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  • Spitalfields City Farm: urban farming, community health, and belonging

    Description

    Farm volunteers tells what make this community strong and what policy changes they would like to see in relation to the space and others like it in the city.

    Borough:

    Tower Hamlets

    Organisation name:

    Spitalfields City Farm

    Topic:

    civil society
    community life

    Content type:

    short stories
    photographs
    Spitalfields City Farm donkey

  • Surrey Square Primary School: proud to be more than a school

    Description

    The 'Old Kent Road Family Zone' fosters inclusion by ‘doing with’ and by being grounded in the belief that many solutions to challenges experienced by the community are already within the community itself.

    Borough:

    Southwark

    Organisation name:

    Surrey Square Primary School
    Old Kent Road Family Zone

    Topic:

    civil society
    community life
    children and young people

    Content type:

    film
    Children and parents playing together at Surrey Square Primary School playground

  • The Abbey Centre: building an inclusive and resilient south Westminster community

    Description

    Since 1948, The Abbey Centre has been supporting the development of a cohesive community, where people of different ages and cultural backgrounds come together.

    Borough:

    Westminster

    Organisation name:

    The Abbey Centre

    Topic:

    civil society
    community life
    older people

    Content type:

    film
    Community members playing a card game at The Abbey Centre

  • Through Our Eyes: Insights from a pilot participatory photography and creative writing project

    Description

    A pilot project to tackle loneliness, build self-esteem, new skills and community with the older community of Tower Hamlets through photography and creative writing.

    Borough:

    Tower Hamlets

    Organisation name:

    Learning Unlimited

    Topic:

    art
    civil society
    community life
    mental health
    older people

    Content type:

    photographs
    short stories
    Older person sat at a table with photographs and books

  • Tottenham Foodbank: empowering community resilience, one parcel at a time

    Description

    Staff and volunteers at Tottenham Foodbank come together to discuss the profound impact of their work on their local community and themselves.

    Borough:

    Haringey

    Organisation name:

    Tottenham Foodbank

    Topic:

    civil society
    community life

    Content type:

    film
    Tottenham Foodbank volunteer

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