Who’s gained from east London’s growth?

ISSUE 507, JANUARY 2013
*SPECIAL FOCUS ON EAST LONDON*

IN FOCUS: WHO’S GAINED FROM EAST LONDON’S GROWTH? 

New data maps the rapid growth in east London since 2001. But with evidence that gentrification is pushing marginalised people to the outskirts, Kirby Swales asks who has gained from the millions of pounds spent regenerating the area?

PROFILE: GERALDINE BLAKE: CREATING ‘READY FOR ANYTHING COMMUNITIES’

Geraldine Blake is chief executive of Community Links, a charity that has worked in one of the most deprived areas of the country – Newham in east London – for over thirty years. She talks to Clare Goff about responding to change.

HOW TO… SET UP AN URBAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST

For the first time the Community Land Trust model is being used to help tackle London’s dysfunctional housing market, as Kate MacTiernan explains

TEN IDEAS FOR CHANGE: EAST LONDON

From fighting food poverty to creating new urban spaces, we profile ten of the best ideas for change in east London.

EVENT ROUND-UP: HOW CAN THE GENTRIFICATION OF EAST LONDON BENEFIT ALL? 

HOW TO BUILD A POSITIVE OLYMPICS LEGACY: FOCUS ON PEOPLE, NOT PROJECTS