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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...


Innovator Spotlight: Danie and Tom
Alongside the financial support our People & Place innovators receive, Footwork also draws on expertise and input from a pool of mentors...


Innovator Spotlight: Sophie and Marianna
Alongside the financial support our People & Place innovators receive, Footwork also draws on expertise and input from a pool of mentors...


Innovator Spotlight: Alice and Emily
Alongside the financial support our People & Place innovators receive, Footwork also draws on expertise and input from a pool of mentors...


Innovator Spotlight: Arthur, Lola and Marianna
Alongside the financial support our People & Place innovators receive, Footwork also draws on expertise and input from a pool of mentors...


Event Reflection: Spring into Action with Footwork
What would the world look like if local social innovators had all the resources they needed? This was the big question we explored at our...


Build your own life jacket
“You need a life jacket to stay afloat. Think of it as a life jacket with pockets, what do you need to pull out when you begin to feel...


What are the building blocks of empowerment?
“Social innovators are really passionate about their communities, but they’re also spinning a lot of plates - the risk of burnout is...


Launch of the 2023 Insights Group
Welcoming Footwork's 2023 Insights Group! “Having experienced what it’s like to live in the margins of society and seeing how the...


Pioneering 'inside out regeneration'
"Secured! 7000 sq ft of affordable creative workspace. This is an extraordinary moment and it’s important to stop and understand why. Not...


The Multi-Themed City
Over 200 people were involved in a series of events looking at future options for the way we plan, design and manage cities and towns to...


Footwork's Social Design Principles
In 2019, Ft'work's (now Footwork) London Plan response was distilled into six 'social design principles'. They include: preventing the...


The Collaboration Guidebook
Take Note’s Collaboration Guidebook was supported by Footwork Trust and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s Grants Plus programme. Why...


AJ Press: Community empowerment
The current issue of the Architects Journal takes activism as its thread and looks at innovative ways of practising. Footwork, being an...


AJ Press: Architect in the community
The current issue of the Architects Journal takes activism as its thread and looks at innovative ways of practising. Footwork, being an...


Network Coffee Break
“We are a community of founders, and it’s important that we have a safe space where we can have a whinge and a moan!” It was great to...
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