Camden Collective

The project has been run by Camden Town Unlimited, the business improvement district for Camden Town since 2009.[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a843076-4a6f-11e5-b558-8a9722977189.html#axzz3qWfNZuwH London’s Camden reinvents itself as hub for emerging businesses], Financial Times.{{subscription required}}[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/pep-up-high-street-with-pop-up-shops-says-report-into-vacant-premises-8530911.html Pep up high street with pop-up shops, says report into vacant premises], Evening Standard.{{Cite book|title = The London High Street Possibilities Primer|publisher = Design for London|year = 2009}} Camden Collective carries out projects including public art, co-working spaces, pop up shops, accelerator and business support courses.{{Cite web|url = http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2014/sep/miniature-rail-line-run-along-camden-high-street-rooftop|title = Miniature rail-line to run along Camden High Street rooftop|website = Camden New Journal}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://www.designboom.com/art/camden-collectives-high-street-highline-london-design-festival-09-17-2014/ camden collective takes art to the rooftops for london design festival], Designboom.[https://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/want-to-get-into-the-creative-industries-watch-this-space-8732207.html Want to get into the creative industries? Watch this space], The Independent.[https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Case%20study%20-%20pop%20up%20shop.pdf CASE STUDY: Collective, a pop-up gallery in Camden Town], Greater London Authority.[http://www.london.gov.uk/city-hall/city-hall-blog/2014/05/camden-collective-helps-creative-start-ups-accelerate-their Camden Collective helps creative start-ups accelerate their business], Greater London Authority. The project relies on grants and raising revenue to support its activities.[https://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/regeneration/high-streets/funding-programmes/mayors-regeneration-fund Mayor's Regeneration Fund], Greater London Authority.[https://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/regeneration/high-streets/funding-programmes/high-street-fund High Street Fund], Greater London Authority.[https://lep.london/our-work-and-priorities/our-projects Growing Places Fund] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105036/https://lep.london/our-work-and-priorities/our-projects |date=2016-03-04 }}, London Enterprise Panel.

Notable businesses using the co-working spaces include SB.TV, Clime-it Brothers, Sudden Black and Stemettes.[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/frontlinelondon/our-friend-mo-has-gone-from-moneydoublez-the-drug-dealer-to-pillar-of-the-community-9551932.html Our friend Mo has gone from ‘Moneydoublez’ the drug dealer to pillar of the community], Evening Standard.[http://animalnewyork.com/2013/animal-london-sudden-black-and-the-camden-collective/ ANIMAL LONDON: SUDDEN BLACK AND THE CAMDEN COLLECTIVE], Animal New York. A Channel 4 documentary series, Bedroom to Boardroom that followed SB.TV was filmed in Camden Collective's co-working space.[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/inside-sbtv-from-bedroom-to-boardroom Inside SBTV: From Bedroom to Boardroom], Channel 4. PayneShurvell, Amy Winehouse Foundation, Hospital Records and UK band Enter Shikari have previously used the Camden Collective pop up shops.[http://payneshurvell.com/2013/01/andrew-curtis-leisure-circle-1-march-23-march/ Andrew Curtis / The Leisure Circle / 1 – 22 March], PayneShurvell.[http://www.amywinehousefoundation.org/amys30event/amys30-pop-up-collective-camden #Amys30 Pop Up Shop – Collective], Amy Winehouse Foundation.[https://www.hospitalrecords.com/news/camden-pop-up-hospital-shop-love/ Camden Pop-up Hospital Shop Love], Hospital Records.[http://www.kerrang.com/27165/enter-shikari-unveil-london-pop-shop/ Enter Shikari Unveil London Pop-Up Shop], Kerrang.

Camden Collective re-purposes previously vacant and underused properties for its activities.[http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/news/article-17568.php Transforming Camden High Street: Camden Collective], All In London. The original ‘wire-less, wall-less’ Collective co-working space was designed by Dexter Moren Associates in 2009, and was located above David Roberts Art Foundation in a 19th-century converted furniture factory.[http://www.dextermoren.com/archives/project/collective-camden Collective Camden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305085938/http://www.dextermoren.com/archives/project/collective-camden |date=2016-03-05 }}, Dexter Moren Associates.[http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2014-02-/21/david-roberts-art-foundation-geographies-of-contamination-camden Build it... and they will show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218173134/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2014-02-/21/david-roberts-art-foundation-geographies-of-contamination-camden |date=2014-12-18 }}, GQ.

In 2013, the project opened a 3-storey retail and co-working space on Camden High Street.[https://www.london.gov.uk/media/mayor-press-releases/2014/03/deputy-mayor-helps-camden-s-creative-entrepreneurs-celebrate-1st Deputy Mayor helps Camden’s creative entrepreneurs celebrate 1st year of success], Greater London Authority.[http://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1285843/it-boosting-vitality-pop-up-lettings How we did it: Boosting vitality through pop-up lettings], Planning Resource. {{subscription required}}{{Cite book|title = Funding Bids|last = Regeneration Guide #1|publisher = Greater London Authority|year = 2015}}

From 2015 to 2017, the project used National Temperance Hospital ahead of its demolition for HS2 at Euston.[http://news.camden.gov.uk/hs2camden-backs-proposal-to-get-national-temperance-hospital-into-use HS2: Proposal to get National Temperance Hospital into use], Camden Council.{{Cite web|url = http://www.kentishtowner.co.uk/2015/11/04/national-temperance-hospital-back-business-jan/|title = National Temperance Hospital: back in business|website = Kentish Towner}}{{Cite web|url = http://thespaces.com/2015/11/05/co-working-space-to-resuscitate-derelict-camden-hospital/|title = Co-working space to resuscitate derelict Camden hospital|website = The Spaces Magazine}}

In 2017, the project opened its 19th building, a co-working space, in a TfL-owned property in Camden Town.{{Cite web|url=https://eustontowner.london/2017/12/14/camden-inspire-awards-winners/|title=Camden Inspire Awards - the winners}}

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