We Make Places is a Community Interest Company, based in Liverpool, UK which is writing, living and delivering a manifesto for change across the built environment.

We help communities to develop their identities through creative, land or building based projects. Most importantly we create fun and focused design and participation processes which develop the sense of community and leave individuals taking part with new transferrable skills.

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Things We Want to Talk About

We get up to lots of things, read lots of things, see lots of things and sometimes we like to rave (or rant) about them – sometimes we do it just to provoke and start the conversation – join in!

Holiday Gift Guide

November 29, 2022Things We Want to Talk About, We Make Places ProjectsCharity, Christmas, Christmas Gift ideas, Gift Guide, Gifts With Purpose, GivingTuesday, independent retail, Life of Ply, Liverpool, Liverpool city region, Small Business, Social Enterprise

We Make Places has created a Holiday Gift guide containing presents with a purpose. As a proud social enterprise, we want to support similar small businesses, social enterprises and charities

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Whose land is it anyway?

August 8, 2021Things We Want to Talk AboutBaltic, Baltic Green, Baltic Triangle, Citizen Led Projects, Green Spaces, land, Urban Park

Liverpool City Region wants' to create a 'framework for responsible stewardship of land...to make this the fairest & most socially inclusive city region in the country' and yet it just

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Sort Out Your Own Front Yard…..

June 1, 2020Covid-19, Things We Want to Talk AboutCOVID-19, DIY Community Resources, Lockdown2020, Street Bingo, Street Library

Steven talks about isolating, online teaching and how he found the performer in himself by creating a Street Bingo event close to home - the ideal test-bed for our new

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Growing Together

May 22, 2020Covid-19, Things We Want to Talk Aboutallotments, COVID-19, migrant solidarity network, youth work

Our 5th team member Michelle has been focused on delivering support to young people during lockdown.

Read about this and her many fundraising projects for the migrant community who have

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Thinking About Community Engagement in Lockdown

May 21, 2020Covid-19, Things We Want to Talk Aboutcommunity engagement, Lockdown2020, masters

In our 4th blog from the team, meet Lizzie and hear her thoughts on Community Engagement during Lockdown.

Lizzie also has news to share.........

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stay home globe to show we can't travel to see our family

Staying Home when it’s Not Your Original Home

May 21, 2020Covid-19, Things We Want to Talk Aboutconnectivity, COVID-19, Lockdown2020, multiculturalism

In our 3rd blog reflecting on #Lockdown2020, our team member Betty talks about how living in a different country from her family is presenting more emotional challenges during #Lockdown2020 than

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