UK Social Centre Network
The UK Social Centre Network is a grass roots initiative to establish a network between self identified radical independent social and community centres in the United Kingdom. There is no single policy statement but clearly a general desire to improve communication and co-operation between the growing number of autonomous spaces "to share resources, ideas and information".[1] Self selected participants draw a clear distinction between their radical autonomous spaces on one side and the state or large NGO sponsored community centres on the other. While there has been something of a tradition of social spaces in occupied buildings (also known as squatting), recent years have seen an upsurge in the creation of social centres in rented or purchased buildings. The network of social centres network in the UK is very much in its infancy compared to some other places in Europe such as Holland, Italy and Spain.
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[edit] List of social centres
| Name | Place | Address | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 1 in 12 Club | Bradford | 21 Albion Street | http://www.1in12.com/ |
| Bradford Centre for Nonviolence | Bradford | 2 Ashgrove | http://www.treehousecafe.org |
| The Common Place | Leeds | 23-25 Wharf Street | http://www.thecommonplace.org.uk/ |
| The Casa / Initiative Factory | Liverpool | 29 Hope Street | http://www.initfactory.gn.apc.org/ |
| Section Six | Norwich | Duke St | http://www.myspace.com/wherewillitbe |
| The Sumac Centre | Nottingham | 245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields | http://www.sumac.org.uk |
| Kebele Cultural Project | Bristol | 14 Robertson Road | http://www.kebelecoop.org |
| The Cowley Club | Brighton | 12 London Road | http://www.cowleyclub.org.uk |
| Freedom Press | London | 84b Whitechapel High Street (Angel Alley) | http://www.freedompress.org.uk/ |
| Star and Shadow | Newcastle Upon Tyne | Stepney Bank | http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/ |
| Next To Nowhere | Liverpool | - | http://www.liverpoolsocialcentre.org |
| Warzone | Belfast | - | http://www.warzonecollective.com |
| The Factory | Bristol | 2-8 Cave Street | http://freefactory.wordpress.com/ |
[edit] Occasional/Evicted Social Centres
- Matilda, Sheffield
- Peoples Autonomous Destination (PAD), Cardiff
- A-Spire, Leeds
- Mill Road Social Centre, Cambridge
- OKasional Cafe, Manchester
[edit] Resource Centres
- Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
- Lancaster Resource Centre, Lancaster
- Blackcurrent Centre, Northampton
- Oxford Action Resource Centre, Oxford
- 56@ Infoshop, London
- London Action Resource Centre, London
- Bradford Resource Centre, Bradford
- The Forest - A social centre and arts space in Edinburgh
[edit] External links
- Social Centres Network Website
- Social Centre Network Newsgroup
- Indymedia UK Free Spaces section
- Advisory Service for Squatters
[edit] References
- ^ LARC website on Social Centre Network
