Sharing Spaces London
Think & Do Camden has partnered with climate action charity Ashden to roll out the successful Sharing Spaces model across London. After a competitive application process at the end of 2023, 8 community groups were chosen to start Sharing Spaces in underused venues in their local communities. Throughout 2024, these Sharing Spaces will welcome residents from their local areas, encouraging them to share skills and knowledge around climate action. The aim is to build and strengthen community relationships, resulting in several resident-led offshoot projects aimed at tackling environmental issues in their neighbourhood. Look at the map below and click on one of the locations for more information.
Based on the learnings of the existing Sharing Spaces, Think & Do Camden and Ashden created a toolkit to help other community groups interested in doing this type of work get started. The toolkit is filled with useful information including working with councils, finding a suitable venue, doing engagement work with the community, budgeting, tools, materials and equipment, templates for flyers and posters and more. The toolkit is available to download here.
Think & Do Camden and Ashden are also hosting monthly workshops with the community groups to give them a chance to come together, share their learnings and dive deeper into different aspects of the Sharing Space, such as making your space more visible and applying for future funding. Click on the links below to access each workshop:
- Engaging residents and local groups
- Planning your launch and offshoot projects
- Our Home Our Planet presentation
- Circular Education Hub and Greener & Cleaner presentations
This project is done in collaboration with Ashden, and funded by The Kusuma Trust. For more information, or if you would like to get involved in the project, please contact Robin at robin@thinkanddocamden.org.uk.
