https://theliberationcentre.com The Liberation Centre Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:45:26 +0000 https://theliberationcentre.com en https://theliberationcentre.com/Homepage Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:18:31 +0000 The Liberation Centre https://theliberationcentre.com/Homepage WELCOME TO THE... <img src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8bf9016ab7de8cc4717f2de180e5fa2509e1f0ebf8a16f9c121cb67faed5594/Liberation_Centre.svg" style="float:left; width:66%; height: auto;"> donate here https://theliberationcentre.com/Introduction Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:36:33 +0000 The Liberation Centre https://theliberationcentre.com/Introduction A home for youth ORGANISING in the UK. We are thrilled to welcome you all to The Liberation Centre, a groundbreaking youth and community space located at Beehive Place in Brixton! This purpose-built facility spanning over two floors and with accessible facilities and design hopes to be a space for creativity, dreaming, organising, and action for our collective liberation. The Liberation Centre is open for external bookings! Email us at bookings@theadvocacyacademy.com CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER! S https://theliberationcentre.com/Our-roots-in-Brixton-are-growing-deeper Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:45:26 +0000 The Liberation Centre https://theliberationcentre.com/Our-roots-in-Brixton-are-growing-deeper Our roots in Brixton are growing deeper https://theliberationcentre.com/Why-does-the-centre-exist Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:55:15 +0000 The Liberation Centre https://theliberationcentre.com/Why-does-the-centre-exist Why does the centre exist? With a 10-year lease from Lambeth Council and the potential for extension, The Liberation Centre will act as a centre for learning, organising, dreaming, and community building. It will not only house TAA's community and youth organising programs but also serve as a vibrant, open-access sanctuary for young people and activists from across London and beyond. Our former space in Brixton was a cherished hub for the community, operating despite much hardship and uncertainty through a pandemic, eviction notices, and lots of structural issues. In our 5 years in Vining Streets, we hosted a plethora of brilliant organisations and groups such as the UK Student Climate Network, Our Second Home, and the Living Wage Foundation to name a few. Now, The Liberation Centre will elevate this legacy, continuing to be a welcoming and accessible hub for marginalised voices and organising for power. https://theliberationcentre.com/Features-and-Amenities Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:02:30 +0000 The Liberation Centre https://theliberationcentre.com/Features-and-Amenities Features and Amenities Meeting Spaces: We have big and small meeting spaces to welcome many types of events, and a kitchen fitted with a community fridge, pantry, and simple cooking facilities to meet your needs. Our quiet room is perfect for moments of reflection and focus, or for holding therapeutic practice. We have a library space where you can come and read and learn, and our stairs also double as an excellent makeshift cinema. Accessibility for all: Accessibility is a priority for us. Our space is fully accessible with a working lift, accessible toilets, gender-neutral toilets, quiet room, baby changing facilities. Affordable coworking spaces: We will be operating a flexible, accessible, intersectional, and affordable co-working space for individuals, groups, organisations, or businesses in the community that share our ethos and want to work from our vibrant headquarters. Our co-working spaces include the option to rent desks with and without monitors, and gives you access to book out our different spaces should you need to. https://theliberationcentre.com/HIRING-SPACE Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:02:34 +0000 The Liberation Centre https://theliberationcentre.com/HIRING-SPACE HIRING THE LIBERATION CENTRE Solidarity Pay-Scale: To maintain our commitment to accessibility, we operate on a Solidarity Pay basis: Small and Unfunded Groups: We offer free organising and event space for unfunded activist and self-organised education groups. Funded Groups: We ask those who can afford to make a donation on a sliding scale to support the space. What our community hires have to say! “Working in solidarity with Advocacy Academy has made so much possible for Lambeth Mutual Aid. Their generosity in sharing their space has enabled us to establish monthly social events, at which we get to meet a wide range of people in our community and talk with them about the difficulties they are experiencing. When so much public space has been lost to invisible private ownership, having access to space in the way Advocacy Academy make possible enables Lambeth Mutual Aid, and other groups like ours, to rebuild the community bonds that so much in Austerity/Hostile Environment Britain seeks to demolish.” - Maddy, Lambeth Mutual Aid https://theliberationcentre.com/Help-Us-Build-Our-National-Home Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:43:02 +0000 The Liberation Centre https://theliberationcentre.com/Help-Us-Build-Our-National-Home OUR JOURNEY https://theliberationcentre.com/Timeline Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:47:28 +0000 The Liberation Centre https://theliberationcentre.com/Timeline 07/2023 Ten year lease in a previously unused space under the Rec Moving from our previous Brixton home, on Vining Street, after years of hard work, we were the council’s preferred bidder for this previously unused space. This long-term lease underscored the commitment of The Advocacy Academy (TAA) to