Meanwhile Space

May 2011 Blog Posts (8)

Participate in the Urban Physic Garden Festival!

Hi !

We are busy building the Urban Physic Garden (www.physicgarden.org.uk), transforming a derelict site in SE1 into a pop-up garden of medicinal plants for a launch on June 11. We are also planning an exciting summer festival of events while the garden is open (June 11-August 15) - and would love you to be part of…

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Added by heather ring on May 26, 2011 at 9:15am — No Comments

Working on the Pallet Project

Added by Jessica Courtney Bennett on May 20, 2011 at 5:43pm — No Comments

Press Release: Meanwhile Exmouth Market Launch

Meanwhile Space and New Deal of the Mind launch pop-up creative business incubator in empty shop on London market street

Date: 24th May 2011

Location: 18 Exmouth Market, London, EC1R 4QE

Meanwhile Space, an innovative social enterprise which uses empty spaces in socially useful ways, is launching a pop-up shop on Exmouth Market with the support of New Deal of the Mind (NDotM), a groundbreaking charity set up to create… Continue

Added by Jessica Courtney Bennett on May 19, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Britain every year is less and less a nation of shopkeepers......

...and here are some considered thoughts from ResPublica, which argues that "the Government must give communities the power to rebalance the retail economy away from the ‘Big Four’ supermarkets..."

http://www.respublica.org.uk/articles/right-retail

Good forum for highlighting where a meanwhile use has been tried with and created a longer term alternative use.

Added by eddie bridgeman on May 18, 2011 at 3:41pm — No Comments

Mary Portas launches independent review into the future of the High Street

Mary Portas has been appointed to lead an independent review into the future of the High Street, The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister announced today.

The purpose of the review will be to identify what government, local authorities and businesses can do to promote the development of more prosperous and diverse high streets.

It will also form part of the Government’s wider Growth Review which is examining how we can remove the barriers to achieve strong, sustainable… Continue

Added by Jessica Courtney Bennett on May 13, 2011 at 3:24pm — 1 Comment

Space needed for music community project..

I am looking for a space to run a music studio. I have all the equipment already. The project is to run jazz and salsa workshops for talented but struggling musicians, to enable us to develop our skills, and to provide free rehearsal space for established but struggling professional…

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Added by Alex Windsor on May 9, 2011 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Popse! At Exmouth Market

Exmouth Market is open for business today with Popose! running a week of events as part of their pop up think tank. The space has already attracted close to 20 people interested in talking about social enterprise and is making quite a noise over the internet.

The space has been completely transformed with Popse!…