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Footwork supports community innovators to turn their bold ideas into lasting positive change for people and places www.footwork.org.uk linktr.ee/footworktrust

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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🎉 From Footholds to Futures 📖 In 2025, 15 community innovators across 10 neighbourhoods joined People & Place, bringing buildings & land back into local hands. 🌱 This is what we got up to together, & what it unlocked. Read it ⬇️ www.footwork.org.uk/fromfoothold... #PeopleandPlace
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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
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Platform Places @platformplaces.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🌟 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
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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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
💡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
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Building community wealth in London: learning, partnerships and what comes next
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
#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 ⬇️
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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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The Architectural Heritage Fund @archhfund.org.uk · 30/03/2026
📣 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...
The restored interior of Sheerness Dockyard Church, an AHF-supported project. Credit: Dirk Lindner.
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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/
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Euston area regeneration - Camden Council
How we want Euston station to be redeveloped. Central to this is having more affordable homes and local jobs at Euston.
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🪄 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 ⏰
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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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
✨ 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
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 13/02/2026
Brilliant work, as always by @footworktrust.bsky.social. Community first!
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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 25/02/2026
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
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🎉 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 ⬇️
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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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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...
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Sister Midnight: The Final Push
YouTube video by Sister Midnight
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Platform Places @platformplaces.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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 ⬇️
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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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
⏰ 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
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
✨ “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...” ✨
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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...
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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 / 🧵
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
🔁 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/ 🧵
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
✨ “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? ⬇️
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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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
"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-...
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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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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).
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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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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]
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Platform Places @platformplaces.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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...
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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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Radix Big Tent - RBT @radixuk.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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...
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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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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...
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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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
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 · 08/07/2025
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/ 🧵
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
"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 ⬇️
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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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
#MentorshipMonday 🏘️ 🌱 How do you make the case for community management of a treasured heritage building? Emily & Jen of Meanwhile Space are supporting Leslie & Dhelia of Granville Community Kitchen in the next steps of reactivating the Granville, together with local community & stakeholders.
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
☀️ Kitty's Launderette is nearly a quarter of the way to their crowdfunding target. Can you help them get there? 🚐 Kitty's is rooted in Everton/Anfield, but inspires social innovators far beyond - and we're proud to have Grace Harrison as a peer mentor in this year's People & Place programme!
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Kitty's Launderette Electric Van and Solar Panels!
Expanding the reach of Kitty's socially and environmentally impactful services through buying our own electric van charged by solar panels!
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
It’s #MentorshipMonday... ...and we love this photo of some of the Sheffield Community Land Trust members during a recent workshop with Alison Ward (Middlemarch Community Led Housing CIC) ✨ 📷 Picture by Alison Ward
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
What does architecture for neighbourhood transformation look like? How can communities lead, with built environment professionals ‘on tap’ not ‘on top’? Join our next ‘Footworking’ event on 24th June! → lu.ma/qrqxnds8
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Building for Change - the architecture of neighbourhood transformation · Luma
To spark inspiration and excitement around working with community-led regeneration projects, by showcasing what’s possible and creating space for connection…
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
What does architecture for neighbourhood transformation look like? How can communities lead, with built environment professionals ‘on tap’ not ‘on top’? Join our next ‘Footworking’ event on 24th June! → lu.ma/qrqxnds8
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Building for Change - the architecture of neighbourhood transformation · Luma
To spark inspiration and excitement around working with community-led regeneration projects, by showcasing what’s possible and creating space for connection…
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Retrofit Meets: Community Voices 👷🏻‍♀️ 🏘️ ☀️ Hear the stories of neighbourhood community innovators and built environment professionals: 🗓️ Wednesday 4 June 🕒 18:00 – 19:30 📍The Building Centre, 26 Store St, London WC1E 7BT 🔗 www.buildingcentre.co.uk/whats_on/eve...
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Hilary, Daniel & Leonie (part of Footwork's People & Place '24 cohort) decided to turn their street into an energy-generating powerhouse ⚡ 🏘️ Their story is now a feature documentary, premiering on 20th June in Sheffield! #Retrofit #CommunityInnovators #NeighbourhoodTransformation #CommunityAssets
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POWER STATION | Sheffield DocFest
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
💡 “Peer-to-peer support is vital & means seeing a shared challenge through another organisation’s eyes” — Grace Harrison (Kitty's Launderette) How can communities influence town centre redevelopment plans? Innovators on #PeopleAndPlace2025 are finding creative ways & sharing their journeys. 1/ 🧵
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
What does it take to bring land out of the private market into a Black-led, community-stewarded asset? Through #PeopleAndPlace2025, Yvonne Field OBE (The Ubele Initiative) is mentoring Amahra Spence, to realise the vision of Abuelos: a site of radical hospitality & artistry in Ladywood, Birmingham.
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🙋‍♀️🏗️ "Why are the very communities working hardest to weave a resilient social fabric finding themselves priced out... or facing the looming threat of eviction?" Many people have innovative, bold ideas to address challenges in their neighbourhoods. But to come together & do this, they need space...
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Makespace Oxfordshire: Our Vision for Change
YouTube video by Makespace Oxford
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Platform Places @platformplaces.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Grant? Loan? Community shares? Here are a few tips to get started on thinking about fundraising for community assets 🔑 Brought to you by our programme lead Madeleine Blyth, with @footworktrust.bsky.social, after a recent #PeopleAndPlace2025 Technical Huddle! www.platformplaces.com/community-as...
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Fundraising for Community Assets: What to Consider — Platform Places
Finding the right money is one of the biggest barriers on the journey of securing community assets. Here are some pointers to get you started, from grants and loans to local authority administered fun...
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
“Developing a sustainable community asset is not for the faint hearted.” – Yvonne Field, The Ubele Initiative It takes grit, resilience, and determination to bring bold ideas for neighbourhoods to life. 🤝 That’s why the People & Place mentor programme exists... 1/ 🧵
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Exciting to see so many Footwork People & Place peers sharing their experience & wisdom in #StirtoAction 's ABCs of Community Assets 🏘️ 🧵 Here’s a short thread with highlights ⬇️ Book now for the online workshops (+ check if your org' is sponsoring places): www.stirtoaction.com/abcs-workshops
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ABCs Workshops
The ABCs of Community Assets is a new training programme to inspire a nation of new community asset leaders, featuring workshops and study visits to support local groups to acquire, manage, and future...
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🌱 Last Friday the People and Place programme kicked off with a gathering at Good Shepherd Studios ✨ A day spent in the company of peers, sparking connections, sharing stories and exchanging ideas 🔗 follow the link to find out more > www.footwork.org.uk/post/people-...
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Footwork @footworktrust.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
📢 Starting our Bluesky journey with exciting news: Footwork’s People & Place 2025 community innovators! 🏘️ These 10 groups & individuals make an ambitious collective, galvanised around a shared mission of locally-led neighbourhood transformation 🔗 www.footwork.org.uk/post/meet-th...
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Meet the People and Place 2025 community innovators! | Footwork Trust
Over the next year, community innovators in across the country, will receive Footwork’s support to realise bold ambitions for change
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