News: new partnership with placemaking experts Beam

We’re pleased to announce that we’re strengthening our great relationship with public arts and placemaking experts at Beam, based at Wakefield’s Orangery. Urban Pollinators director Julian Dobson has joined a new panel of Beam Associates, providing expertise across a wide range of disciplines in arts, architecture, community development, public space and regeneration. Other associates include [...]

Inspiration of the Week: The Place Station

Ancoats Dispensary is a beautiful Grade II listed building in Manchester. Dating from the 1870s, it has links to Ancoats, the hub of the industrial revolution, and connections with several generations of workers and residents in the area. The dispensary lies in the centre of the New Islington regeneration area and is currently a stabilised [...]