We are very excited to announce that we’ve been given a grant from the Big Lottery Reaching Communities Fund. This is a major milestone for the Walled Garden as the grant will sustain the main part of our work for the next 3 years. Our focus in the Walled Garden […] more »
Clear Village develops High Street Regeneration Toolkit
We are happy to report that Clear Village has been commissioned to develop an online toolkit to support community-led initiatives for High Streets in the London Borough of Sutton. Sutton’s High Streets, much like other High Streets in the UK, face the challenge of declining attractiveness, vacant spaces and loss […] more »
Summer Programme in the Walled Garden
Clear Village has been commissioned by Havering Council to run a programme for children during the summer holidays 2014 in the Walled Garden. The programme invites children to take part in a playful, inventive and unique experience of discovery about food. They’ll learn how to grow it and how to […] more »
Focus on impact with +Acumen – by Robin Houterman
In my previous post I wrote about the increasing importance of measuring impact and how new technologies could support this. This post goes back to the practice of measuring impact and the methodologies for doing so. Five members of the CLEAR VILLAGE team, myself included, just completed the +Acumen “Making […] more »
Stephen Williams MP visits the Walled Garden
On Tuesday the 10th of June we were very pleased to welcome Stephen Williams MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to Bedfords Park Walled Garden. The minister made the visit on behalf of the Social Investment Business Group (SIB) grants, which is funded by the […] more »
Regent’s Estate Dreams Drawing Factory
Regent Estate Dreams Drawing Factory is a community-led art installation organized by Marie James of The Pink Pony and Clear Village with the residents of the Regent Estate in East London throughout March 2014, and an inspiration for all to dream and craft a better way of living together in […] more »
This summer on Regent Estate
Lots of new activities have started or are planned this summer at Small Works Hackney! This month, Rich Hearn, founder of GenerationHackney, joined Small Works Hackney and set up free workshops for residents seeking employment. By partnering up with local businesses to offer at-risk teenagers work experience, the organisation aims […] more »
Measuring impact real-time: How new data technologies could help us demonstrate our impact – by Robin Houterman
As described in a recent Working Paper by the Third Sector Research Centre, third sector organisations are making more and more of an effort to measure their impact on individuals, communities and society as a whole. Presumably, as is suggested in the Working Paper, this is a result of an […] more »
A large new grant for the Walled Garden!
Breaking news: we have just received a major grant from the SIB Group. DCLG Minister Stephen Williams announced the names of the 17 successful recipients of the Community Ownership & Management of Assets Capital Grant today, who will receive capital investments totalling just over £5m for ambitious and innovative ideas […] more »