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Generous gatherings: celebrating People and Place

“Our neighborhood is building because we've taken that time to go and talk to people, get to know people, do the street interventions,...

Meet the People and Place 2025 community innovators!

Over the next year, community innovators in across the country, will receive Footwork’s support to realise bold ambitions for change

Made in Liverpool: Footwork field trip

On Friday 20th September, peers from Footwork’s People and Place programme and Platform Places convened en masse in Liverpool for a...

Communities as clients: what could development look like?

In early July at Box Park in Wembley, built environment stakeholders in all their forms convened for the annual Festival of Place

Housing injustice: realism, hope and calls to action

On a warm Thursday afternoon in June, individuals were convening at the Footwork Factory in Farringdon

Having a seat at the Stronger Things table!

Our gathering at London’s Guildhall was truly extraordinary, a unique coming together of community voices, creativity and collaboration....

Spotlight on this year's People and Place mentors

At the beginning of the People and Place Programme, Footwork together with peers, identify a suitable mentor together. Over the course of...

Home Planet: How can we innovate to address housing injustice?

Date: 27th June, 2024 Time: 5 to 7 PM Venue: Footwork Trust, 7-9 Woodridge Street, London EC1R 0LL Housing injustice is one of the most...

London Calling: Footwork field trip

Friday the 17th May marked the most important day in the Footwork 2024 calendar to date - the People and Place London Field Trip! This...

Meaningful Meanwhile: citizens not customers

How can we use meanwhile use to create long-term change? The Marmalade Festival sounds like a farmers market stocking all things jams and...

Out and About in Hastings

With neighbourhood transformation you’re changing everything. It’s holistic. Applies to everyone. Every aspect of life - education,...

A house party with a difference this weekend!

"Involving local communities is important because it's the right thing to do, but also if we are designing services, they need to work...

'2023 Wrapped'

In Footwork’s second year as a charity, our small team has accomplished a great deal, underpinned by the invaluable knowledge we have...

Celebrating one year of People and Place!

Last week, we were delighted to welcome those of you who were able - friends old and new - to celebrate a whole year of People & Place...

People and Place Exhibition

The Footwork factory was transformed into an exhibition space for our November Footworking event, showcasing, in photos and film, the...

Unveiling the next People and Place cohort ...

We are thrilled to announce the ten local social innovators Footwork’s People and Place programme will be supporting in 2024. They range...

Innovator Spotlight: Andrew and Jonathan

Alongside the financial support our People and Place innovators receive, Footwork also draws on expertise and input from a pool of...

Are you listening?

It was an extraordinary moment at the Festival of Place last month to watch four young people aged 15-18 hold the attention of a huge...

Innovator Spotlight: Hannah and Mark

Alongside the financial support our People and Place innovators receive, Footwork also draws on expertise and input from a pool of...

People and Place 2024

Yesterday we announced the launch of People and Place 2024! It’s momentous for us in many ways, but two spring to mind. Firstly, this...

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