UK Social Centre Network

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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 or 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/
Georges X Chalkboard Glasgow Closed (previously 34 Clarendon Place) http://georgesxchalkboard.blogspot.com/
The Common Place Leeds 23-25 Wharf Street http://www.thecommonplace.org.uk/
The Basement Manchester Closed (previously 24 Lever Street (off Piccadilly Gardens)) http://thebasement.clearerchannel.org/new/
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, Nottingham http://www.sumac.org.uk
Kebele Cultural Project Bristol 14 Robertson Road http://www.kebelecoop.org
People's Autonomous Destination (PAD) Cardiff Closed February 2008 (previously 118 Clifton Street) http://www.thepad.wordpress.com
RampART Social Centre London 15-17 Rampart Street http://www.rampart.co.nr
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/
Bowl Court Social Centre London Evicted August 2008 (previously Bowl Court Road) http://bowlcourt.wordpress.com/
Mill Road Social Centre Cambridge Evicted August 2008 (previously Mill Road) http://millroadsocialcentre.wordpress.com/
(New) Mill Road Social Centre Cambridge Occupation Road http://millroadsocialcentre.wordpress.com/
Map of social centres in the UK

[edit] Occasional Social Centres

[edit] Resource Centres

[edit] See also

www.starandshadow.org.uk/

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ LARC website on Social Centre Network
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