About this Event
The Community Research Exchange (CRX) is back for 2025, with a new programme investigating place through the lenses of climate, community wealth and culture. Join us for three days of talks, workshops, and performances which explore the impact of the climate crisis on our neighbourhoods, how we can build – and keep – wealth within local communities, and the role of culture in forging identity and belonging.
With plans well underway to redevelop Brixton Station Road, the once beating heart of our community, we will pay particular focus to the impact of building, moving, and changing spaces on local people and their environment. From International House to Valentia Place and beyond, we will ground our discussions in-place, exploring alternative plans for existing communities than those handed down from developers and decision makers.
In partnership with Impact on Urban Health, the Community Research Exchange (CRX) brings together residents, community organisations and creative practitioners together with academics, funders and governing bodies to explore the needs, wants, and desires of local people. Redefining what it means to ‘engage’ communities, the CRX shifts top-down narratives absent of lived experience to a vehicle for social change powered from the ground. You can watch a wrap up of last year’s CRX here.
🎨 Day 3: Culture
Our final day of the CRX will explore how culture shapes places, how it can tell the story of communities past and present, and be used as tool for shaping identity and building belonging. Hosted by Place Literacy, book a special place at our Community Meal to share your experiences and memories of Brixton Station Road over food.
As we sit down to discuss the role of culture on shaping a place, we would be remiss to not address the impact of the Caribbean on the heritage and identity of Brixton. Attracting visitors from across the world, Brixton has long benefited from the economic, social, and cultural contribution of those born in the Caribbean and their descendents. As we witness the devestation Hurricane Melissa has caused across the islands, we are reminded of how climate, community wealth and culture are interconnected. This year's CRX will therefore be supporting Brixton Soup Kitchen's fundraiser with all donations and tickets sales.
Reserve a place at the CRX Community Meal, with 100% of ticket sales contributing to the fundraiser.
🗓️ Thursday 22nd November 2025
🍽️ Community Meal, 12 - 3pm
📍 The Brixton Project Space, 6 Canterbury Crescent, London SW9 7QE
For any questions, please contact [email protected]
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
3 Space, International House, Canterbury Crescent, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
