ft'work is a not-for-profit company with a strong ambition – to create thriving communities and to ensure that clear social principles underpin all new development
purpose
collaborating
collaborating
ft’work collaborates in fostering successful communities by
- generating and exchanging fresh ideas through shared expertise
- supporting and evaluating locally grown projects
- helping to roll out the best ideas elsewhere
campaigning
initiatives
taking action
ft'work initiates ideas and activities and collaborates in finding ways to stimulate the growth of community
projects
what is ft’work doing now?
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Hackney New School
Helping a Hackney school to create an innovative Wellbeing Centre, to provide counselling and support to children and families in its community
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live.learn.play
Co-design Guide
Working with three architectural practices on a guide to co-design, the process of working collaboratively to arrive at a completed design
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Knights Youth Centre
Learning from the success of a South London youth club who have run street, school and community-based programmes for four generations of young people
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How do we give people real influence in creating the places where they live?
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social design principles
How can we create communities when we build places? The status quo isn’t working, at great social and financial cost. So to ensure that clear social principles underpin new development, ft’work has defined six social design principles and the actions required to achieve them. Forget costly consultants – with existing data and social capital the knowledge and means already exist to deliver successful communities.