At Impact Spaces, we act as a brokerage service, connecting purpose-driven organisations with empty, underused, or soon-to-be-vacant commercial spaces. Our mission is to match these spaces with good causes, facilitating mutually beneficial arrangements. Whether it's finding the perfect workspace for a social enterprise or activating a vacant property for community use, we specialise in making meaningful connections. Additionally, we offer bespoke placemaking services that enhance the social value and innovation potential of these spaces and wider communities. Our goal is to create vibrant, purpose-driven environments that benefit our multiple stakeholders that include landlords, local authorities, housing associations, government departments and bodies and of course the community.
SERVICES
Space occupancy
We work with landlords, estates, local authorities, housing associations and those responsible for property to offer competitive, cost effective, time saving, secure solutions for your space. Drawing from a wide network built up over the last twenty years, we are able to provide a suited match / use for each space from pop up and meanwhile to long term filming location sets or charity office hubs with tenancy at will agreements set up to suit all parties.
Space searching
Looking for space? We source, secure and support the journey. It could be a pop up to gain proof of concept, a new office for a charity or warehouse space for an immersive art experience. To date we have worked with Artists, Charities, Social Enterprises, Starts -Ups, Community Groups, Sports clubs, location scouts, film production companies and music management agencies.
Impact Consultancy
Corporate social responsibility support from strategy to roll out, from corporate volunteering to project sponsorship, we can provide a platform for individuals , groups and companies to improve morale, form bonds and feel connected whilst giving back to communities. Previous clients include Channel 4, MALA engineering, Dahling Recruitment and Criminal Justice Sector agencies.
PROJECTS
The Arc
Sourced and supported with brokerage of agreement between Landlords - Islington Council / Hyde Housing Association and current Occupant - The Arc CIC , who have now created a sustainable space of opportunity and wellbeing for the community.
The Drop
Sourced, secured and negotiated a successful agreement between those responsible for the space, Community Spaces and The Swamp Hotel Group who transformed an empty, unused unit that was once a high street bookmakers into the new home for an immersive theatre experience “The Drop” .
Haggerston Perk
Sourcing of suitable tenant for a new build commercial unit on a redevelopment site on behalf of the landlord Peabody. Whilst also supporting the eventual successful charity - The Tower Project from proposal stage through to build and then the eventual opening of what became London’s first internship café for people with learning disabilities to gain paid work and training opportunities.
Cross Street pop up
Transformation of grade 2 listed, underused shop into a vibrant, busy pop up hire space for a private Landlord. The space has hosted film screenings ,video shoots, workshops and is mostly used as a retail unit by start ups.
Channel 4 Corporate volunteer day
Corporate volunteers improving the space of a local community boat club for young people on one of our Impact Spaces give back days. This was part of a wider project that successfully managed 150 C4 staff and improved the spaces of 10 community benefiting, grass route organisations.
Hangers and Bangers Pop Up
Transformation of an empty meanwhile space in Shoreditch into an immersive experience that combined nightlife with shopping whilst providing entrepreneurs a platform to showcase brands from the fashion, art and home where industries.
James Pyke Album Launch - “Down the rabbit hole”
Takeover of former Victorian warehouse, turning a meanwhile space into the perfect backdrop for the album launch of immerging unsigned music artist on behalf of our client.
TAKING ON NEW PROJECTS
TAKING ON NEW PROJECTS
TEAM
Our Founder Will has twenty-plus years of experience working with local authorities, housing associations, ministerial departments, landlords, estates and other organisations to develop projects that provide platforms of opportunity for people, places and communities to improve. When not traveling around the country on site visits or to give talks, Will can be found in Leigh on Sea with his beloved family and right hand pooch Rox.