Footwork supports community innovators to turn their bold ideas into lasting positive change for people and places
London
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🙌 17 community innovators
⏰ 55 minutes
🍽️ 129 workshop participants
💡 1000s of recipes for community powered neighbourhood transformation.
Thanks @wearenewlocal #StrongerThings for having us.
🥾Last month @FootworkTrust and @platformplaces peers convened in the Liverpool City Region for a field trip
✨ a day dedicated to connecting, inspiring and learning from the city’s thriving community-led initiatives
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🔗 Follow the link below to read on footwork.org.uk/post/made-in…
@brightboxmaker @bigriverbakery @othercinemas @Yorspace @CoalvilleCANCBS @azuko_org
#PeopleandPlace #LocalPropertyPartnerships
Thank you @CIVIC_SQUARE for the most generous, mind-expanding bundle of texts📚
@Footwork were lucky enough to spend a weekend in Machynlleth with the Ecological Health in Neighbourhoods peers - sharing and connecting with those driving community led neighbourhood transformation
🔋power.film are turning their street into a power station by giving out free solar panels
👔 yodomo.co is providing free unused textiles to insulate homes and reduce heating costs
Sound familiar? People and Place could be for you!
🔗in bio for more
🧩 In South Woodford Jo, @azuko_org is crafting a unique, community-led design code
👥The Southwark Planning Network are connecting community groups and residents to engage with local planning developments
Sound familiar? People and Place could be for you!
🔗in bio for more
🏠@Yorspace are bringing a collective ownership model to York's housing market, tackling rising house prices
🏫 @sistermidnightt are turning a former working men’s club into a community-owned music venue
Sound familiar? People and Place could be for you!
🔗 in bio for more
"Just having someone there saying we believe in you, and you can do it, makes such a huge difference when you are tackling challenging and seemingly impossible situations in your place"
Considering applying to People and Place 2025? Join us online on Friday to find out more👇
Working to transform your neighbourhood? Then People and Place 2025 might just be for you!
Online on 09 August 13:00 - 13:30, we will discuss what’s included in the programme of support and run through how to apply
Head to Eventbrite to book your spot eventbrite.co.uk/o/footwork-…
Working to transform your neighbourhood? Then People and Place 2025 might just be for you!
Online on 09 August 13:00 - 13:30, we will discuss what’s included in the programme of support and run through how to apply
Head to Eventbrite to book your spot eventbrite.co.uk/o/footwork-…
Footwork retweeted
We're looking for a Programme Lead for exciting, newly-funded work to transform town centre buildings for local benefit — thanks to @TNLComFund 🏡🌆
Ideal start: Sept '24
Pay: £50k pro rata
Find out more & apply by 27 August! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
#JobVacancy
ALT Text over a pretty town centre picture reads: Platform Places is recruiting a Programme Lead. £50k pro rata, 4 days a week, hybrid remote/in London. Apply by 27th August. The logo of the programme funder, National Lottery Community Fund, appears alongside Platforom Places
Footwork retweeted
🎉Applications are open to People & Place 2025
Do you have a bold idea to deliver long-term change in your neighbourhood?
@FootworkTrust provides 1-2-1 support, an unrestricted £5K grant and a peer network of community innovators
Find out more & apply👇
buff.ly/3Wg4I00
ALT Two people sit chatting on a roof at twilight lit by living room lamps. White text reads: People & Place 2025. Applications now open: footwork.org.uk/peopleandplace2025. Footwork Trust logo is in the lower right corner.
Footwork retweeted
Would you like to join the @FootworkTrust People and Place programme next year? People and Place supports people whose experience of an issue has motivated them to take action.
Applications close on Monday 9 September at 11:59pm.
footwork.org.uk/peopleandpla…
Footwork retweeted
🎊 Applications are now OPEN for @FootworkTrust 'People & Place' 2025!
Got a bold idea for a transformative project in your neighbourhood?
Access 1-2-1 support, an unrestricted £5k grant & a peer network of community innovators!
Find out more & apply: buff.ly/3Wg4I00
Footwork’s programme of support, People and Place, is now open for applications to 2025!
Are you working to deliver long-term change for your neighbourhood? People and Place may just be the programme for you.
To find out more visit footwork.org.uk/peopleandpla…
Connecting, platforming and learning with peers @ #StirtoAction in Bristol this week
With @platformplaces we discussed our collective asks and offers for alternative pathways to neighbourhood development
(Something exciting is brewing at Footwork. Find out more on Monday!)
7 day countdown until Footwork's factory doors open to the public.
Space shapers, grant makers, policy creators. This applies to all of us.
It’s free for all, whatever your stripes. Go on, reserve a spot👇
eventbrite.co.uk/e/home-plan…
