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/
In your own neighbourhood, are you working towards...
💚 Safeguarding vital buildings & land for community use in perpetuity?
🏡 Unlocking the opportunity of new builds to deliver community projects?
Read CCDT's story & learn some of the tactics, from council relationships to Section 106s ⬇️
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💚 Safeguarding vital buildings & land for community use in perpetuity?
🏡 Unlocking the opportunity of new builds to deliver community projects?
Read CCDT's story & learn some of the tactics, from council relationships to Section 106s ⬇️
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Chichester Community Development Trust — Platform Places
Making inspiration-filled spaces that bring the neighbourhood to life – for connection, opportunity and cohesion
www.platformplaces.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In your own neighbourhood, are you working towards...
💚 Safeguarding vital buildings & land for community use in perpetuity?
🏡 Unlocking the opportunity of new builds to deliver community projects?
Read CCDT's story & learn some of the tactics, from council relationships to Section 106s ⬇️
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💚 Safeguarding vital buildings & land for community use in perpetuity?
🏡 Unlocking the opportunity of new builds to deliver community projects?
Read CCDT's story & learn some of the tactics, from council relationships to Section 106s ⬇️
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...and have created 38 jobs, bringing ~£12 million in funding to Chichester, and reinvesting 74p in every £1 locally ✨
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November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
...and have created 38 jobs, bringing ~£12 million in funding to Chichester, and reinvesting 74p in every £1 locally ✨
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Since 2009, CCDT has transformed more than a dozen new, disused and underused spaces for community needs.
Owned and led by local residents and organisations, they work closely with Chichester District Council, developers, housing associations and funders.
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Owned and led by local residents and organisations, they work closely with Chichester District Council, developers, housing associations and funders.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Since 2009, CCDT has transformed more than a dozen new, disused and underused spaces for community needs.
Owned and led by local residents and organisations, they work closely with Chichester District Council, developers, housing associations and funders.
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Owned and led by local residents and organisations, they work closely with Chichester District Council, developers, housing associations and funders.
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b inspired has become a community anchor, championing the neighbourhood & its citizens to reach their full potential, promoting health & social wellbeing, & supporting community businesses to bring activities to life.
Find out how they did it ⬇️
#MycelialNetwork #MycelialNetworkCADs
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Find out how they did it ⬇️
#MycelialNetwork #MycelialNetworkCADs
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Spotlight on b inspired, Braunstone — Platform Places
How a community in Leicester is bringing empty and neglected buildings to life, to meet local needs & champion the neighbourhood’s potential
www.platformplaces.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
b inspired has become a community anchor, championing the neighbourhood & its citizens to reach their full potential, promoting health & social wellbeing, & supporting community businesses to bring activities to life.
Find out how they did it ⬇️
#MycelialNetwork #MycelialNetworkCADs
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Find out how they did it ⬇️
#MycelialNetwork #MycelialNetworkCADs
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✳️ 75,000 sq ft (plus 4 football pitches) activated
✳️ 50 small businesses with affordable workspace
✳️ 4 families with quality, affordable housing
✳️ 130 young people using activities and services
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✳️ 50 small businesses with affordable workspace
✳️ 4 families with quality, affordable housing
✳️ 130 young people using activities and services
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November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
✳️ 75,000 sq ft (plus 4 football pitches) activated
✳️ 50 small businesses with affordable workspace
✳️ 4 families with quality, affordable housing
✳️ 130 young people using activities and services
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✳️ 50 small businesses with affordable workspace
✳️ 4 families with quality, affordable housing
✳️ 130 young people using activities and services
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Across the country, communities are transforming their places. They're meeting local needs & solving social & environmental challenges.
Yet so much more could be done, faster, if more rights & power were in community hands 🌱
Join the campaign ⬇️
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@powertochange.org.uk @locality.org.uk
Yet so much more could be done, faster, if more rights & power were in community hands 🌱
Join the campaign ⬇️
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@powertochange.org.uk @locality.org.uk
Community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline - We're Right Here
We're Right Here's new film sends an urgent message: community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
www.right-here.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Across the country, communities are transforming their places. They're meeting local needs & solving social & environmental challenges.
Yet so much more could be done, faster, if more rights & power were in community hands 🌱
Join the campaign ⬇️
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@powertochange.org.uk @locality.org.uk
Yet so much more could be done, faster, if more rights & power were in community hands 🌱
Join the campaign ⬇️
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@powertochange.org.uk @locality.org.uk
📢 "The Government is planning the biggest transfer of power out of Westminster in a generation.
But that power needs to go to local people, not just politicians.
People who really know their neighbourhoods and what they need to thrive" 📢
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But that power needs to go to local people, not just politicians.
People who really know their neighbourhoods and what they need to thrive" 📢
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October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
📢 "The Government is planning the biggest transfer of power out of Westminster in a generation.
But that power needs to go to local people, not just politicians.
People who really know their neighbourhoods and what they need to thrive" 📢
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But that power needs to go to local people, not just politicians.
People who really know their neighbourhoods and what they need to thrive" 📢
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Reposted by Platform Places
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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