Somos Comunidade (PT)
Launched in October 2021 in Encosta de São Vicente, in the former Matadouro area (Torres Vedras Municipality), Somos Comunidade is a community-based initiative that uses arts, communication, and social innovation to strengthen civic engagement and social cohesion. Through a local TV channel, a community newspaper, and participatory artistic workshops, the project works to reduce social isolation, empower residents, and foster a shared local cultural identity.
A Bolha (PT)
Founded around 2016 in Torres Vedras, A Bolha is a puppet-theatre association dedicated to exploring the relationship between humans and puppets as a creative, educational, and expressive medium. Through performances, workshops, and community-based activities, A Bolha promotes accessibility, cultural participation, and intergenerational learning, engaging children, young people, and adults in artistic experiences that combine imagination, craftsmanship, and social inclusion.
Porta do Bairro (PT)
Located in the Encosta de São Vicente requalification area, Porta do Bairro is a community house promoted by the Centro Social Paroquial de Torres Vedras that operates as an open and inclusive civic space within a regenerated urban environment.
Companhia de Ópera e Artes Contemporâneas – AREPO (PT)
Since 2019, AREPO has been an independent company dedicated to opera and contemporary arts in Torres Vedras. It promotes artistic innovation, cultural accessibility, and community engagement through experimental projects that merge tradition and modernity, fostering collaboration and new creative languages.
Ilú+Performact (PT)
Ilú – Associação de Dança – Teatro de Intervenção Urbana operates through a multidisciplinary model that includes:
artistic interventions, specialized programmes, professional development and capacity-building Initiatives.
Community Land Trust Giulio 34 (IT)
Turin Community Land Trust (Turin CLT) represents a socially driven, anti-speculative housing model that has been experimented in Aurora Neighbourhood, on a building located in Corso Giulio 34, an urban area interested by gentrification processes. This model promotes inclusion, social justice, and the right to housing for all while regenerating urban spaces and strengthening community bonds.
Pratone Parella (IT)
The Collaboration Pact for the Pratone Parella (Meadow Parella) is an agreement between the City of Turin and civic groups to jointly care for
and manage a large public green area of about 11,000 square meters located in Parella, a highly urbanized neighborhood in the western area of the city.
The care, animation and awareness-raising actions implemented by the community aim to enhance a green space taken away from building speculation.
Bagni Pubblici di Via Agliè (IT)
Barriera di Milano is historically one of Turin’s primary reception areas for new residents, currently distinguished as a highly multicultural district with a significant youth population. Key challenges include the concentration of poverty among specific social groups. Additionally, parts of the district are stigmatized and often perceived as insecure or prone to violence.
MAL Grójecka 109 (PL)
MAL Grójecka 109 is a local activity center in Warsaw’s Ochota district, providing a community space for residents to meet, organize workshops, events, and work on local initiatives.