Platform Places
@platformplaces.bsky.social
Unlocking town centre buildings for amazing ideas 🔑
Co-founding partners: High Streets Task Force, Power to Change, British Property Federation, New Local, Radix, Shoosmiths
https://www.platformplaces.com/
Co-founding partners: High Streets Task Force, Power to Change, British Property Federation, New Local, Radix, Shoosmiths
https://www.platformplaces.com/
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#CommunityBusinessWeek kickstarts this weekend on #SmallBusinessSaturday🎉 Download our free toolkit packed with posters, social templates, and press release tips to help you shout about your community business or one you love 👇 https://www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/community-business-week/
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
#CommunityBusinessWeek kickstarts this weekend on #SmallBusinessSaturday🎉 Download our free toolkit packed with posters, social templates, and press release tips to help you shout about your community business or one you love 👇 https://www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/community-business-week/
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How can we protect, strengthen and revitalise these democratic, member-led spaces?
Through:
🔸 practical support for clubs
🔸 peer-learning summits, solidarity and study visits
🔸 urgent assistance for clubs at risk
🔸 better policy, training and funding for the sector
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Through:
🔸 practical support for clubs
🔸 peer-learning summits, solidarity and study visits
🔸 urgent assistance for clubs at risk
🔸 better policy, training and funding for the sector
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November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
How can we protect, strengthen and revitalise these democratic, member-led spaces?
Through:
🔸 practical support for clubs
🔸 peer-learning summits, solidarity and study visits
🔸 urgent assistance for clubs at risk
🔸 better policy, training and funding for the sector
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Through:
🔸 practical support for clubs
🔸 peer-learning summits, solidarity and study visits
🔸 urgent assistance for clubs at risk
🔸 better policy, training and funding for the sector
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🎧 The Shared Future of Our High Streets 🎧
Rebecca Trevalyan speaks on The Conduit's 'Shaping Places' podcast, about our relationships with stuff, space and one another - and how they can transform the places we live. Listen now ⤵️
@theconduitlondon.bsky.social @thecrownestate.bsky.social
Rebecca Trevalyan speaks on The Conduit's 'Shaping Places' podcast, about our relationships with stuff, space and one another - and how they can transform the places we live. Listen now ⤵️
@theconduitlondon.bsky.social @thecrownestate.bsky.social
How sharing can transform communities, with Bex Trevalyan | The Conduit posted on the topic | LinkedIn
In this Shaping Places episode, our new podcast in collaboration with The Crown Estate, Rebecca Trevalyan (Bex) joins David Erasmus David and Matt Mason to discuss how sharing can build stronger, more...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🎧 The Shared Future of Our High Streets 🎧
Rebecca Trevalyan speaks on The Conduit's 'Shaping Places' podcast, about our relationships with stuff, space and one another - and how they can transform the places we live. Listen now ⤵️
@theconduitlondon.bsky.social @thecrownestate.bsky.social
Rebecca Trevalyan speaks on The Conduit's 'Shaping Places' podcast, about our relationships with stuff, space and one another - and how they can transform the places we live. Listen now ⤵️
@theconduitlondon.bsky.social @thecrownestate.bsky.social
Half of Britain's social clubs have closed their doors in the last 50 years, and many more are struggling to survive 🔐
But communities need them more than ever: for connection and culture, fun and friendship — and local power ✨
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@archhfund.org.uk @memckeague.bsky.social
But communities need them more than ever: for connection and culture, fun and friendship — and local power ✨
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@archhfund.org.uk @memckeague.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Half of Britain's social clubs have closed their doors in the last 50 years, and many more are struggling to survive 🔐
But communities need them more than ever: for connection and culture, fun and friendship — and local power ✨
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@archhfund.org.uk @memckeague.bsky.social
But communities need them more than ever: for connection and culture, fun and friendship — and local power ✨
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@archhfund.org.uk @memckeague.bsky.social
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⏳ One week to go, with the last few spots remaining ⏳
Want your neighbourhood's buildings to serve local needs, for the long term?
Join us for practical takeaways on forming partnerships for town centre transformation ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-... @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Want your neighbourhood's buildings to serve local needs, for the long term?
