Parul Ghosh

I'm no longer scared of failing!

When I moved to Helsingborg, not in my wildest dreams did I think that someday I would be involved with the city, running community projects and would meet such amazing people.

It all started with being wholly lost in translation in my first few months, looking for information and things to do. My initial thought was to hope someone would do something about it.

A year later, I came across Visionsfonden and had my first meeting with Alexandra, the idea coach. Long story short, the city trusted my idea, and I received support to create ‘This Is Hbg’ (This is Helsingborg). My idea itself has grown in the last year. I started with sharing information in English, but now I have residents writing to me with ideas, tips, stories and that makes me believe that everyone has the will to contribute.

I owe it all to the city, which allowed me not just to test my ideas, but also to dream big. It made me realize that sometimes it is the simplest of ideas that can work beautifully, as long as you are open-minded and have the will to collaborate and work together with others.

Living in Helsingborg and working on projects has also taught me not to be afraid of failing, as long as I am trying and learning from my mistakes. And that is what I want to share with others, especially foreign residents. Just because you are from outside, doesn’t mean you are an outsider. This is your city, and if you have an idea for it, the city will support you.

This is Helsingborg!

Parul Ghosh
Resident and entreprenuer

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Alexandra Hvalgren

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Eva Ståhl

We live in a society of excess and we need to adapt our behaviour to consume in a more sustainable way. When a product has been used up according to the user, the product can live on in a new form with a new user – we create a cycle of resources.

Hamse Kjerstadius

The City of Helsingborg will be the first in Sweden to build a large-scale urban sewer system for waste separation in Oceanhamnen. Starting from the 1960s, the current sewer system has to a large extent been extended in stages to solve the environmental problems arising from the city’s sewage.

Hanna Bergström

I have found my community in Helsingborg, and it gives me the support and drive I need to continue working for what I believe in.

An innovation culture starts behind the school desk. Or rather around it. Above, under, beside, and in front of the school desk. Perhaps more specifically, in the whole classroom, the whole school, the whole municipality.

Hugo Lunsjö

An innovation culture starts behind the school desk. Or rather around it. Above, under, beside, and in front of the school desk. Perhaps more specifically, in the whole classroom, the whole school, the whole municipality.

“My ideas are being heard, and that’s impressive”
I am active in Helsingborg’s divers club Delfinen, and we pick up trash from the ocean floor at least once a year.

Jonny Magnusson

“My ideas are being heard, and that’s impressive”
I am active in Helsingborg’s divers club Delfinen, and we pick up trash from the ocean floor at least once a year.

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Mahmood Hameed

Within the enormous wood industry, both producers and researchers are searching for more sustainable binding agents as an alternative to the synthetic products used today in, for example, particleboard. Greener adhesives are needed, and that’s where we come in.

In the innovation initiative that the City of Helsingborg has launched with H22, we’re aiming for big, bold changes – what’s known as radical innovation. This ambition involves two key prerequisites that clearly differentiate innovation from traditional development.

Patrick Lindqvist

In the innovation initiative that the City of Helsingborg has launched with H22, we’re aiming for big, bold changes – what’s known as radical innovation. This ambition involves two key prerequisites that clearly differentiate innovation from traditional development.

Innovation is important but sometimes can be hard to understand, or for that matter describe. But if you put the world ‘social’ before it, it’s another thing altogether.

Poul Witting

Innovation is important but sometimes can be hard to understand, or for that matter describe. But if you put the world ‘social’ before it, it’s another thing altogether.

Dialogue work is about engagement, community, happiness, and trust. Happiness is an especially important aspect for me. Every person deserves to be met with a smile and a greeting. This is the moment when the potential for dialogue and a sense of community is realised.

Saul Sagnia

Dialogue work is about engagement, community, happiness, and trust. Happiness is an especially important aspect for me. Every person deserves to be met with a smile and a greeting. This is the moment when the potential for dialogue and a sense of community is realised.

I'm no longer scared of failing!

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