To empower citizens in creating more liveable cities via citizen-led processes that deliver healthier, fairer and more regenerative neighbourhoods and precincts.

The Better Cities Initiative is a catalyst organisation dedicated to transforming how cities are planned, developed, and governed by leading change through alliances with other like-minded, principled and good-hearted organisations. We believe that the future of thriving cities must lie in the hands of the citizens who shape them. As a start-up, we have been cultivating political, intellectual and social awareness around citizen agency in urban planning, empowering people to take charge of their urban environments and lead the shaping of their cities.

As we look ahead, it is clear that our cities face growing challenges. The dual crises of housing affordability and climate crisis have increased public distrust of top-down decision-making. TBCI addresses these issues by enabling citizens with the knowledge and processes to actively shape the future of their cities. Over the next five years we will adopt a phased approach, beginning with local projects that work towards broader global impact. Our work creates critical systemic change by focusing on citizen leadership to reshape policy, inform the community and build capacity in key collaborators.