Join us for practical takeaways on forming partnerships for town centre transformation ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-... @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
⏳ One week to go, with the last few spots remaining ⏳
Want your neighbourhood's buildings to serve local needs, for the long term?
Join us for practical takeaways on forming partnerships for town centre transformation ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-... @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Want your neighbourhood's buildings to serve local needs, for the long term?
Join us for practical takeaways on forming partnerships for town centre transformation ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-... @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
📣 Are you passionate about community-led development & transforming spaces into useful, affordable & welcoming places? 🪄
Bedminster Works is looking for people to join their Board of Directors to help shape the future of community buildings in Bedminster: bedminsterworks.co.uk/news-and-ins...
Bedminster Works is looking for people to join their Board of Directors to help shape the future of community buildings in Bedminster: bedminsterworks.co.uk/news-and-ins...
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
📣 Are you passionate about community-led development & transforming spaces into useful, affordable & welcoming places? 🪄
Bedminster Works is looking for people to join their Board of Directors to help shape the future of community buildings in Bedminster: bedminsterworks.co.uk/news-and-ins...
Bedminster Works is looking for people to join their Board of Directors to help shape the future of community buildings in Bedminster: bedminsterworks.co.uk/news-and-ins...
⏳ One week to go, with the last few spots remaining ⏳
Want your neighbourhood's buildings to serve local needs, for the long term?
Join us for practical takeaways on forming partnerships for town centre transformation ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-... @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Want your neighbourhood's buildings to serve local needs, for the long term?
Join us for practical takeaways on forming partnerships for town centre transformation ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-... @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
⏳ One week to go, with the last few spots remaining ⏳
Want your neighbourhood's buildings to serve local needs, for the long term?
Join us for practical takeaways on forming partnerships for town centre transformation ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-... @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Want your neighbourhood's buildings to serve local needs, for the long term?
Join us for practical takeaways on forming partnerships for town centre transformation ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-... @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Power to Change is launching a powerful essay collection to mark their 10th birthday. It celebrates community power & inspires practical visions for the future, driven by community businesses.
Our co-founder Bex Trevalyan is an author, and the official launch takes place next week. Don't miss out ⬇️
Our co-founder Bex Trevalyan is an author, and the official launch takes place next week. Don't miss out ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Power to Change is launching a powerful essay collection to mark their 10th birthday. It celebrates community power & inspires practical visions for the future, driven by community businesses.
Our co-founder Bex Trevalyan is an author, and the official launch takes place next week. Don't miss out ⬇️
Our co-founder Bex Trevalyan is an author, and the official launch takes place next week. Don't miss out ⬇️
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Our 2024 impact report is out now.
Five years ago, we set out to grow the impact of a new kind of economy – one led by people, powered by purpose, rooted in place.
Our report shows what’s possible when we invest in lived experience.
Find it here: kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/2024-im...
Five years ago, we set out to grow the impact of a new kind of economy – one led by people, powered by purpose, rooted in place.
Our report shows what’s possible when we invest in lived experience.
Find it here: kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/2024-im...
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Our 2024 impact report is out now.
Five years ago, we set out to grow the impact of a new kind of economy – one led by people, powered by purpose, rooted in place.
Our report shows what’s possible when we invest in lived experience.
Find it here: kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/2024-im...
Five years ago, we set out to grow the impact of a new kind of economy – one led by people, powered by purpose, rooted in place.
Our report shows what’s possible when we invest in lived experience.
Find it here: kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/2024-im...
Community gardens, a wellbeing centre, learning spaces, sports clubs, art studios and bike repair shop... 🎨 🚲 🌱
These thriving spaces are all part of Chichester Community Development Trust (CCDT)'s portfolio of community assets.
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These thriving spaces are all part of Chichester Community Development Trust (CCDT)'s portfolio of community assets.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Community gardens, a wellbeing centre, learning spaces, sports clubs, art studios and bike repair shop... 🎨 🚲 🌱
These thriving spaces are all part of Chichester Community Development Trust (CCDT)'s portfolio of community assets.
