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Livesey Exchange

An exhibition by Frank LeBon and Hanna Moon opens on 17th June. Drawing A Blank will show several works from the artists alongside other names, and promises to be ’14 mini exhibitions’ in one. For more info and an interview with the artists read DAZED

Free trouser making workshop on Thursday 18th May 2017, 7-9pm. To book a place contact: Hannah Cawley info@communitythread.co.uk

On Saturday 20th May at 6:30pm we will show ‘We live in Peckham’, a film by Marcus Hessenberg. We Live In Peckham was filmed over three years, interviewing the locals, old and new, of an area currently under going many changes. Meet shopkeepers, residents and visitors to an area sometimes known as Little Lagos, The … Continue reading “We live in Peckham”

Come along to the Crowdfund London information evening at the Livesey Exchange on Wednesday 26th April 6-8pm. Spacehive will run a workshop on how to start a crowdfunding project. Watch the Crowdfund London film

On Wednesday 19th April at 3pm the new sports pitch will be opened. Millwall Football Club will deliver a special training session for the kids from Camlet School and afterwards the pitch will be open to the public. The sports pitch improvement work was initiated by the Ledbury Estate TRA and funded through Southwark’s CGS … Continue reading “new sports pitch”

Ledbury Estate Architect: GLC Architects Department Built: mid-1960sSize: 16 blocks The concrete panels of these twelve-storey towers were faced with Norfolk flint. The Ledbury Estate in Peckham is a great example of the kind of post-war building most overlooked by fans of modern architecture. The low- and high-rise blocks on the estate were built using … Continue reading “made with Norfolk flint”

On the 22nd March the Power Project lead another toolbox making workshop and were excited to have Jeanette Mason, the chair fo the Ledbury Estate Tenant and Resident Association take part. The Power Project is run by James Green, Maya Alvarado and Louise Colgan. Material was sponsored by Pempeople.        

Thank you to Leader of the Council Peter John, Councillors Mark Williams, Michael Situ and Johnson Situ for visiting us on Friday 3rd March and supporting the project. “It has been thrilling to visit the Livesey Exchange today – and to see the start of a journey which will bring local jobs and opportunities for … Continue reading “Peter John visits Livesey Exchange”

Power Project ran a very popular Make Your Own Toolbox workshop on Wednesday 8th March, 4-8pm, to celebrate International Women’s Day 2017. This womens workshop taucht skills in pan folding and metal finishing starting from a laser cut steel sheet. Power Project’s workshops attract a wide range of people and warmly welcome those making for … Continue reading “Make your own toolbox”

Livesey Exchange workshop 14.01.1017, 1-4pm Maya Alvarado and James Green ran an event for girls in metal work – making a clamp. It was an awesome activity and we hope it is something that we can start to run more regularly at the Livesey Exchange. We are calling it Power Project. Sugru provided free materials … Continue reading “OPEN DAY power project”

Thanks to everyone who came along to the open day and to all those who helped to organise it. The clamp making in the Livesey workshop and the mobile forge were a great trial of what is about to come. Latin American dancers, ukolele performances, bubble blowing combined with architectural drawings and a model made … Continue reading “Livesey Exchange OPEN DAY Sat.14th January 1-4pm”

Great news! Livesey Exchange has successfully attracted capital funding from the Mayor’s Regeneration Fund with match funding from Southwark Council, Southwark Tenant Fund and Airbnb. Building works is scheduled to commence in 2017.

Three exciting projects have been successfully crowdfunded in Southwark and are ready to move forward. Peckham Lido, Peckham Coal Line and The Livesey Exchange on Old Kent Road need your feedback on what’s happened so far, to help shape the next steps. Add you comments here

Proposed changes to the garages will be discussed with the Ledbury Estate residents and TRA. The Livesey Exchange team will be at this meeting starting at 7pm, Ledbury Estate TRA Hall on Old Kent Road. Photo: Alexander Christie

Livesey Exchange proposals will be part of an exhibition at the New London Architecture Centre ‘Shaping London’s future workspaces’ 13.October – 17.December 2017 ‘This exhibition discusses the changing nature of work in a time of flux: both internationally, technologically and culturally. What do we need for the future? Where will we working?’ ‘With ever increasing … Continue reading “Workspace exhibiton at NLA 13.10.-17.12.”

Jules Pipe, London Deputy Mayor for planning, regeneration & came to see the Livesey Exchange in the making today.