@BuildUpFdn

Young people designing and building their communities

 London
buildup.org.uk
Joined February 2016
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A final reminder for our Community Spaces Open Call. If you’re a place-based community or youth group, who wants to support young people to transform your organisation's outdoor space, we want to hear from you. Apply this coming Monday 19th May 2025. buildup.org.uk/opencall/
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A reminder that you have until Monday 19th May to apply for our Community Spaces Open Call. Share this post to help us spread the word. ⚫️Find out more and apply at: buildup.org.uk/opencall #communityspaces #youthwork #London #youngpeople #codesign
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Thank you to @WCoBM for an amazing awards ceremony and congratulations to our two Leadership Award Winners: Lisa Hoang Ka and Bewaji Bewaji Oyesanya!
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🚨 Our Open Call is back. Build Up is opening applications for new projects in 2025. 🚨 🏡We’d love to hear from people and organisations that want to work with young people to transform a public space in their local area. 🛝 ➡️ Find out more at buildup.org.uk/opencall
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🚨 Our Community Spaces Open Call is open until 6th of October. We’d love to hear from organisations interested in working with young people, to practically shape spaces that matter to them. ⬇️ Apply: buildup.org.uk/opencall/
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As architects and construction workers, we know that building can be a powerful experience; one that can create feelings of ownership and belonging. Continued...
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We work to create access to these experiences for the young people we work with: sharing with them the tools and agency that contribute to a sense of ownership over their neighbourhoods.
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Build Up @BuildUpFdn is opening applications for new projects in 2025, and running an Open Call. They want to hear from organisations interested in working with young people, to practically shape outdoor spaces that matter to them. Find out more: buildup.org.uk/opencall/
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Build Up is a bloody brilliant organisation to collaborate with. If you work with young people aged 10-23 who might be interested in & benefit from designing and/or building a new outdoor space, get in touch with them
Build Up@BuildUpFdn10 Sep 2024
Build Up is opening applications for new projects in 2025. We’d love to hear from organisations interested in working with young people, to practically shape spaces that matter to them. Find out more at buildup.org.uk/opencall
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Build Up is opening applications for new projects in 2025. We’d love to hear from organisations interested in working with young people, to practically shape spaces that matter to them. Find out more at buildup.org.uk/opencall
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Official opening of our new jump platform and play structure at ⁦@HomertonGroveAP⁩ Children were designers and builders ( along with ⁦⁦@BuildUpFdn⁩ ) and foundations with the help of Quinn.
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Build Up would like to say a huge thank you to Canary Wharf Contractors Fund for supporting our project at Glamis Adventure Playground; a new Bushcraft area designed and built by the young people that will be using it. @CWC_FUND @CanaryWharfGrp @ProjectShadwell
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We would like to say a really big thank you to Toolbank and the Worshipful Company of Builders Merchants @WCoBM for supporting Build Up with tools and fixings this year and since 2018. We appreciate your generous support!!
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"I'm beaming & leaving positive vibes everywhere." 👆 This is what it means to the young people supported by organisations like @BuildUpFdn. Thanks to our Youth Futures Fund, education & employment opportunities are within their grasp. 🔗 Find out more: londoncf.org.uk/give/youth-f…
"I definitely feel like I've gotten stronger because of this project. In terms of character, I'm more confident. I've been told I'm 'beaming' and 'leaving positive vibes everywhere'. It's definitely imporved my social skills. It's definitely improved my social skills. It's helped me to talk to people more and be able to have casual conversations." Young adult on work placement through Build Up Foundation." The accompanying picture is a group of three young people seen from above. They are working with an electric screwdriver, attaching two pieces of material together. There's also a red London Community Foundation logo in the bottom left corner.

ALT "I definitely feel like I've gotten stronger because of this project. In terms of character, I'm more confident. I've been told I'm 'beaming' and 'leaving positive vibes everywhere'. It's definitely imporved my social skills. It's definitely improved my social skills. It's helped me to talk to people more and be able to have casual conversations." Young adult on work placement through Build Up Foundation." The accompanying picture is a group of three young people seen from above. They are working with an electric screwdriver, attaching two pieces of material together. There's also a red London Community Foundation logo in the bottom left corner.

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Join us for a discussion about our youth-led co-design project, to transform an area of Stonegrove Estates for the benefit of the local community. Wednesday 28 June 2023, 17:00-19:30. londonfestivalofarchitecture…
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We’re looking for people with a range of skills & experience to join our board and support us on our journey over the next 3 years. You'll be offered support in the role & highly value experience relevant to our young people. Closing date is 9th July! buildup.org.uk/joinus/
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📣 Call out for trustees! 📣 Are you interested in supporting an innovative charity that supports young people to shape their local area? Do you have a range of skills & relevent experience to support us over the next 3 years? Join our trustee board! buildup.org.uk/joinus/
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Build Up is excited to be recruiting trustees to join our board and support our organisation grow. . We’re looking for people with a range of skills and experience to support us on this journey over the next 3 years. All new trustees will be offered supp… instagr.am/p/CrSiO8LomVu/
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Treehouse building at @somerford_adventure . Days 3 and 4 instagr.am/p/Cq5VQjuMabJ/
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Applications for our Construction Staff roles close 11th April at midday. . Do you have timber construction, carpentry or gardening experience that you can use to support young people? . Our construction staff teach young people the skills to build our p… instagr.am/p/CqsHhVwo-7F/
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