Latest Projects

We have been commissioned by the community enterprise membership organisation Locality to research ways of using vacant public sector assets to generate training and employment opportunities for offenders and ex-offenders. The work will involve writing a case study on SociaCapita Solutions CIC, a Lewisham-based social enterprise that creates training and employment through the refurbishment and maintenance of land and property. We will also be jointly writing a how to guide to funding such initiatives with David Milburn formerly Executive Director of Amble Development Trust 

We were commissioned by an IT recycling social enterprise using funding from the Asset Transfer Unit to support its proposal to take over the running of libraries threatened with closure in Lewisham. The proposal was to establish mixed use community hubs including UK Online and IT training, pre-employment projects, a community radio station and cafe. Our role was to write the business case for the transfer resulting in the enterprise successfully taking over three of the buildings.  We are now advising on governance and on securing capital and revenue funding to refurbish the buildings and take the project forward in a sustainable way.

Rich Regeneration was commissioned by Phoenix Community Housing Association in Lewisham, South East London to assist plans for a community hub as part of its new headquarters development on the site of the former Green Man pub in Downham. The work involved developing a business plan for a multi-use community hub in the building, exploring available  sources  of funding and helping to establish a partnership to take the project forward