"Because London is cosmopolitan, we've got all these different skills of being able to cook different kinds of food from around the world. So what about if you had a community kitchen where you could come along and someone would be teaching you to cook, you know, like jerk chicken or Ethiopian food."
Indar
"We talked about inclusive shared spaces [...] Spaces that have a niche for every taste : So there's a quiet area, there's a music area, there's a crafting and art area. And people can find their comfort zone, equally they can wander into other peoples' to taste new cultures, new skills, new activities. Kind of like a festival. So it's the idea of festivalising the future."
Feedback from Duncan's breakout room
"We need long term spaces so that you can develop your business model, you can afford to take risks because you know you are not going to lose the space if it doesn't immediately pick up [...] It just takes that pressure off that you're not constantly thinking how can I maintain this space. I've got this space, now I can get on with just trying out some ideas."
Gordon
"We can obviously build these community ideas and look for spaces around us. But, if we want to make this something mainstream, do we need to create the idea that actually community spaces are not valued enough and they need to be more valued and they need to be almost put into the planning applications. Planning applications should say you must have a community space so big for so many homes [...] so there is no way around it because at the moment anything like that will always get value engineered out."
Stephen
"[The bank of Lambeth project would be] a local instrument whose job is to invest in the local economy, to invest in community spaces, to invest in enabling stuff and money to go round and round locally, enriching the local population. [...] That idea of valuing the local and making it something those with money can invest in because it yields some kind of return but it also yields an impact and a social benefit that benefits them and their neighbours."
Duncan