Wembley Matters readers aware of the number of 'dead spaces' in Brent may be interested in this discussion:
From City Hall Greens - Tuesday 29th August 7pm-9pm
High streets and office buildings are all too often blighted by empty shops and unused office space. Yet, your community probably has a multitude of ideas for bringing it back to life, maybe as a filmmaking studio, upcycling zone, food waste project, climate emergency centre, library of things, repair café, gallery space, charity hub, and so much more. So many possibilities, but so many barriers to accessing the site.
This online event – following on from Sian Berry’s Dead Spaces report exposing 100s of empty publicly owned buildings and facilities across London – will help you make this happen. Come and hear from the four teams of speakers we have assembled, who have first-hand experience of bringing unused properties back into use by communities, and meet other people like you to share knowledge and advice.
The event will be introduced by Assembly Member Sian Berry. Each speaker will tell their story for 10 minutes, followed by a 20-minute question-and-answer session. There will then be breakout rooms for discussion and networking with each of the speakers for 30 minutes, based around the following topics:
- Community activism – Halima Tuli and Maria Cordara-Soanes, Think & Do Somers Town
- Offices and councils – Mahmud Sonny Shahnawaz, The Utilize Project
- High streets and retail – Shaylesh Patel, ASTOP and TUAID
- Young people – Azzees Minott, 2-3 Degrees
Sign up to our Zoom event now to grab your place. The Zoom invite will be sent to you 24 hours beforehand.
