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At the June CIG meeting – Legacy and Impact we launched our map of connections and impact. Using historical CIG meeting minutes and the latest AI technology the London Interdisciplinary School University looked at the data to compile connections and themes over the years. Graphic design agency Europa took this output and developed the map…

Housing Creative Practitioners and Young People in East London The Hackney Wick and Fish Island creative community is diverse with the potential for permanence. This report focusses on the Hackney Wick and Fish Island (HWFI) and wider East London area but highlights issues which extend well beyond London and the UK. By examining community-led responses…

“We need each other more that ever” The Living Lab report “We need each other more than ever” March 2021 into the impact of Covid19 on the local creative sector. William Chamberlain, Creative Wick: “The research reveals the importance of the peer support from the local creative community, access to trusted local networks and information…

Painting Connections In June 2015, Creative Wick started working with UCL’s Institute for Global Prosperity, Institute for Sustainable Resources and the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis on a research project into Hackney Wick and Fish Island’s informal sharing economy. The research led to an exhibition on Hackney Wick & Fish Island’s creative community’s unique sharing economy that took place at…