There are so many people ready to drive change in their neighbourhoods. What they're missing is the support, power and partnerships to make it real. That's what Footwork exists to solve. Could you be our next trustee? Full ad at the link: tinyurl.com/ymzuuxah Closes 26 June

🌟 NEW in our #CommunityAssetsToolkit! 🌟 A starter guide to governance & legal structures, for the journey of taking on buildings for long-term community benefit 🏘️ 🔗 www.platformplaces.com/governance-c... Made with @footworktrust.bsky.social. #CommunityAssets #LegalStructures #CharityGovernance

Governance for Community Asset Development — Platform Places

Which legal structure is right for your community asset organisation - CIC, CIO, CLG or other? What else to consider when it comes to designing governance and structuring power, accountability and ris...

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💡Do you fund place-based work, community ownership or local wealth building? On 10th June we're joining Barking and Dagenham Giving and @platformplaces.bsky.social for a session at the @londonfunders.bsky.social Festival of Learning. It's free - come and join us. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/4re2rdb6 #London

Support Opportunity 📢 Is your community organisation or charity trying to get a building project off the ground? 🏘️ You might be in a chicken & egg situation: no funding without design, no design without funding 📐👷🏻‍♀️ The Design for All programme could be for you! ⏰ Apply by 22 May: designforall.uk

#GoodShepherdStudios has been lovingly brought back to life by a local group of residents after the threat of demolition - transformed from an empty shell into a buzzing community space. And the council relationship was key. Catch up with our #PeopleAndPlaceCamden Spring Peer Gathering ⬇️

Community-led space in action - and the councils backing it (People and Place: Camden visits Leytonstone) | Footwork Trust

Tucked away on a residential road in East London, just off Leytonstone High Road, there’s a vibrant hub of coworking, community and culture. Good Shepherd Studios has been lovingly brought back to lif...

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📣 We are recruiting two new positions, an Operations Manager and Administration Assistant, to support the growth of the AHF’s team and work. For more details, please take a look below. ⬇️ Operations Manager: ahfund.org.uk/what-we-do/i... Admin Assistant: ahfund.org.uk/what-we-do/i...

Real change starts with people who call a place home 🏡 @camdencouncil.bsky.social's new Euston Housing Pact aims to put community voice at the heart of regeneration. It's been shaped through creative workshops & co-design, led by local community partners incl. Old Diorama Arts Centre (ODAC). 🧵1/

🪄 TRUSTEE OPPORTUNITY 🪄 Want to help turn a historic farm into a thriving North London centre for sustainability, arts, and wellbeing? People and Place innovator 2025 Paulette and team at Our Yard are seeking passionate, hands-on visionaries to join their Board of Trustees. Apply by 13 March ⏰

Our Yard at Clitterhouse Farm | Discover, Engage, Create Today

Explore Our Yard at Clitterhouse Farm — a community hub in NW London offering arts, culture, sustainability, and events for all ages.

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✨ A year of community-led change has begun! ✨ Last month, the new People & Place: Camden cohort had their first peer meet-up over delicious local Syrian food, sparking connections and sharing their stories and projects for neighbourhood transformation. #PeopleAndPlaceCamden

Brilliant work, as always by @footworktrust.bsky.social. Community first!

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🎉 Announcing the People & Place: Camden community innovators! 🏘️ These 9 groups & individuals are transforming Camden’s neighbourhoods by bringing buildings & spaces to life. 💪 They join our 2026 support programme, in collaboration with @camdencouncil.bsky.social Meet them & their project ideas ⬇️

Our 8-part blog series exploring how to shape new neighbourhood governance arrangements has come to a close. Part of the Devolution Bill, these structures will shape how power works across England. Get them right, and communities thrive. Get them wrong, & power stays distant. A reading list 🧵1/10

🎉 Announcing the People & Place: Camden community innovators! 🏘️ These 9 groups & individuals are transforming Camden’s neighbourhoods by bringing buildings & spaces to life. 💪 They join our 2026 support programme, in collaboration with @camdencouncil.bsky.social Meet them & their project ideas ⬇️

People and Place: Camden | Footwork Trust

A programme in 2026 for community innovators who are transforming Camden’s neighbourhoods by bringing buildings and spaces to life.

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Over 30% funded already 💪 So excited for #PeopleandPlace '24 innovators Sister Midnight, launching their #CommunityShare offer to build a home for local music, community power & shared ownership in Catford ✨ If you can't invest: spread the word 💚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb0P...

Sister Midnight: The Final Push

YouTube video by Sister Midnight

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Last year we spotlighted Mayday Saxonvale's inspirational story, when they secured the sale from Somerset Council after a five-year effort: www.platformplaces.com/inspiration/... Now they've secured £1.2M and are launching a community share offer to take the next steps ✨ Find out more ⬇️

Spotlight on Mayday Saxonvale, Frome — Platform Places

Discover the biggest community-led development in the UK, transforming 12 acres of derelict land for jobs, homes and sustainability.

