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Minutes of UK Social Centres Gathering
Bradford 1 in 12 Club, 27 January 2007
The second UK wide gathering of social centres was held at the famous 1 in 12 Club in
SCN UK meeting, Bradford 1 in 12 Club, 27th January 2007.
PLENARY 1.
1 in 12 Club introduction: Welcome to everyone – we wanted to host it because we are
struggling [...]

Participants from social centres across the UK held a productive meeting during the Camp for Climate Action in Selby in August. More than 30 people attended but nobody from rampART due to an action.
The meeting was called to inject momentum once again into the evolving social centre network. We had last met in January 2006 [...]

What might be the first UK-wide gathering of social centres took place at the Commonplace social centre in Leeds and was a very friendly, informative and constructive experience. It was also a positive step in the creation of a working network of social centres. Some 60 people attended from past centres like ex-Grand Banks, Institute [...]

by Alessio

Social centres have increasingly become an integral part of anarchist and anti-capitalist activity in the UK. At present there are around fifteen such places which operate as public, political and social centres. Some were formed from situations way back in the early eighties, like Bradford’s 1 in 12, while others came into being recently, [...]