Founded in 2024, we're a pioneering local-led CIC working at the intersections of our community to bridge gaps, align efforts and catalyse collective resilient action to regenerate ecosystems, economies and culture.
We’re building a new way of working that connects the dots. By uniting local efforts, amplifying community voices, and driving co-created action, we’re strengthening the conditions for community-led change. Our work is split into four pillars:
Engage: We connect with communities to identify shared challenges and opportunities.
Build: We create networks and partnerships that unlock collective impact.
Amplify: We spotlight local stories to drive broader systemic change.
Create: We deliver projects that solve real needs and model a new way forward.
That's why we root ourselves in our rural community of south Somerset and north Dorset and extend out from there.Held by sloping ridges and wide vales, this bioregion is a wellspring of regenerative potential. Home to abundant wildlife and vibrant communities. Our regional culture is tied to the land, with a thriving local food culture and traditional crafts and land-work scene. This green and vibrant place is a hotbed of community action, creative talent and future-thinking businesses dedicated to caring for our shared home. This is demonstrated by the diverse landscape of biodiverse-friendly agriculture practices, sustainable fibre initiatives, climate action networks, rewilding projects, forest schools, repair cafés, and so much more.Collectively, we are a region of innovators striving towards a vibrant future for our living place.
Our backgrounds building local and global movements fuels our commitment to empowering our community and fostering a culture of stewardship and collaboration.We work with forward-thinking businesses and aligned organisations that want to grow their local impact and do more to support their community. If you want to find out more please get in touch: laura@thislivingplace.co.uk.Current supporters and partners...
We’re striving for systemic and cultural impact that supports community-led transformative change across the UK. By forming self-sustaining local systems that support community efforts, we tend to a local culture that empowers custodianship of our living place into the future. Our aim is that this will drive transformative change at both the individual and systemic levels. Including shifts in policies, practices, and behaviours that strengthen connections to place and community.We're striving for increased regional vibrancy and resilience, enhanced community cohesion, improved environmental stewardship, and the emergence of a culture of collective empowerment and innovation.Longterm, we aim to contribute towards a transformation in how the polycrisis is navigated. We hope to exemplify how the complexity of these times is best navigated through a tapestry of small-scale, resilient, joyful, collaborative, place-based efforts, and we aim to contribute towards the mechanisation that enables everyone to take part in that.
We're not a straightforward organisation, and we see that as our superpower, but it does make website copy hard. Rather than spending hours fiddling with these words, we'd rather meet for a coffee or a Zoom chat and talk you through it. If you're up for it, please email laura@thislivingplace.co.uk.
laura@thislivingplace.co.uk
This Living Place is a registered not for profit Community Interest Company (CIC) - 15429630