Platform Places

Unlocking town centre buildings for amazing ideas 🔑

Co-founding partners: @HighStreetsTF @powertochange_ @britprop @wearenewlocal @radix_uk @shoosmiths 🏘

[Platform Places @platformplaces]

✨🏘 5 neighbourhoods in Bristol, Liverpool City Region, London, Newcastle & Sheffield have joined a new pilot of #LocalPropertyPartnerships!
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We're delighted to share that @TNLComFund has supported #PlatformPlaces & partners with almost £2.5 million over 3 years.

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[Platform Places @platformplaces]

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[Platform Places @platformplaces]

✨🏘 5 neighbourhoods in Bristol, Liverpool City Region, London, Newcastle & Sheffield have joined a new pilot of #LocalPropertyPartnerships!
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We're delighted to share that @TNLComFund has supported #PlatformPlaces & partners with almost £2.5 million over 3 years.

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[K I N D R E D @kindred_lcr]

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[Platform Places @platformplaces]

🌇 Sunsetting Twitter / X 🌇

Are you on these channels? ⬇️ Let's connect!

Bluesky: https://t.co/h3tpEDgzLk
LinkedIn: https://t.co/eNPdq0XznB
Instagram: https://t.co/ey01rSXY1Z
Facebook: https://t.co/QjklfqoSfR

Or receive our newsletter (approx monthly): https://t.co/zfR8LNsIT3

[Platform Places @platformplaces]

New Opportunity 📢 Calling all community-led high street innovators✨Are you seeking some investment and a chance to learn from other peers and innovators? 🏘

Collaborate with @PowertoChange_ to demonstrate the power of community-driven high street renewal💪

Learn more ⬇️

[Power to Change @powertochange_]

Do you have a vision for your high street or town centre you're trying to make a reality?

We're looking for community businesses to help us test and learn how community-led high street regeneration projects can be a model for communities everywhere.

👉 https://t.co/wQtEezN6Dk

[Platform Places @platformplaces]

Job Alert 📢

It's an exciting new chapter for our friends at Makespace Oxford 🏘 - and here's your chance to be part of it! 👇

[Platform Places @platformplaces]

@BallymoreConway @powertochange_ @RTrevalyan @francesnorthrop @NRubbra @Cantalks @jesscraig07 @GSstudiosE11 @visualthinkery @FootworkTrust 3/

Thanks very much to superstars Danie (co-founder or Good Shepherd Studios: https://t.co/E5vIhGM3go) and Tim @ Back to Ours (the resident coffee shop: https://t.co/MeXKhqq4S3) for hosting us! 💚

[Platform Places @platformplaces]

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Just off Leytonstone High Street, there’s a tucked-away hub of coworking, community & culture… 🎵☕🎨

Good Shepherd Studios sits within a site lovingly brought back to life by a community-led local group after the threat of demolition: https://t.co/IaZb9rDXGF

[Platform Places @platformplaces]

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That’s where #PlatformPlaces+friends got together last month over delicious food from Marmelo Kitchen!

We celebrated the journey from the original Steering Group’s 2021 lockdown Zoom calls to securing £2.5M from @TNLCommunityFund this year (https://t.co/dFlte6W6Vh).

[New Local @wearenewlocal]

🆕 Constructing Consensus: The case for community-powered development and regeneration

In a report out today, we argue for a better system of development in England – one that fully involves and empowers communities in decision-making.

https://t.co/ouURLF8fSW

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[Platform Places @platformplaces]

For 15 yrs, @meanwhile_space has demonstrated the power of local communities to activate empty buildings+underused land🙌

✳️ 940+ SMEs supported
✳️ 150+ current occupiers
✳️ 242,000 sqft secured

Browse their new booklet: “15 Years of Practice” ⬇️

https://t.co/r0vradyHBL

[Footwork @FootworkTrust]

🥾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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[Platform Places @platformplaces]

@windcityfarm Windmill Hill City Farm is working with partners like @BristolCouncil, @Share_Bristol, @greaterbedmin on the @TNLComFund-funded pilot to bring buildings into community ownership for local benefit 🏘️

Read more via @bristollive: https://t.co/21Rhl5dMCN

[Platform Places @platformplaces]

Throwback to visiting @windcityfarm last week! 📌

A vital hub for the South Bristol community, with 4.5 acres of green space offering education, recreation & therapy for local people 💚

See what's on & visit the farm: https://t.co/0OozgPkdYB

[Platform Places @platformplaces]

@TNLComFund @RTrevalyan @francesnorthrop @FootworkTrust @bigriverne @brightboxmaker @kindred_lcr @NewcastleCC 👉Meet the Partnerships! 👉

📍Bedminster, Bristol
📍Byker and surrounding areas, Newcastle
📍Darnall Ward, Sheffield
📍Knowsley and St Helens, Liverpool City Region
📍Wandsworth Town, London

Read the full press release ➡️ https://t.co/nkNfHLU4rC

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[Platform Places @platformplaces]

@TNLComFund @RTrevalyan @francesnorthrop @FootworkTrust The funding will enable communities to come together & secure long-term spaces for the activities & services that they need the most.

In each neighbourhood, local leaders will work with their partners & communities to shift buildings into long-term local ownership 🏘️

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[Platform Places @platformplaces]

@HastingsDeal Congratulations @hastingscommons @JerichoJess. Looking forward to watching the progress! 🏘️

[Hastings Town Deal @HastingsDeal]

Hastings Borough Council has awarded the £1m Towns Fund grant for the Town Living Project funding to Hastings Commons to support the delivery of 12 affordable, sustainable and energy efficient homes within Hastings town centre...

[Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @NickHartley]

Check out this article and video by @norbury_hannah on #StottiePower featuring contributions from Byker residents, myself and of course the man leading this project: @bigriverne’s @andy_haddon

I’m feeling really hopeful that this @platformplaces project takes off for Byker!

[Power to Change @powertochange_]

🏭The @platformplaces neighbourhood partnership will help communities, such as Bedminster in Bristol, to transform vacant buildings into long-term spaces for the activities & services the community needs. Pleased to partner with @ArchHFund @thesocialinvest @TNLComFund on this 🤝