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Mayday Saxonvale@maydaysaxonvale.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Exciting times: We've secured £1.2m government-backed funding and will soon be launching a #communityshare offer via our newly incorporated #CommunityBenefitSociety @cooperativesuk.bsky.social Register your interest now: maydaysaxonvale.co.uk#register #frome #saxonvale #communityleddevelopment

⏰ Just one week left to apply to People and Place: Camden! 👉 www.footwork.org.uk/peopleandpla... #SupportProgramme #CommunityInnovators #SocialInnovators #PeopleandPlace #PeopleandPlaceCamden #CommunityAssets @camdencouncil.bsky.social

✨ “Being part of 'People and Place' has been transformational, surrounded by others who share & understand the costs & joys of making change happen together" - Hilary Powell "The generous programme of meetups & mentorship made space & time to step outside of the work & imagine, plan & connect...” ✨

Thinking about applying to People & Place: Camden? 🗓️ On 22 October 🗓️ join us for an online lunch-and-learn to hear more about the programme & application process. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-talk-... #PeopleAndPlaceCamden #PeopleAndPlace #NeighbourhoodTransformation #CommunityAssets

As part of #PeopleAndPlace2025, Bob Thust (PG Collective) is peer-supporting Paulette Singer (Our Yard at Clitterhouse Farm). 👋 Meet all the community innovators, peer supporters and mentors on this year's People and Place programme: www.footwork.org.uk/post/shining...

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! ✨ 1 / 🧵

🔁 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... 1/ 🧵

✨ “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? ⬇️

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...

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"Finance in community asset work isn’t just about keeping the books. It’s about making decisions, building resilience, and keeping the mission alive for the long haul." ✨ ↪️ Find out the key things to consider, from Bob Thust (Hastings Commons & PG Collective): www.footwork.org.uk/post/making-...

Making finance work for community assets | Footwork Trust

Explore the practicalities and risks of managing money when developing and running community-led spaces...

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Communities are powering forward on retrofitting buildings 🏗️ But many are held back. Can supporting them be a win-win for investors & built environment professionals too? Read the new piece by Ellie Davies (Footwork), Sara Edmonds (National Retrofit Hub) & Alasdair Ben Dixon (Collective Works).

What’s stopping community retrofit?  - Collective Works

Community-led projects are powering forward on retrofitting buildings. They are cutting carbon, improving comfort, and protecting public assets.

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Community asset development is locally-rooted and each place's needs and spaces are unique. Yet, we can learn so much from those who have been through similar journeys 🗺️ 1/ 🧵 [📸 Images: Pippa St John Cooper in Whitleigh // Pippa & peers on their Liverpool field trip, at @kittyslaundry]

It’s official 💚 We've joined forces with @footworktrust.bsky.social, our long-time collaborators! We’ve formally integrated, so we can better facilitate & grow the movement for community-led neighbourhood transformation 🏘️🪄 Read about our ‘civic partnership’ 💍 www.platformplaces.com/news/footwor...

Growing the movement for locally-led neighbourhood transformation: Footwork and Platform Places join forces — Platform Places

Footwork Trust and Platform Places are integrating to strengthen the ecosystem of neighbourhood innovators

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Our objectives are not just to produce policy recommendation, but to act as a catalyst for action. Wonderful to see @platformplaces.bsky.social joining forces with @footworktrust.bsky.social this week to strengthen the ecosystem of neighbourhood innovators. www.platformplaces.com/news/footwor...

Growing the movement for locally-led neighbourhood transformation: Footwork and Platform Places join forces — Platform Places

Footwork Trust and Platform Places are integrating to strengthen the ecosystem of neighbourhood innovators

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In recent years, our work has been increasingly connected to, and evolving with, our friends at @platformplaces.bsky.social 🌱 Today that’s deepened into a formal integration. We're weaving our work together, to catalyse locally-led neighbourhood transformation: www.footwork.org.uk/post/growing...

Growing the movement for locally-led neighbourhood transformation: Footwork and Platform Places join forces | Footwork Trust

As of July 2025, Footwork Trust and Platform Places are formally integrating...

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How do you lead a retrofit project confidently — asking the right questions & building strong technical partnerships along the way? 🧱 🤝 Alex Towler (Transition by Design) is mentoring People & Place innovator Alex Lui to transform a Bicester heritage asset into a community space for social impact.

What happens when a building is shaped by the movement-makers who use it? 🛠️💡 We got to find out last month at Pelican House in Bethnal Green. 1/ 🧵

"Community innovators are often best placed to lead retrofit efforts, because of their long-term stewardship, local accountability & ability to bring together the right partners" 🏚️🔅🛠️ Read 7 #TopTips from Sara Edmonds of National Retrofit Hub, shared at a recent #PeopleAndPlace technical huddle ⬇️

Getting started with community-led retrofit | Footwork Trust

What should you consider when retrofitting community assets? Sara Edmonds of National Retrofit Hub shares some top tips.

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