Cockpit Deptford review – the subtle art of making do

Cities are not made by housing alone. Nor, even, by the cafes and retail units and light garnish of landscape that tend to come with speculative residential developments. They also

Oxford brewery helps cut reoffending rates by training jail-leavers to make ale

Good beer, said Thomas Jefferson, “softens the temper, cheers the spirit and promotes health”.It may also be a potential tool for helping solve the crisis in British prisons. A craft

Tim Joss obituary

My husband, Tim Joss, who has died aged 68 in a cycling accident, was a social entrepreneur and chief executive and founder of Arts Enterprise With a Social Purpose (Aesop).

Leonard Johnson obituary

In 1981, on the same night as riots were breaking out in Brixton, the community leader Leonard Johnson, faced with a crowd of angry young people on one side and

Social enterprise offers young people paid opportunity to protect UK oceans

A social enterprise has launched offering people between the ages of 18 and 29 the chance to protect the seas around the UK while getting paid.The Sea Ranger Service (SRS)

Creative ideas to turn train stations into social hubs | Letter

There is a crying need, as you argue in your editorial, for much more creative thinking about how to develop our stations as “social hubs” in the wake of the government’s

‘We made a nuisance of ourselves’: how Citizens House created real affordable housing – for ever!

In the back corner of a council estate in south London once occupied by dingy rows of lock-up garages next to a playground, there now stands a gleaming white brick

Remade in Paris: new life for capital’s abandoned buildings

An enormous art nouveau greenhouse rises from the Meudon forest, its front made entirely of glass. Inside, suspended from the ceiling, is a 21-metre-long shiny, inflatable zeppelin, which looks as

Jam today: how the Soul Shack nurtures the spirit of a community

‘Who wants to learn how to make jam?” Shanelle Webb calls out after the children have finished eating tacos. The energetic hula-hooping, Christmas wreath-making, dancing and playing with fidget toys

‘Pay what you can afford’: Newcastle bakery combats rising cost of living

“They are absolutely food of the gods,” said Andy Haddon after a few minutes eulogising about the simplicity, slight chewiness and fabulous taste of the stottie, the round flat loaf

Tony Flower obituary

My friend Tony Flower, who has died aged 71 of cancer, was a social entrepreneur and writer, and a maker of musical instruments, models and charities.For 20 years he worked

‘Those clothes were like gold’: fashion donors give refugees dignity of choice

When she first came to Britain as a refugee from Nigeria six years ago, Kemi had a three-month-old daughter, a room in a shared house and £5.39 to survive on

Founders of ticketing platform Humanitix honoured with Committee for Sydney award

A social enterprise that donates booking fees from tickets for festivals, concerts and events to children’s charities has been recognised with a Committee for Sydney award.Humanitix co-founders, Josh Ross and

‘Free meals for homeless’ cafe in London’s East End at risk as donations dry up

The founder of a London social enterprise that gives free meals to refugees and the homeless has said it is at risk of closure because the cost of living crisis

Social supermarkets offer choice and self-esteem to hard-up workers

In the crypt of a 283-year-old London church, you would not normally expect to see displays of fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish next to shelves of tinned food, toilet

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