Four ways of using space for social good
Melanie May | 5 October 2016 | News
Here are a variety of ways that space is being used to help others, including a super budget hotel aiming to help people struggling to afford decent accommodation, to a space booking service that provides free space to young people for every paid for booking.
Somewhereto
Somewhereto_ is a space booking service with hundreds of spaces across London that works to help young people. Every time someone books a space through somewhereto_ a young person is able access space for free, such as a warehouse for a young film maker, a concert venue for a young performer or desk space for a young entrepreneur. In its six years so far, it has helped 20,000 young people access free space.
Chototel
Chototel was conceived to provide quality housing for people at the bottom of the housing pyramid. It aims to provide hotel rooms starting at $2 a day with uninterrupted water, electricity, and gas, with a mission to supply 1% of the world’s demand for affordable housing by 2025 and to build 5 million super-budget hotel rooms in the next decade. With plans to open elsewhere including in the UK, its pilot project is in Nagothane, approximately 70 km from Mumbai, with 240 rooms and capacity for 960 guests. Features include a crèche and play area, an infirmary, and a community kitchen.
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Space-2 Give
Space-2 Give offers a way for commercial property landlords, property managers and occupiers to generate money for charities and good causes through the commercialisation of their space. Space-2 promotes and manages the properties on behalf of their owners-occupiers, and offers a reduced commission on its services with the remaining fee paid for the use of the space donated to a charity or good cause.
MyCommunitySpace
Website MyCommunitySpace has been designed especially for the community and voluntary sector and acts as an online guide for organisations looking to rent out or hire space. It allows organisations to advertise a property by providing location and facilities details for their buildings and rooms and uploading photographs of spaces for hire, while those looking to hire somewhere can search for spaces in their area by cost, location and facilities.
About Melanie May
Melanie May is a journalist and copywriter specialising in writing both for and about the charity and marketing services sectors since 2001. She can be reached via thepurplepim.com.