Mission
My role over the past decade has been to build capacities within land-based organisations, primarily around urban affordable housing and mechanisms for holding land in the commons. I write about, and run workshops on, group dynamics, decision-making, housing finance, incorporation approaches, legal structures, stakeholder mapping, business planning, and visioning.
Over the years I’ve been involved in many highly credible land bids for alternative urban visions and these have taught me a lot about what we’re up against! 🥳
This project experience has allowed me to develop expertise into long-term governance vehicles for transitioning and managing commons assets such as housing and other social goods.
I'm driven by the belief that to unlock collective imagination for equitable societies we will have to remove structural barriers preventing people from connecting with one another...
Education
Training
Organisations
A collective building rituals, practices, and tools to forge relational economies. The first of these is Meld, a tool stack for bridging ownership into commons structures through joyful everyday actions.
At Komma, Charlie works with governments, philanthropy, citizen groups and organisations through advisory roles, artistic enquiry, research and technology co-development.
He previously led the Civic Tech Studio at Dark Matter Labs. His research since 2013 has been funded by institutions such as the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Power to Change, the Laudes Foundation, and Just Open Source.