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Maximise The Canvas community space!

We're a not-for-profit vegan cafe and community hub incubating grassroots positive activism. We need to maximise our potential for social change by improving our spaces to better serve our community.

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Our Delivery Report

Funded on 27 August 2019 | Delivered on 21 June 2021

£20,485

RAISED

144

BACKERS

100

DAYS TO FUND

BIGGEST PLEDGE

Largest pledge from Mayor of London

£12,000

From Mayor of London

200

people have visited this project!

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Caroline Hand donated £150

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Denise Silva de Sousa donated £50

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People involved in project delivery

15 People involved in project delivery

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City of London Corporation

City of London Corporation donated £1,000

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Volunteers involved

5 Volunteers involved

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

London Borough of Tower Hamlets donated £1,000

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Community events created

180 Community events created

Days of training provided

48 Days of training provided


More about our impact

More about our impact

The environment

The environment

Our garden refurb has created a space that will be specifically used for growing herbs and vegetables for use in our kitchen.

The local economy

The local economy

Our Community Hub is now supported by a Canvas Community Network, or CCN, which will be run through a brand new Canvas website (launched later this year) that will connect Hub users and their ideas to a wider network of Canvas community business, including large corporations like Investec, Nuffield Health, Wieden and Kennedy and Second Home. These organisations will provide mentorship and support to enable the Hub events and ideas to grow, providing incubation as well as space for these grassroots projects.

Volunteering, jobs & education

Volunteering, jobs & education

We are creating training opportunities in partnership with the DWP to be able to turn both our Creative Space and our Community Hub into daytime training centres, offering free training courses to young people in our local area. This has been made possible due to the transformation of these areas.

Arts, culture & heritage

Arts, culture & heritage

The Hub is now fully equipped to support art exhibitions, live performances and rehearsals.