UK Social Centre Network
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The UK Social Centre Network is a network of independent social and community centres in the United Kingdom whose aim is to link up "the growing number of autonomous spaces to share resources, ideas and information" [1] The network draws a very clear distinction between the many independent social and community centres around the country on one side and the state or large NGO sponsored community centres on the other. Despite there being a tradition of social spaces in occupied buildings (also known as squatting), the recent upsurge in (legal) social centres has come about in the last five years.
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[edit] List of social centres
[edit] Occasional Social Centres
- Saorsa Social Centre, Glasgow
- Seomra Spraoi, Dublin
- Matilda, Sheffield
- Peoples Autonomous Destination (PAD), Cardiff
The Square Social Centre, London. (Dissolution announced July 1, 2006).- - A-Spire, Leeds
[edit] Resource Centres
- Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
- Lancaster Resource Centre, Lancaster
- Blackcurrent Centre, Northampton
- Oxford Action Resource Centre, Oxford
- 56@ Infoshop, London
- LARC - London Action Resource Centre, London
[edit] External links
- Social Centres Network Website
- Social Centre Network Newsgroup
- LARC website on the Social Centre Network
- Indymedia UK Free Spaces section
- Squatters Advisory Service
[edit] References
- ^ LARC website on Social Centre Network.
| Name | Place | Address | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 in 12 Club | Bradford | 21 Albion Street | http://www.1in12.go-legend.net/ |
| Georges X Chalkboard | Glasgow | 34 Clarendon Place (closed) | http://georgesxchalkboard.blogspot.com/ |
| The Common Place | Leeds | 23-25 Wharf Street | http://www.thecommonplace.org.uk/ |
| The Basement | Manchester | 24 Lever Street (off Piccadilly Gardens) | http://thebasement.clearerchannel.org/drupal |
| The Casa / Initiative Factory | Liverpool | 29 Hope Street | http://www.initfactory.gn.apc.org/ |
| ASBO Community Centre | Nottingham | 33-35 Burns Street, 1 Wildman Street | http://asbo.squat.net/ |
| The Sumac Centre | Nottingham | 245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham | http://www.sumac.org.uk |
| Kebele Cultural Project | Bristol | 14 Robertson Road | http://www.kebelecoop.org |
| rampART Creative and Social Centre | London | 15-17 Rampart Street | http://www.rampart.co.nr |
| The Cowley Club | Brighton | 12 London Road | http://www.cowleyclub.org.uk |
| Freedom Press | London | 84b Whitechapel Hihgh Street (Angel Alley) | http://www.freedompress.org.uk/ |
