nationally recognised for its innovative work in social prescribing, community development, and civic participation.
With a focus on co-production, innovation, and system change, the organisation supports thousands of people every year through a blend of one-to-one support, learning opportunities, community projects, and research collaborations.
To learn more, visit: www.wellbeingenterprises.org.uk
