I’m Lucy.

 

For the last decade, I have worked at the intersection of creativity, environmental, spatial and social justice. I carry out research, commission public art and deliver programmes that invite people to think differently. I have a specific interest in working with residents who are systemically excluded and at risk of displacement.

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I offer consultancy and production support for community groups, local authorities and developers interested in realising projects that put communities in control of their spaces. 

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I was 2023 Churchill Fellow, with a focus on community-led regeneration in disinvested neighbourhoods. 

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I am a former member of the Old Kent Road Community Review Panel and a placemaking and landscape specialist for the Southwark Design Review Panel. I am on the Creative Health Steering Group for the London Borough of Southwark. 

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I have a professional qualification from the Institute of Fundraising and am experienced in finding funding to produce projects.

 

In my spare time, I am a yoga student (and sometime teacher), reader (and sometime editor) of books and a cold water swimmer. I am also a committee member at a community garden in South London.

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Partners I have worked with on projects in recent years include:

Arts Council England

Bedminster Works

Creative Civic Change

Creative Urban Alchemy 

Design West

Glengall Wharf Garden

Joseph Rowntree Trust 

London Borough of Ealing

London Borough of Southwark

London Borough of Hackney

London Borough of Haringey 

London Borough of Hounslow

LSE (London School of Economics)

Maximus

Mount Anvil

One Housing 

Platform Places

Quality of Life Foundation

School for Social Entrepreneurs

South London Integrated Care Board

South London Care

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust

The Churchill Fellowship

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