For the London Design Festival in September Clear Village exhibited the results of the CIRCuIT Urban Mined hackathon with Good Waste and Other Today alongside other designers from Hackney Depot. The exhibition showcased material samples made from demolition waste – fused glass architectural forms and reprocessed marble like plaster alongside […] more »
Clear Village is undertaking an exciting new project in Penmachno, a remote rural community in the heart of Snowdonia national park, North Wales. We will be transforming a derelict shop in the village square into a multi-use space which responds to the history and future of the village, through community-led […] more »
Introduction In July Clear Village hosted a collaborative workshop with 10 different European partners in the Human CIties network. The goal of the workshop was to co create a new methodology for impact measurement. Too often impact measurement is insufficiently recorded due to a number of factors. The boundaries of […] more »
As part of CIRCuit, Clear Village organised the Urban Mined Hackathon. A novel response to COVID restrictions, instead of hosting an event with 30 people in a room, we programmed an extended 3 month hack with three designers from Good Waste, Other Today and Batch Space. The elongated timeframe has […] more »
We are happy to announce that our Small Works space in Victoria has reopened. Our members are delighted with the news as it means they will be able to resume their valuable activities, and we will be able to kick start the give-back work to the community. We are also […] more »
One of Clear Village’s main responsibilities in Human Cities IV is to create the methodology for impact assessment. All Human Cities partners will carry out an intervention in a small, remote place and our goal is to develop a robust way of measuring the effects, of seeing what works and […] more »
Small Works is a joint programme by Clear Village and CIVA to turn underused spaces into vibrant centers for social enterprise and community services. At the heart of Small Works lies the belief that every community is brimming with potential and that it’s often just a matter of bringing it all together: […] more »
Having been a partner for Human Cities III, Clear Village is excited to be a part of the newest edition, Human Cities IV – a collaborative EU project working co-creatively with 10 European partners to drive social innovation. The fourth installment, SMOTIES, focuses on small and remote places, often neglected […] more »
We were delighted to receive a grant from the National Lottery’s Awards for All programme recently. The grant has helped us adapt our Small Works project to support our social enterprise members and local residents affected by the pandemic. Our main aim in the short term has been to help […] more »