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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COVID-19

Community Library Box

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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allotment food

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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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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box of eggs

Levelling the Cooker

May 20, 2020Covid-19, Things We Want to Talk AboutAndrew Small, community engagement, COVID-19, Lockdown2020, Mental Health Awareness Week

The 2nd in our series of blogs from our team during #Lockdown2020.

Our team member Andrew Small talks about his lockdown survival techniques of fixing, painting, portfolio sharing and auto

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Kubler-Ross change curve

The Grief & Joy of Lockdown

May 20, 2020Covid-19, Things We Want to Talk AboutCommunity Development, COVID-19, Grief, Haiku, Kubler-Ross, Lockdown2020, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness Week, Self Care, Social Emergency, Street Bingo, Yoga

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week the We Make Places team have been reflecting on their time in Lockdown and how it relates to our practice.

This introductory blog

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We Make Places Social Emergency Plan visual

A Social Emergency

April 6, 2020Things We Want to Talk Aboutcommunity, COVID-19, engagement

This is a challenging time for us all, both societally and individually.

As a social enterprise we've had to split priorities between ensuring our staff team are safe & well

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