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These thriving spaces are all part of Chichester Community Development Trust (CCDT)'s portfolio of community assets.
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Street and a Half (SnA) is celebrating its first birthday! 🙌🥳🎉
Over a third of the space is now rented by STOs, artists, makers and creatives who’re helping make the space into a vibrant creative community.
More here: kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/celebra...
Over a third of the space is now rented by STOs, artists, makers and creatives who’re helping make the space into a vibrant creative community.
More here: kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/celebra...
Celebrating one year of Street and a Half - Kindred
We’re proud to celebrate the first full year of activity at Street and a Half in St Helens, with space filling up fast. Over the past three years, we’ve worked closely with St Helens Borough Council t...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Street and a Half (SnA) is celebrating its first birthday! 🙌🥳🎉
Over a third of the space is now rented by STOs, artists, makers and creatives who’re helping make the space into a vibrant creative community.
More here: kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/celebra...
Over a third of the space is now rented by STOs, artists, makers and creatives who’re helping make the space into a vibrant creative community.
More here: kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/celebra...
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📆Are you a community or council leader, a funder or a property owner looking to support community-led regeneration? Join @platformplaces.bsky.social for a practical online session to learn from people doing this work on the ground in Bristol and Liverpool City Region 👇
Register:
Register:
Practical Workshop: How to start a Local Property Partnership
Join us for a free online session to help you work with local partners to acquire and transform town centre buildings for community benefit
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November 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📆Are you a community or council leader, a funder or a property owner looking to support community-led regeneration? Join @platformplaces.bsky.social for a practical online session to learn from people doing this work on the ground in Bristol and Liverpool City Region 👇
Register:
Register:
✨ Happy 25th anniversary to b inspired Leicester🎈
Since 2000, the charity has been transforming underused assets into community spaces in Braunstone, Leicester & surrounding areas 🏡
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Since 2000, the charity has been transforming underused assets into community spaces in Braunstone, Leicester & surrounding areas 🏡
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November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
✨ Happy 25th anniversary to b inspired Leicester🎈
Since 2000, the charity has been transforming underused assets into community spaces in Braunstone, Leicester & surrounding areas 🏡
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Since 2000, the charity has been transforming underused assets into community spaces in Braunstone, Leicester & surrounding areas 🏡
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🏡 Stewarding land & buildings with neighbours in Heeley
✨ Filling a historic hall in Stretford with life & purpose
⚒️ Supporting people to build their own homes in Chapeltown
🎨 Creating community assets in Coalville
The community champions of @right-here.org have a clear message:
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✨ Filling a historic hall in Stretford with life & purpose
⚒️ Supporting people to build their own homes in Chapeltown
🎨 Creating community assets in Coalville
The community champions of @right-here.org have a clear message:
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We're Right Here – Campaign Film
This film carries an urgent message: community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline. When people have real control over what happens in their…
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October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🏡 Stewarding land & buildings with neighbours in Heeley
✨ Filling a historic hall in Stretford with life & purpose
⚒️ Supporting people to build their own homes in Chapeltown
🎨 Creating community assets in Coalville
The community champions of @right-here.org have a clear message:
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✨ Filling a historic hall in Stretford with life & purpose
⚒️ Supporting people to build their own homes in Chapeltown
🎨 Creating community assets in Coalville
The community champions of @right-here.org have a clear message:
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Preparations are well underway for our next Street and a Half (SnA) open day! 🤩🙌
🗓️ Saturday, 25 October
🕐 11 am – 1 pm
📍 11 Haydock Street, St Helens, WA10 1DD
You can RSVP your place for our SnA tour right now here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-day-s...
🗓️ Saturday, 25 October
🕐 11 am – 1 pm
📍 11 Haydock Street, St Helens, WA10 1DD
You can RSVP your place for our SnA tour right now here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-day-s...
Open Day - Street and a Half
Street and a Half brings together Socially Trading Organisations, Artists and Makers for a hive of creativity in the town centre.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Preparations are well underway for our next Street and a Half (SnA) open day! 🤩🙌
🗓️ Saturday, 25 October
🕐 11 am – 1 pm
📍 11 Haydock Street, St Helens, WA10 1DD
You can RSVP your place for our SnA tour right now here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-day-s...
