Camden Collective
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| Formation | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Type | Charity |
| Location | |
Parent organization | Camden Town Unlimited |
| Staff | 1-10 |
| Website | camdencollective.co.uk |
Camden Collective is a regeneration project located in the London Borough of Camden.[1][2][3]
History
The project has been run by Camden Town Unlimited, the business improvement district for Camden Town since 2009.[4][5][6] Camden Collective carries out projects including public art, co-working spaces, pop up shops, accelerator and business support courses.[7][8][9][10][11] The project relies on grants and raising revenue to support its activities.[12][13][14]
Participants
Notable businesses using the co-working spaces include SB.TV, Clime-it Brothers and Sudden Black.[15][16] A Channel 4 documentary series, Bedroom to Boardroom that followed SB.TV was filmed in Camden Collective’s co-working space.[17] PayneShurvell, Amy Winehouse Foundation, Hospital Records and UK band Enter Shikari have previously used the Camden Collective pop up shops.[18][19][20][21]
Properties
Camden Collective re-purposes previously vacant and underused properties for its activities.[22] The original ‘wire-less, wall-less’ Collective co-working space was designed by Dexter Moren Associates in 2009, and was located above David Roberts Art Foundation in a 19th-century converted furniture factory.[23][24] In 2013, the project opened a 3-storey retail and co-working space on Camden High Street.[25][26][27] Since 2015, the project has been using National Temperance Hospital ahead of its likely demolition for HS2 at Euston.[28][29][30]
References
- ^ High streets' decline, ITV News.
- ^ Camden Collective hailed as a ‘leading example’ as Labour sets out economic plan, Ham & High.
- ^ Whatever happened to the reinvention of the UK high street?, The Guardian.
- ^ London’s Camden reinvents itself as hub for emerging businesses, Financial Times.(subscription required)
- ^ Pep up high street with pop-up shops, says report into vacant premises, Evening Standard.
- ^ The London High Street Possibilities Primer. Design for London. 2009.
- ^ "Miniature rail-line to run along Camden High Street rooftop". Camden New Journal.
- ^ camden collective takes art to the rooftops for london design festival, Designboom.
- ^ Want to get into the creative industries? Watch this space, The Independent.
- ^ CASE STUDY: Collective, a pop-up gallery in Camden Town, Greater London Authority.
- ^ Camden Collective helps creative start-ups accelerate their business, Greater London Authority.
- ^ Mayor's Regeneration Fund, Greater London Authority.
- ^ High Street Fund, Greater London Authority.
- ^ Growing Places Fund, London Enterprise Panel.
- ^ Our friend Mo has gone from ‘Moneydoublez’ the drug dealer to pillar of the community, Evening Standard.
- ^ ANIMAL LONDON: SUDDEN BLACK AND THE CAMDEN COLLECTIVE, Animal New York.
- ^ Inside SBTV: From Bedroom to Boardroom, Channel 4.
- ^ Andrew Curtis / The Leisure Circle / 1 – 22 March, PayneShurvell.
- ^ #Amys30 Pop Up Shop – Collective, Amy Winehouse Foundation.
- ^ Camden Pop-up Hospital Shop Love, Hospital Records.
- ^ Enter Shikari Unveil London Pop-Up Shop, Kerrang.
- ^ Transforming Camden High Street: Camden Collective, All In London.
- ^ Collective Camden, Dexter Moren Associates.
- ^ Build it... and they will show, GQ.
- ^ Deputy Mayor helps Camden’s creative entrepreneurs celebrate 1st year of success, Greater London Authority.
- ^ How we did it: Boosting vitality through pop-up lettings, Planning Resource. (subscription required)
- ^ Regeneration Guide #1 (2015). Funding Bids. Greater London Authority.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ HS2: Proposal to get National Temperance Hospital into use, Camden Council.
- ^ "National Temperance Hospital: back in business". Kentish Towner.
- ^ "Co-working space to resuscitate derelict Camden hospital". The Spaces Magazine.
