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A DISPLACED COMMUNITY
FIGHTING FOR PEOPLE + PLACE  OVER DEVELOPER  PROFITS 

Read the 2025 Social Value Report by 

Mayor of London Assembly

PLUSH

Peace - Love - Unity - Strength - Harmony

NO PRICE ON CULTURE

EVICTED

16.01.2024

EVICTED

DISPLACED

16.01.2024

EVICTED

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WE DID NOT
DISPLACE OURSELVES

PLUSHSE16 was a culture centre consisting of five businesses serving the SE16 community for over 22 years. Now, a global movement to support the preservation of local culture in the community following our 2024 eviction.

Social value in planning and regeneration: Knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing

The London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee has published a report – Social value in planning and regeneration: Knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing – which finds that damage to communities is being caused by redevelopment in the capital.

 

Discover the input from our community that is featured in such a groundbreaking publication.

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SITE TO SIDEWALK

PlushSE16 community has faced bailiffs, legal complexities, from the attempt to dismantle our cultural hub. Michael speaks up on the morning of final eviction on 16th January 2024.

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VITTLES MAGAZINE
SITS DOWN WITH PLUSH TO TALK FOOD + COMMUNITY

KEY MOMENTS

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One Year On:
#JusticeForPlush

Jan 2025

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Campaign Direction:
#JusticeForPlush

Jan 2024

Eviction 2 - 
Displaced Society

Jan 2024

Community Customer Appreciation Day 

Dec 2023

Trading Through Displacement

Oct 2023

Royal Courts Justice Eviction

Feb 2023

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Regent Land Developments Planning  Proposal

2019

Re-Open Following Forced Closure

August 2022

Community Day

August 2022

Community Day 

August 2022

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Eviction 1 - Forced Business Closure

August 2022

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EMPOWERING OTHERS

WE BELIEVE IN

PEOPLE + PLACE

OVER DEVELOPER  PROFITS

We understand the value of culture and are a people-place and culture-exchange-first business.

True Social Purpose. True Social Value.

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#JUSTICEFORPLUSH
COMMUNITY ACTION 
EMAIL SOUTHWARK COUNCIL

ON THE BLOG

This movement is so much bigger than us, but as things evolve and we move in the name of culture and community - the blog is where you will find us whilst we are not on the ground.

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#SAVEPLUSHSE16 

COMMENT ON LANDLORDS

NEWS EXCLUSIVE 

Barbershop

Our unisex barbershop is a pinnacle place of social interaction and public discourse, integration with open debate, voicing public concerns, and engaging in discussions about contemporary issues.

Car Wash

A simple system of providing quality, speed and value for money locally. Convenient for users of our additional services with a trusted team of car wash specialists.  

Hairdressers

Unisex hair studio is a place of social interaction and public discourse, integration with open debate, voicing public concerns and engaging in discussions about contemporary issues.

Youth Music Studio

Our music studio is for both professional and aspiring young musicians, focusing on affordable music production access for youth. The studio plans to provide free youth music programmes in 2023 for young people between 12-20, with current funding routes in the works.

Caribbean Food Takeaway

A curated street food point of the SE16 community where many gather and pass through because of food, a space where people engage in and partake in the sharing of culture and community.  Afro-Caribbean cuisine is often misrepresented in mainstream food culture at Plush our chef will keep you coming back.

ALL 5 BUSINESSES DISPLACED

+ UNABLE TO TRADE

JOIN THE FORUM

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Evening Standard:
S.H.A.P.E Protest 

Exclusive: Ruth Bloomfield covers our involvement in the S.H.A.P.E. protest, and we share the impact local development has had on businesses and locally formed community loss.

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Vittles Magazine:
Community + Food 

Exclusive: Gavin, a Political Editor at Vittles Magazine and a Plush Caribbean Customer, sits down with Michael Clinkett to talk about food and community.

The Urban Activist:
The Inside Story

Exclusive: Urban Activist Foudner Susana F. Molina dives deep in an interview with Michael on the very real situation of displacement and our cities.

Southwark News 

Exclusive: Twenty bailiffs evict Plush SE16 following 17-month battle for relocation

Southwark News 

Exclusive: Rotherhithe landowner, who says she is evicting Plush SE16 so housing can be built ‘for the community’, gives one month stay of execution

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ITV Coverage

ITV London visited Plush to report the current situation of the Business Relocation Strategy, coverage reported by Antoine Allen.

Southwark News

Rotherhithe: Evicted small business owner gets keys back and is free to start trading again

My London  Live

Bailiffs trying to evict London barber and carwash so developer can build tower block warned by police

PRESS + COVERAGE 
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'SOUTHWARK P33' 
OUR RIGHTS OVERLOOKED

As a business, we were failed by Regent Land and Developments who were fully aware of Policy  P33. We were evicted due to our lease coming to an end, but before timely relocation could take place.

Planning was REFUSED by Southwark Council in March 2023.

CAMPAIGN MERCH LIVE

#NOPRICEONCULTURE

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