🗓️ Saturday, 25 October
🕐 11 am – 1 pm
📍 11 Haydock Street, St Helens, WA10 1DD
You can RSVP your place for our SnA tour right now here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-day-s...
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Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
⏳2 weeks left to apply for People & Place: Camden ⏳
A fantastic support programme by @footworktrust.bsky.social (in collaboration with Camden Council) for local community innovators who are transforming their neighbourhoods.
Find out more ⬇️
@newjournal.bsky.social #CamdenTown #KentishTown
A fantastic support programme by @footworktrust.bsky.social (in collaboration with Camden Council) for local community innovators who are transforming their neighbourhoods.
Find out more ⬇️
@newjournal.bsky.social #CamdenTown #KentishTown
Are you in the London Borough of Camden, deeply rooted in your local community, with a bold solution to a local issue? 🌱
Do you have a vision to transform your neighbourhood’s buildings and spaces? 🏠
✨ Introducing: People and Place: Camden! ✨
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Do you have a vision to transform your neighbourhood’s buildings and spaces? 🏠
✨ Introducing: People and Place: Camden! ✨
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October 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
⏳2 weeks left to apply for People & Place: Camden ⏳
A fantastic support programme by @footworktrust.bsky.social (in collaboration with Camden Council) for local community innovators who are transforming their neighbourhoods.
Find out more ⬇️
@newjournal.bsky.social #CamdenTown #KentishTown
A fantastic support programme by @footworktrust.bsky.social (in collaboration with Camden Council) for local community innovators who are transforming their neighbourhoods.
Find out more ⬇️
@newjournal.bsky.social #CamdenTown #KentishTown
Are you a community leader, council officer, funder or property owner looking to support community-led regeneration? 🏘️
Join us for a practical online session on 18 November, to help you seed a Local Property Partnership in your neighbourhood 🖥️
www.eventbrite.com/e/practical-...
Join us for a practical online session on 18 November, to help you seed a Local Property Partnership in your neighbourhood 🖥️
www.eventbrite.com/e/practical-...
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Are you a community leader, council officer, funder or property owner looking to support community-led regeneration? 🏘️
Join us for a practical online session on 18 November, to help you seed a Local Property Partnership in your neighbourhood 🖥️
www.eventbrite.com/e/practical-...
Join us for a practical online session on 18 November, to help you seed a Local Property Partnership in your neighbourhood 🖥️
www.eventbrite.com/e/practical-...
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Are there any live proposals to get DSIT (and/or CLG?) to create a Civic Tech Fund? An initiative to support the UK’s civic tech movement (pro-social platforms like Library of Things, Olio, Park Run, etc) and shared infrastructure for community organising. 1/n
October 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Are there any live proposals to get DSIT (and/or CLG?) to create a Civic Tech Fund? An initiative to support the UK’s civic tech movement (pro-social platforms like Library of Things, Olio, Park Run, etc) and shared infrastructure for community organising. 1/n
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A support programme for community innovators like you, in collaboration with @camdencouncil.bsky.social
Learn more & apply by 3 Nov www.footwork.org.uk/peopleandpla...
#NeighbourhoodTransformation #Camden #CommunityAssets #Kilburn #KentishTown #PeopleAndPlaceCamden #PeopleAndPlace
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Learn more & apply by 3 Nov www.footwork.org.uk/peopleandpla...
#NeighbourhoodTransformation #Camden #CommunityAssets #Kilburn #KentishTown #PeopleAndPlaceCamden #PeopleAndPlace
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People and Place: Camden | Footwork Trust
People and Place is Footwork’s name for the programme of support we offer community innovators like you to turn bold ideas into projects that deliver long-term change for your neighbourhoods.
www.footwork.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A support programme for community innovators like you, in collaboration with @camdencouncil.bsky.social
Learn more & apply by 3 Nov www.footwork.org.uk/peopleandpla...
#NeighbourhoodTransformation #Camden #CommunityAssets #Kilburn #KentishTown #PeopleAndPlaceCamden #PeopleAndPlace
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Learn more & apply by 3 Nov www.footwork.org.uk/peopleandpla...
