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| Formation | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Type | Charity |
| Location | |
Parent organization | Camden Town Unlimited |
Staff | 1-10 |
| Website | camdencollective.co.uk |
Camden Collective is a regeneration project located in the London Borough of Camden. [1] [2] [3]
| | |
| Formation | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Type | Charity |
| Location | |
Parent organization | Camden Town Unlimited |
Staff | 1-10 |
| Website | camdencollective.co.uk |
Camden Collective is a regeneration project located in the London Borough of Camden. [1] [2] [3]
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]
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]
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]
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