WeCanMake January Meet Up

At our first meet up of 2026 on Thursday 22nd January (*a rare exception to our third Thursday rhythm!), we will be setting intentions for the year ahead as WeCanMake and our community step into this deep demonstration space at Rodfords Mead. If you’re curious about neighbourhood-led change and want to learn alongside us, we warmly welcome you to join us at a neighbourhood meet up in the new year.

More info to come in early 2026.

About WeCanMake

We host community meetups every 3rd Thursday of the month! Come along and meet your neighbours, chat, get hands on making together, and share food.

WeCanMake is a community land trust and neighbourhood system demonstrator working towards more regenerative futures. Our North Star mission is: “everyone has access to a decent and affordable home delivered within safe planetary boundaries”.

WeCanMake works to create little pockets of the future in the present, tangibly demonstrating what alternative regenerative futures can look and feel like in our homes, streets, neighbourhoods. We do this in four ways:

· Creation of new homes through infill development of existing settlements. WeCanMake has delivered two low-carbon 100% affordable homes so far and has 34 more homes in its development pipeline. Homes and land are held in our community land trust, with affordability and long-term community benefit locked in.

· Retrofit of existing homes. Our people and place-led approach to retrofit includes biomaterial fabric improvements, spatial enhancement, and green infrastructure. WeCanMake currently has retrofit work underway with 6 homes on a demonstration street in Knowle West and have set up a Neighbourhood Trade Crew to undertake the work.

· Democratising and localising the means of production. WeCanMake focuses on using low-carbon and locally sourced bio- and re-use materials for construction. In our neighbourhood factory (shared with KWMC) we train local people to use digital fabrication kit to make components for the homes, creating future-facing local skills, jobs, and community wealth.

· Community stewardship and agency. WeCanMake takes a collaborative approach to housing whereby residents aren't treated as just consumers or service beneficiaries; but instead are invited to be active citizens in the management and maintenance of their homes, and, in the process, help build a stronger sense of collective agency, security, and belonging in our homes, streets, and neighbourhoods.

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