Meanwhile Space has sadly out grown our lovely website and is looking to move to a more user friendly Wordpress or Weebly site that members of the team can edit and move around. We are looking for project partners who can work with us to move the site and set us up. We have a budget available and are looking for a maximum of 1 months work for the site to be set up and then on going consultancy costs for any future hiccups.

As usual the budget is tight and we are ideally looking for an…

After six months on Finchley Road experiencing life in a shopping centre, Meanwhile Space has moved again this time to a space with a twist. Set in the Vaults of Somerset House, we are working with New Deal of the Mind to provide office space for creative start ups. 

The space is already a functioning office space with its own kitchen, toilets, mini meeting room and broadband internet. With Meanwhile Space and New Deal of the Mind working on site, we hope to offer new businesses…

Meanwhile Space has recently developed a new service called Meanwhile Connect matching vacant properties with projects that want to use it in the interim period.

Agreements are in place to list vacant property for a number of major landlords and we have a strong network of innovative projects seeking space. The concept has been tested, and requires refining to ensure efficiency, scalability, sustainability and room for innovation and growth.…

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Exhibiting at the Meanwhile Space on Finchley Road with New Deal of the Mind.

How would you like to help residents, groups, associations, and businesses  in the Wembley Triangle area to develop their collective power to act together for the common good?

Through using ‘Root Solution Listening Matters’, a dialogue and action-based programme that supports transformational…

This beautiful new building has been lying empty for far too long! It would make a fabulous community resource. Any plans to bring it back to life?

In January 2011, Meanwhile Space moved into an empty shop on Whitechapel Road owned by Workspace Group. In partnership with New Deal of the Mind and with support…

Mary Portas and the Local Government Minister, Grant Shapps, launched a competition to choose 12 towns to become 'Portas Pilots', with the winners benefiting from a share of £1 million to help turn around their "unloved and unused" high streets.

The prospectus and application form are available here:…

Please see below the info from the Mary Portas website regarding her competition for 12 UK towns to win £1 million to create a blueprint for a sustainable High Street.

We would love to hear your reactions to the competition, if you have a town that you think should submit a bid and if you are planning on taking part. 

See below or read more on the …

Look how similar the Stella McCartney window at Selfridges is to ours in Willesden Green. Meanwhile Space is bang on trend!…

Two weeks ago Meanwhile Space exchanged keys for 1-12 Queens Parade in Willesden Green as part of the New Windows on Willesden Green project. Using units 1-8, the spaces will be made available for new projects, social enterprise, community workshops and start up business. 

On Saturday…

It was very exciting to finally see the empty spaces available in my lovely local Willesden on Saturday, as obtained by the clever people at Meanwhile Space  An eclectic mix of business teams & creatives were there, all with interesting ideas on how to utilise the space to expand businesses, try ideas and serve the community.  I met with some in particular whom I hope to collaborate with to strengthen both our projects!  Of course I'm itching to be one of the lucky successful bids, but a…

London: The London Borough of Brent demonstrates a positive way to tackle the decline of the British high street, with the launch of Phase Two of the New Windows on Willesden Green initiative.  Following the success of a curated series of…