building a future where young advocates are at the forefront of shaping a more just, inclusive, and equitable society for all. TAA looked to capital fund this project through a combination of trust and foundation grants, major gifts, match-funding and crowd-funding campaigns and small and medium individual donations. <img width="2016" height="1512" width_o="2016" height_o="1512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c945fd748bec2d57aea0fc7ce79285fa2d1ae1c4903fd0b345afd1248f3e5a9/IMG_4658-1.jpg" data-mid="184988078" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c945fd748bec2d57aea0fc7ce79285fa2d1ae1c4903fd0b345afd1248f3e5a9/IMG_4658-1.jpg" /> 08/2023 Final architectural design and construction scheduling In August, the final architectural design and construction scheduling for The Advocacy Academy’s new space was completed, paving the way for the transformative vision to take shape. During this process and afterwards, the space has been co-created and designed by our young people and community groups, ensuring that the new space truly becomes a dynamic hub for empowerment and positive change. We will also be working hard to identify at-cost donations of items, and in-kind gifts of services to help reduce costs. <img width="4240" height="2832" width_o="4240" height_o="2832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6428d94cd9d778b90a134fd43c7c03f5bb72610117fbc60c50625875b53438c2/ACTIVITY-ADVOCATES-07952.jpg" data-mid="184753750" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6428d94cd9d778b90a134fd43c7c03f5bb72610117fbc60c50625875b53438c2/ACTIVITY-ADVOCATES-07952.jpg" /> 2024 Construction and outfitting Amidst careful planning and attention to detail, the construction and outfitting of The Advocacy Academy’s new space commenced in 2024, marking a significant step towards ensuring an intentional environment for nurturing young advocates and driving impactful change. <img width="1400" height="935" width_o="1400" height_o="935" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44e9432138695049830f2e7c0c7c571115fcfe164e4ba66a02f8b02713e98a17/ADVOCACY-ACADEMY-04160-bw.jpg" data-mid="184753608" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44e9432138695049830f2e7c0c7c571115fcfe164e4ba66a02f8b02713e98a17/ADVOCACY-ACADEMY-04160-bw.jpg" /> 2024 Opening of the Liberation Centre We opened up The Liberation Centre to the public! This dynamic space will be a new home for our young advocates and partner organisations, providing them with the knowledge and resources to shape a more just, fair, and equal society for all. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3476410dde6c235977972a736a273094c19a5de3b61bee5265fce4c827c4b25/IMG_0198.jpg" data-mid="220127755" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3476410dde6c235977972a736a273094c19a5de3b61bee5265fce4c827c4b25/IMG_0198.jpg" /> https://theliberationcentre.com/Behind-the-scenes Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:17:07 +0000 The Liberation Centre https://theliberationcentre.com/Behind-the-scenes JOIN US BEHIND THE SCENES <img width="1844" height="855" width_o="1844" height_o="855" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89bdf94699713992fd73d5df0567472003073de01ff56562a8e9e5ca3631f01f/5.GF-View---STAIRS-1.jpg" data-mid="197382270" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89bdf94699713992fd73d5df0567472003073de01ff56562a8e9e5ca3631f01f/5.GF-View---STAIRS-1.jpg" /> <img width="1844" height="855" width_o="1844" height_o="855" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2861493b29301aee2b2f5e7e1fe735b5c6e9b1d2edd181f7ea5502e7a92d3edc/10.Basementv-VIEW-1.jpg" data-mid="197382271" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2861493b29301aee2b2f5e7e1fe735b5c6e9b1d2edd181f7ea5502e7a92d3edc/10.Basementv-VIEW-1.jpg" /> <img width="1844" height="855" width_o="1844" height_o="855" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95aadb30695dd83e9cf028b23bc845b88d2c1dd4eee2b33f3e4e769074a27f4e/1A.GF-View-AERIAL-1_2.jpg" data-mid="197385336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95aadb30695dd83e9cf028b23bc845b88d2c1dd4eee2b33f3e4e769074a27f4e/1A.GF-View-AERIAL-1_2.jpg" /> <img width="1844" height="855" width_o="1844" height_o="855" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82869c8fd820ce6ea1d77c979479aef7fd2aefe85fb3bd11cbeee3db188485ea/1B.GF-View-AERIAL-2_2.jpg" data-mid="197385337" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82869c8fd820ce6ea1d77c979479aef7fd2aefe85fb3bd11cbeee3db188485ea/1B.GF-View-AERIAL-2_2.jpg" /> <img width="1844" height="855" width_o="1844" height_o="855" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55e6bd58cc7321e46578835dd127901b688d39d13d27ed090127c6a0d27cfcaf/1C.GF-View-AERIAL-3_2.jpg" data-mid="197385338" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55e6bd58cc7321e46578835dd127901b688d39d13d27ed090127c6a0d27cfcaf/1C.GF-View-AERIAL-3_2.jpg" /> 102 square metres / 1100 square feet of space over two floors, in the previously unused and newly converted ground floor of the iconic Brixton Recreation Centre. The state of the art, Liberation Centre will be equipped to provide: Meeting, training and organising space for local community and campaigning groups making good trouble and creating stronger community tiesEvent space for creative works, citizen assemblies, and young people to meet, gather and work together to make change happen Storage, equipment and kitchen space for organisations needing a physical addressTraining and education space for classes of up to 35 peopleA home base for all TAA core programmes and campaigns An archive, resource library and gallery of youth organising workPermanent office space for TAA staffAdditional office and hot desk space for 3‐5 additional organisationsMain Entrance