UK Social Centre Network

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The UK Social Centre Network is a network of independent social and community centres in the United Kingdom whose aim is to link up "the growing number of autonomous spaces to share resources, ideas and information" ^[1] The network draws a very clear distinction between the many independent social and community centres around the country on one side and the state or large NGO sponsored community centres on the other. Despite there being a tradition of social spaces in occupied buildings (also known as squatting), the recent upsurge in (legal) social centres has come about in the last five years.

1 List of social centres
2 Occasional Social Centres
3 Resource Centres
4 External links
5 References

[edit] List of social centres

Name	Place	Address	Website
1 in 12 Club	Bradford	21 Albion Street	http://www.1in12.go-legend.net/
Georges X Chalkboard	Glasgow	34 Clarendon Place	http://georgesxchalkboard.blogspot.com/
The Common Place	Leeds	23-25 Wharf Street	http://www.thecommonplace.org.uk/
The Hanover Squares	Leeds	34 Hanover Square	http://www.heavy-rocks.com/hanoversquare
The Basement	Manchester	24 Lever Street (off Piccadilly Gardens)	http://thebasement.clearerchannel.org/drupal
The Casa / Initiative Factory	Liverpool	29 Hope Street	http://www.initfactory.gn.apc.org/
ASBO Community Centre	Nottingham	33-35 Burns Street, 1 Wildman Street	http://asbo.squat.net/
The Sumac Centre	Nottingham	245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham	http://www.sumac.org.uk
Kebele Cultural Project	Bristol	14 Robertson Road	http://www.kebelecoop.org
rampART Creative and Social Centre	London	15-17 Rampart Street	http://www.rampart.co.nr
The Cowley Club	Brighton	12 London Road	http://www.cowleyclub.org.uk