Camden Collective

Camden Collective
Formation2009
TypeCharity
Location
Parent organization
Camden Town Unlimited
Staff1-10
Websitecamdencollective.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, Sudden Black and Stemettes.[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]

From 2015 to 2017, the project used National Temperance Hospital ahead of its demolition for HS2 at Euston.[28][29][30]

In 2017, the project opened its 19th building, a co-working space, in a TfL-owned property in Camden Town.[31]

References

  1. ^ High streets' decline, ITV News.
  2. ^ Camden Collective hailed as a ‘leading example’ as Labour sets out economic plan, Ham & High.
  3. ^ Whatever happened to the reinvention of the UK high street?, The Guardian.
  4. ^ London’s Camden reinvents itself as hub for emerging businesses, Financial Times.(subscription required)
  5. ^ Pep up high street with pop-up shops, says report into vacant premises, Evening Standard.
  6. ^ The London High Street Possibilities Primer. Design for London. 2009.
  7. ^ "Miniature rail-line to run along Camden High Street rooftop". Camden New Journal.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ camden collective takes art to the rooftops for london design festival, Designboom.
  9. ^ Want to get into the creative industries? Watch this space, The Independent.
  10. ^ CASE STUDY: Collective, a pop-up gallery in Camden Town, Greater London Authority.
  11. ^ Camden Collective helps creative start-ups accelerate their business, Greater London Authority.
  12. ^ Mayor's Regeneration Fund, Greater London Authority.
  13. ^ High Street Fund, Greater London Authority.
  14. ^ Growing Places Fund Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, London Enterprise Panel.
  15. ^ Our friend Mo has gone from ‘Moneydoublez’ the drug dealer to pillar of the community, Evening Standard.
  16. ^ ANIMAL LONDON: SUDDEN BLACK AND THE CAMDEN COLLECTIVE, Animal New York.
  17. ^ Inside SBTV: From Bedroom to Boardroom, Channel 4.
  18. ^ Andrew Curtis / The Leisure Circle / 1 – 22 March, PayneShurvell.
  19. ^ #Amys30 Pop Up Shop – Collective, Amy Winehouse Foundation.
  20. ^ Camden Pop-up Hospital Shop Love, Hospital Records.
  21. ^ Enter Shikari Unveil London Pop-Up Shop, Kerrang.
  22. ^ Transforming Camden High Street: Camden Collective, All In London.
  23. ^ Collective Camden Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, Dexter Moren Associates.
  24. ^ Build it... and they will show Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, GQ.
  25. ^ Deputy Mayor helps Camden’s creative entrepreneurs celebrate 1st year of success, Greater London Authority.
  26. ^ How we did it: Boosting vitality through pop-up lettings, Planning Resource. (subscription required)
  27. ^ Regeneration Guide #1 (2015). Funding Bids. Greater London Authority.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ HS2: Proposal to get National Temperance Hospital into use, Camden Council.
  29. ^ "National Temperance Hospital: back in business". Kentish Towner.
  30. ^ "Co-working space to resuscitate derelict Camden hospital". The Spaces Magazine.
  31. ^ "Camden Inspire Awards - the winners".