#NeighbourhoodTransformation #Camden #CommunityAssets #Kilburn #KentishTown #PeopleAndPlaceCamden #PeopleAndPlace
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🔁 Beautiful GIF by Emma Harvey (Trinity Bristol) & @visualthinkery.bsky.social 🔁
The #MycelialNetwork represents Community Asset Developers who are transforming their neighbourhood buildings for social and racial justice and ecological resilience...
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The #MycelialNetwork represents Community Asset Developers who are transforming their neighbourhood buildings for social and racial justice and ecological resilience...
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October 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🔁 Beautiful GIF by Emma Harvey (Trinity Bristol) & @visualthinkery.bsky.social 🔁
The #MycelialNetwork represents Community Asset Developers who are transforming their neighbourhood buildings for social and racial justice and ecological resilience...
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The #MycelialNetwork represents Community Asset Developers who are transforming their neighbourhood buildings for social and racial justice and ecological resilience...
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✨ “An inspiring gathering of community activists commoning for a just, sustainable & equitable future" ✨
🌱 "...Mixing embodied practice with urgent, transformative knowledge...” 🌱
What happened when 70 community asset leaders came together to share, learn & play at Wolves Lane Centre in London? ⬇️
🌱 "...Mixing embodied practice with urgent, transformative knowledge...” 🌱
What happened when 70 community asset leaders came together to share, learn & play at Wolves Lane Centre in London? ⬇️
A gathering of community asset leaders – for coalition & collective power
In early September, 70 community asset leaders came together to share, learn and play at Wolves Lane Centre in London – home of The Ubele Initiative and community growing with Black Rootz and OrganicL...
www.mycelialnetwork.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
✨ “An inspiring gathering of community activists commoning for a just, sustainable & equitable future" ✨
🌱 "...Mixing embodied practice with urgent, transformative knowledge...” 🌱
What happened when 70 community asset leaders came together to share, learn & play at Wolves Lane Centre in London? ⬇️
🌱 "...Mixing embodied practice with urgent, transformative knowledge...” 🌱
What happened when 70 community asset leaders came together to share, learn & play at Wolves Lane Centre in London? ⬇️
⬇️🧵A quick thread to celebrate some of the brilliant #CommunityAssets training & peer workshops coming up!
(Image © by @visualthinkery.bsky.social)
(Image © by @visualthinkery.bsky.social)
September 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
⬇️🧵A quick thread to celebrate some of the brilliant #CommunityAssets training & peer workshops coming up!
(Image © by @visualthinkery.bsky.social)
(Image © by @visualthinkery.bsky.social)
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Some thoughts on Pride in Place, the UK government’s major new investment in neighbourhoods:
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Drawing on a range projects we have underway at @kinship.works And hello from Liverpool and Labour Conference 👋
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Drawing on a range projects we have underway at @kinship.works And hello from Liverpool and Labour Conference 👋
Pride in Place. Yes, but how?
The details will make all the difference
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September 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Some thoughts on Pride in Place, the UK government’s major new investment in neighbourhoods:
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Drawing on a range projects we have underway at @kinship.works And hello from Liverpool and Labour Conference 👋
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Drawing on a range projects we have underway at @kinship.works And hello from Liverpool and Labour Conference 👋
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Looking forward to the further detail on this, having been involved a little in ICON's great work. Devil will be in the detail of how neighbourhood boards function, how the money is deployed to build broad-based inclusive capacity in communities, etc. etc.
When people have the resources & power to shape their own neighbourhoods, magic happens 🌱 🏘️
From youth clubs to music venues, health hubs to repair cafes, affordable housing to urban farms, local groups are transforming spaces — for socially just & ecologically resilient work, life & play.
From youth clubs to music venues, health hubs to repair cafes, affordable housing to urban farms, local groups are transforming spaces — for socially just & ecologically resilient work, life & play.
September 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Looking forward to the further detail on this, having been involved a little in ICON's great work. Devil will be in the detail of how neighbourhood boards function, how the money is deployed to build broad-based inclusive capacity in communities, etc. etc.