Living Lab Second Project now live – Housing Creative Practitioners and Young People in East London

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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 to housing issues it highlights global themes of housing affordability, lack of housing supply, gentrification and displacement and changing demand patterns for living and working in the post Covid and digital-age city.

 

Read the report here: Creative Wick Living Lab Community Led Housing research report FINAL April 2022

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Robert Shaer | Fish Island Village

Creative Wick has commissioned local artist Robert Shaer to create the sign for Fish Island Village, one of the new residential communities in Fish Island, being built by Peabody & Hill. Robert’s sculpture also inspired Fish Island Village’s logo and permanent sign. Learn more about Robert Shaer’s work here.  
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ecoACTIVE Film Commission

ecoACTIVE is an innovative environmental education charity that  offer workshops and courses for schools and community groups, and support community gardening projects. ecoACTIVE commissioned Creative Wick to film their fantastic local school project. Employing our Film school lead and student alumni from last years cohort to film and edit videos that really brought the project…
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