Camden Collective Explained

Camden Collective
Formation:	2009
Type:	Charity
Parent Organization:	Camden Town Unlimited
Staff:	1-10
Location:	London Borough of Camden

Camden Collective is a regeneration project located in the London Borough of Camden.^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

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]}

Participants

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]}

Properties

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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2013-03-12/the-campaign-to-save-the-high-streets/ High streets' decline
2. http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/camden_collective_labour_cut_business_rates_rachel_reeves_mp_1_3976134 Camden Collective hailed as a ‘leading example’ as Labour sets out economic plan
3. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/sep/07/reinvention-high-street-shopping-mary-portas-gla-london-regeneration-fund Whatever happened to the reinvention of the UK high street?
4. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a843076-4a6f-11e5-b558-8a9722977189.html#axzz3qWfNZuwH London’s Camden reinvents itself as hub for emerging businesses
5. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/pep-up-high-street-with-pop-up-shops-says-report-into-vacant-premises-8530911.html Pep up high street with pop-up shops, says report into vacant premises
6. Book: The London High Street Possibilities Primer. Design for London. 2009.
7. Web site: Miniature rail-line to run along Camden High Street rooftop. Camden New Journal.
8. http://www.designboom.com/art/camden-collectives-high-street-highline-london-design-festival-09-17-2014/ camden collective takes art to the rooftops for london design festival
9. https://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/want-to-get-into-the-creative-industries-watch-this-space-8732207.html Want to get into the creative industries? Watch this space
10. https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Case%20study%20-%20pop%20up%20shop.pdf CASE STUDY: Collective, a pop-up gallery in Camden Town
11. http://www.london.gov.uk/city-hall/city-hall-blog/2014/05/camden-collective-helps-creative-start-ups-accelerate-their Camden Collective helps creative start-ups accelerate their business
12. https://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/regeneration/high-streets/funding-programmes/mayors-regeneration-fund Mayor's Regeneration Fund
13. https://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/regeneration/high-streets/funding-programmes/high-street-fund High Street Fund
14. https://lep.london/our-work-and-priorities/our-projects Growing Places Fund
15. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/frontlinelondon/our-friend-mo-has-gone-from-moneydoublez-the-drug-dealer-to-pillar-of-the-community-9551932.html Our friend Mo has gone from ‘Moneydoublez’ the drug dealer to pillar of the community
16. http://animalnewyork.com/2013/animal-london-sudden-black-and-the-camden-collective/ ANIMAL LONDON: SUDDEN BLACK AND THE CAMDEN COLLECTIVE
17. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/inside-sbtv-from-bedroom-to-boardroom Inside SBTV: From Bedroom to Boardroom
18. http://payneshurvell.com/2013/01/andrew-curtis-leisure-circle-1-march-23-march/ Andrew Curtis / The Leisure Circle / 1 – 22 March
19. http://www.amywinehousefoundation.org/amys30event/amys30-pop-up-collective-camden
    1. Amys30 Pop Up Shop – Collective
20. https://www.hospitalrecords.com/news/camden-pop-up-hospital-shop-love/ Camden Pop-up Hospital Shop Love
21. http://www.kerrang.com/27165/enter-shikari-unveil-london-pop-shop/ Enter Shikari Unveil London Pop-Up Shop
22. http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/news/article-17568.php Transforming Camden High Street: Camden Collective
23. http://www.dextermoren.com/archives/project/collective-camden Collective Camden
24. http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2014-02-/21/david-roberts-art-foundation-geographies-of-contamination-camden Build it... and they will show
25. https://www.london.gov.uk/media/mayor-press-releases/2014/03/deputy-mayor-helps-camden-s-creative-entrepreneurs-celebrate-1st Deputy Mayor helps Camden’s creative entrepreneurs celebrate 1st year of success
26. http://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1285843/it-boosting-vitality-pop-up-lettings How we did it: Boosting vitality through pop-up lettings
27. Book: Regeneration Guide #1. Funding Bids. Greater London Authority. 2015.
28. http://news.camden.gov.uk/hs2camden-backs-proposal-to-get-national-temperance-hospital-into-use HS2: Proposal to get National Temperance Hospital into use
29. Web site: National Temperance Hospital: back in business. Kentish Towner.
30. Web site: Co-working space to resuscitate derelict Camden hospital. The Spaces Magazine.
31. Web site: Camden Inspire Awards - the winners.