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Community hubs are an important element of social infrastructure, but, as physical meeting spaces, they have experienced huge challenges during the pandemic. Using Acton Gardens Community Centre as a case study, we reflect on the role of community hubs in typical times’, and ask how they can continue to support communities as we navigate the ‘new normal’.
Our new briefing paper covers best practice for estate renewal in London and how to overcome common obstacles, based on input from the capital’s housing experts.
The Packington Estate in LB Islington is around half way through an eight-year, six-phase redevelopment programme; we visited the estate on 15th October to check on its progress.
On 5th March, Future of London visited Thamesmead and Abbey Wood with member organisation Peabody, to hear about estate renewal, Crossrail and Housing Zones in this large riverside area.
Our November conference takes a two-pronged approach to identifying effective ways forward in estate regeneration: at the strategic level and at the front line.