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/ |
[edit] Occasional Social Centres
- Matilda, Sheffield
- Peoples Autonomous Destination (PAD), Cardiff
The Square Social Centre, London. (Dissolution announced July 1, 2006).- - A-Spire, Leeds
- Next To Nowhere, Liverpool
[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
[edit] See also
- The Forest - A social centre and arts space in Edinburgh
- The Star and Shadow Cinema - A social centre and cinema in Newcastle
www.starandshadow.org.uk/
[edit] External links
- Social Centres Network Website
- Social Centre Network Newsgroup
- LARC website on the Social Centre Network
- Indymedia UK Free Spaces section
- Squatters Advisory Service
[edit] References
- ^ LARC website on Social Centre Network
