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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 12h

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

Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 2d

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...

Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 3d

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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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

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 3d

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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 12d

Hear their voices & the importance of the network: www.trinitybristol.org.uk/about/news/l...

Read about the latest gathering at @hawkwoodcft.bsky.social: www.mycelialnetwork.co.uk/post/returni...

@right-here.org @platformplaces.bsky.social @makespaceoxford.bsky.social @nudgecommunity.bsky.social

Podcast:Curating another way of being — Trinity Community Arts

Field Notes from across the UK’s community asset sector

www.trinitybristol.org.uk

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 12d

🔁 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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 12d

Beautiful framing :) 💚 Thank you so much for joining the #CommunityAssetLeaders festival.

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 16d

✨ “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...

www.mycelialnetwork.co.uk

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Sep 2

"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...

www.footwork.org.uk

Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Aug 12

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.

collectiveworks.net

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Aug 11

The People and Place mentor programme exists to connect local innovators with the mentor or peer supporter they need, on the wiggly, ambitious journey of community asset development.

✨ Meet this year's amazing cohort of supporters: www.footwork.org.uk/post/shining...

Meet the Mentors & Peer Supporters for People & Place 2025 | Footwork Trust

“Developing a sustainable community asset is not for the faint hearted.” Yvonne Field, The Ubele InitiativeIt takes grit, resilience and determination to bring bold ideas for your neighbourhood to lif...

www.footwork.org.uk

Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Aug 11

During #PeopleAndPlace2025, Pippa is collaborating with mentor Riannan Martinson (@wecanmake.bsky.social) to demystify the process of becoming a Registered Provider — with the ambition of unlocking funding access. Riannan has worked in Bristol’s community-led housing sector since 2017.

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Aug 11

At Whitleigh Community Trust, Pippa St John Cooper is working on an ambitious vision for community-led housing – striving to deliver multiple homes for social rent, with a community garden and growing spaces 🏡

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Aug 11

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 🗺️

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[📸 Images: Pippa St John Cooper in Whitleigh // Pippa & peers on their Liverpool field trip, at @kittyslaundry]

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Platform Places @platformplaces.bsky.social · Aug 5

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

www.platformplaces.com

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Radix Big Tent - RBT @radixuk.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

www.platformplaces.com

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Aug 5

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...

www.footwork.org.uk

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Jul 23

➡️ Find out more about the People & Place innovators & mentors: www.footwork.org.uk/post/shining...

➡️ Read Sara Edmonds' tips on community-led retrofit: www.footwork.org.uk/post/getting...

#PeopleAndPlace2025 #PeopleAndPlace #PeerMentorship #CommunityAssetDevelopers @makespaceoxford.bsky.social

Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Jul 23

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.

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Jul 8

We left with inspiration about how community hubs & workspaces can thrive, when locally-rooted & shaped for social & environmental justice.

Plus practical insights for partnering with asset owners (e.g. profit shares) & being values-led in how you operate (e.g. monthly forums & subcommittees).

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Jul 8

Footwork’s Ellie visited with Leslie & Dhelia (Granville Community Kitchen) & their #PeopleandPlace2025 mentor Jen (Meanwhile Space CIC).

Thanks so much to David McEwen from Unit 38 (one of the resident organisations and building’s managers) for warmly hosting us.

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Jul 8

Run as a co-op by its resident organisations, Pelican House is home to grassroots unions, resistance networks, solidarity campaigns & community groups who are committed to building a just world 🌍

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Jul 8

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.

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Jul 2

"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.

www.footwork.org.uk

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · Jul 1

A week ago already! Thank you to everyone who came 'footworking' into our office last Tuesday, with generous stories, ideas and inspiration for neighbourhood transformation 👣

Read our CEO Naomi Rubbra's reflections: www.linkedin.com/posts/naomi-...

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