Rosie Cockroft

Rosie is an expert in community engagement and stakeholder management with a master's in Landscape Architecture. Her experience covers a range of projects where consultation and co-design are central, including landscape proposals for local green spaces and school grounds. At OPDC, she led on communications and engagement for the corporation's first community co-design project to rejuvenate three pocket parks within a development area of regional significance.

Rosie has experience working with communities in the UK and abroad having taken part in Sichuan University’s Immersion Programme and worked in a voluntary capacity with CAUKIN. With a passion for community-driven projects and inspiring young people about the environment, she volunteers with Good Gym, Get Loose and Brightside.

East Suffolk Council

Rosie was matched with a role as a Development Engagement Officer at East Suffolk Council. Her responsibilities included coordinating and delivering key council-led strategic development sites that aimed to create housing and leisure growth on council-owned land.