Ex Bank Becomes Can Do Space
The sun is well and truly shining on Leith when Can Do Places pitches up at the Edinburgh Remakery, the social enterprise which recently celebrated its…
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Portpatrick – How Community Shares Saved a Village
6 minute read and view Almost a decade ago, a busy, historic harbour in the seaside village of Portpatrick in Dumfries & Galloway was facing a ver…
My Enterprising Place – Wayne Hemingway
5 minute read It’s no surprise that award-winning designer Wayne Hemingway has given a big “thumbs-up” to what Can Do Places stands for. For the co…
A Breath of FreshAYR!
4 minute read Robert Singer has two passions in life: art and his hometown of Ayr. Now he’s bringing the two together in a community project aimed a…
Peebles – A Can Do Place
Peebles is a beautiful town in the borders of Scotland. The reason for taking part in Can Do Places for the community was to address that very modern …
From Home Working to Co Working – Meet Frances Holliss
Dr Frances Holliss is an architect and Emeritus Reader at the Cass School of Architecture at London Metropolitan University. She is also one of our ke…
Postcard from the Dandelion Cafe
When Mairi Darroch and Suzanne Stevenson heard that Glasgow City Council’s decision to return “underused, disused or derelict buildings in parks to mor…
A Can Do Places Fable
Once upon a time there was a place where people made and sold things. They had to do that in order to survive because without earning money how cou…
Postcard from Westray
Louise and Duncan Drever run WFM Brown Ltd., an award-winning, wholesale bakery on the island of Westray (population around 600) in Orkney. The bakery …
What Makes An Enterprising Place?
What makes an Enterprising Place? What makes a place Can Do? We need your help! On 20th April (NB: this event has now ended) in Glasgow, we are going…