Local Property Partnerships:
Pilot Programme 2024-2027
Transforming town centre buildings for local benefit, in five neighbourhoods.
Thanks to funding from:
What we’re doing
Shifting multiple buildings into community use and ownership, for neighbourhood transformation.
The National Lottery Community Fund is supporting Platform Places and partners with almost £2.5 million over three years — made possible by National Lottery players.
The funding is being used to enable communities to come together and secure long-term spaces for the activities and services that they need the most.
Meet the Local Property Partnerships
In five neighbourhoods over three years (2024-2027), local leaders are working together with their partners and communities to shift buildings into long-term local ownership.
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Darnall Ward, Sheffield
Brightbox, together with a collective of local organisations, want to change the way high streets, buildings, and land are occupied within under-resourced and overlooked communities.
Image by Brightbox ©
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Byker, Newcastle
Big River Bakery, supported by Newcastle City Council and local partners, are working to create a network of interconnected high street spaces for food, arts, start-up businesses.
Image by Big River Bakery ©
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Bedminster, Bristol
Bedminster Property Partnership is setting a new tone for how properties are owned, managed and used in Bedminster.
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Knowsley and St Helens, Liverpool City Region
Kindred LCR and partners are re-imagining buildings into hubs for socially-trading organisations.
Image by Allan Melia for Kindred LCR ©
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Wandsworth Town, London
Wandsworth Town Property Partnership is working to unlock buildings for impactful ideas and businesses that promote affordability, sustainability, and community cohesion.
Image by Sarah Furniss Photography ©
Latest insights
Read the emerging highlights and learnings from the first six months of the pilot.
Co-delivery partners include:
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(Byker, Newcastle)
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(Darnall Ward, Sheffield)
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(Bedminster Bristol)
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(Knowsley & St Helen's, Liverpool City Region)
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(Wandsworth Town, London)
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(Wandsworth Town, London)
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(Bedminster, Bristol)
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(Wandsworth Town, London)
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(Bedminster, Bristol)
National support partners:
Follow our programme learnings
Hear about events, webinars and open-source resources.
Want to see this on your high street?
There’s a new way of doing town centre property, demonstrated by pioneers like Hastings Commons, Stour Trust, SAFE Regen, Civic Square, Nudge Community Builders, Makespace Oxford and more.
We hope our pilot programme will lay the groundwork for a larger follow-on funding programme, and catalyse England-wide adoption of this approach to unlocking buildings for local benefit — at scale.
Meanwhile, get started on your high street with our inspiration and guides.
Our programme approach
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