Stour Trust's Mission is to democratise access to land, builds and spaces using an equity and racial justice lens. We aim to support neighbourhood wide transformation through the building of infrastructure that supports social, economic and environmental outcomes. Stour Trust supports creative, artistic and cultural outputs through provision of exhibition spaces, business support, resources, skills development and opportunities. We protect community and cultural buildings through campaigning, movement building policy change. We develop employment and training opportunities for under-represented communities, artists and leaders. Influence regeneration through democratic processes and community led responses and expertise. We also partner with developers and local authorities to secure assets in perpetuity to sustain the delivery of community led activities and priorities. Our work in 2024/2025 Affordable work and cultural space: Stour Trust has continued to offer affordable studios to artists and community members through provision of studio spaces across East London. We have also supported fifteen other organisations to secure buildings for community use through policy and strategy support. Stour Trust continues to engage closely with local authorities across London to influence their regeneration and planning policies towards a more equitable approach. Policy: Stour Trust has worked with the GLA and Culture at Risk team to support culture and community assets at risk and retain affordability across London. We held 22 workshops with local community groups to support their asset strategy and community engagement.We have supported campaigns and policy development through talks, research and network development. Land Justice: Stour Trust is working to develop equitable models of land stewardship, using Localism and other policies to empower communities to retain assets and acquire long term stewardship of those assets. We work in coalition with other organisations such as Latin Elephant, East End Trades Guild and Land Justice Network to share knowledge, conduct research and develop pathways to mitigate impacts of gentrification and commodification of property.. Network Building We work in ecosystems of networks local, national and globally. This includes Mycelial Network of community asset developers, Community Land Trust networks, Social Housing and Land Justice Networks, CAN network, Universities . We also delivered a series of workshops across Lambeth and Southward called ABC's of Community Assets. This was attended by over 30 groups and organisations. Art and Creativity. We believe arts and culture are fundamental tools for social justice, we therefore support and promote creatives, artistic and cultural sectors through provision of exhibition spaces, business support, resources, skills development and opportunities. Equity and Power We believe power should be shared and accessible to all, we therefore promote social inclusion and community engagement practices. We have supported citizen scientists to map and research their local communities to evidence the gap between regeneration and local people's needs. This resulted in key evidence around lack of local infrastructure, gaps in provision that allows local people to lead on their solutions to local issues, a feeling of being ignored by decision makers and lack of trust in a joint vision for their community's future.

Stour Trust’s stakeholders are community organisations, residents, networks and artists who have a representation panel to feed back information to the Trust. We also have wider networks through the CLT and Mycelial Network who we regular engage with to understand the needs of the sector, in particular those who want to improve their neighbourhoods. We hold bi yearly consultations to gather input & feedback on our priorities. Tools we use to make consultation accessible and engaging are local co-designed events, online surveys, one- to -ones and Zoom meetings, A bi monthly newsletter also goes out to members to keep them updated on projects and communicate any upcoming events. We are also engaging with young campaigners and activists interested in systemic change and more accessible affordable civic infrastructure.

The aggregate paid or receivable by directors for qualifying services was 45,950

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