Our lives are shaped by the spaces in which we live. When we give away important community space for another transient pop-up cafe or block of luxury flats, we give away part of our lives. We give away London’s cultural and community history. The planning system is not currently equipped with the policies required to protect…
Despite the fact that winter’s here at Grow Heathrow we’ve done away with the boring traditions of hibernating and waiting for spring to come along. No, instead we’ve been busy planning our next big season of workshops and events following on from the successes of Autumn Shazzam. And we’ve got a great birthday party lined up for the end of Feb. our fifth!…
Mark Simmonds is facilitating a free workshop at the Old Fire Station in Stoke Newington on 28th September on legal structures and governance of community food enterprise. Mark is really knowledgeable about cooperatives and community organising structures and an excellent facilitator. He supported Organiclea’s development when their Hawkwood Nursery project began and is doing the…