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…
Tag: town centre regeneration
“Challenge Annette” – A Falkirk Can Do Tale
Remember the TV series “Challenge Anneka” which had Anneka Rice creating community facilities (or refurbishing existing ones) using goods and l…
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 …
Can Do Places in Dublin
A team from Can Do Places visits Dublin to investigate The Fumbally Exchange. This re-purposed building was vacant until an architect with vision decid…
Small is Bountiful
Small is Bountiful - by Benedict Dellot If you were able to start from scratch, what kind of a local economy would you create? Would it be one do…
How the new economy can revive remote Scottish communities.
The world is facing an unprecedented re-appraisal of economic thinking following a decade of low growth and a growing movement of people talking about …
Co-working in Madrid
Official figures from Spain show that more than 70 people a day there are becoming “autonomos” - freelance workers. No surprise, then, that co-working …