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  • Age UK Waltham Forest: together against loneliness

    Description
    Age UK Waltham Forest is combatting loneliness amongst its veteran community.
    Borough
    Waltham Forest
    Organisation name
    Age UK Waltham Forest
    Topic
    civil society
    community life
    older people
    Content type
    film
    Three old men chatting and laughing

  • Akwaaba Kids: migrant children in Hackney on what makes their community strong

    Description
    The young people at Akwaaba Kids explored what makes the Akwaaba community strong through collecting quotes and images from members and creating a visual essay.
    Borough
    Hackney
    Organisation name
    Akwaaba Kids
    Topic
    civil society
    community life
    children and young people
    Content type
    photographs
    Rainbow made of coloured paper pieces

  • ARC collective: in our hands

    Description
    ARC Collective is the story of what happens when community space is put in the hands of the community, told in their own words.
    Borough
    Islington
    Organisation name
    ARC Collective
    Topic
    civil society
    community life
    Content type
    film
    Hands of people doing gardening

  • AuLaw Farm: growing communities alongside vegetables

    Description
    AuLaw Organic Farm connects Hong Kongers who have resettled in London to their new communities through sustainable urban farming.
    Borough
    Kingston upon Thames
    Organisation name
    AuLaw Organic Farm UK CIC
    Topic
    civil society
    community life
    Content type
    photographs
    Person in a vegetable garden holding bunch of harvested potatoes

  • BikeStormz: bikes up, knives down

    Description
    BikeStormz brings people together in a positive way, challenging stereotypes and supporting local communities.
    Borough
    London-wide
    Organisation name
    BikeStormz
    Topic
    civil society
    community life
    children and young people
    Content type
    film
    BikeStormz black and white image of young people riding bikes

  • Deaf Unity: a united deaf community

    Description
    Deaf Unity works hard to be part of a strong, healthy, united community across London, as well as a bridge to the wider hearing communities that we live and work within.
    Borough
    London-wide
    Organisation name
    Deaf Unity
    Topic
    civil society
    community life
    Content type
    film
    Deaf Unity group meeting

  • Elizabeth House Community Centre: community strength through connections

    Description
    Discover the words and portraits of the community at Islington’s Elizabeth House Community Centre that show how everyone plays a part in making a community strong and connected.
    Borough
    Islington
    Hackney
    Haringey
    Organisation name
    Elizabeth House Community Centre
    Topic
    civil society
    community life
    Content type
    film
    Elizabeth House Community Centre at dusk

  • Faiths for Climate Justice

    Description
    In October 2021, Faith for the Climate mobilised London’s faith communities to demand that the UK government put climate justice first at COP26.
    Borough
    Lambeth
    City of Westminster
    Organisation name
    Faith for the Climate
    Topic
    environment
    faith communities
    Content type
    artwork
    Group of Faith Leaders manifesting outside the Houses of Parliament

  • Green Shoes Arts: creating a community village

    Description
    An origami workshop at Green Shoes Arts brought people of all ages together to build a paper community inspired by their local area.
    Borough
    Barking & Dagenham
    Organisation name
    Green Shoes Arts
    Topic
    civil society
    community life
    Content type
    workshop
    Green Shoes Arts origami workshop participants

  • Magic Me: Generation Rebellion artworks

    Description
    Artworks created by intergenerational women from east London on the theme of environmental activism.
    Borough
    Tower Hamlets
    Organisation name
    Magic Me
    Topic
    environment
    children and young people
    older people
    Content type
    photographs
    Learning Hub artwork

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