PLUSH
Peace - Love - Unity - Strength - Harmony
EVICTED
16.01.2024
EVICTED
DISPLACED
16.01.2024
EVICTED
Social Call To Action
The Plush Action group have pre-drafted a community letter for you to submit to the London Borough of Southwark. You must copy the email addresses and use the SAME SUBJECT HEADING in your email.
1. Click to open letter ‘Email Letter’ or #SAVEPLUSH
2. Download the letter & copy the email addresses
3. Make sure to copy the subject heading into your email
✅ RE: Ongoing Appeal: Save PlushSE16 – Preserving Culture Empowering Community Jobs and Well-Being
4. Attach the PDF Letter
5. 📧 SEND your email 🚀🚀🚀
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.
KEY MOMENTS
Current Situation:
#JusticeForPlush
Jan 2024
Regent Land Developments Planning Proposal
2019
Re-Open Following Forced Closure
August 2022
Community Day
August 2022
Community Day
August 2022
Eviction 1 - Forced Business Closure
August
2022
Royal Courts Justice Eviction
Feb 2023
Trading Through Displacement
Oct 2023
Community Customer Appreciation Day
Dec 2023
Eviction 2 -
Displaced Society
Jan 2024
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
FORCED CLOSURE
On 11th August 2022, our landlord activated an eviction to seek Vacant Possession of the site when our lease expired. Ahead of our lease expiry we were told to sit tight and wait that we were entitled to Business Relocation as outlined by Southwark Council
Through community uproar, our #NOPRICEONCULTURE campaign sought clarity from The London Borough of Southwark that a Business Relocation Strategy was indeed a right to be fulfilled by Regent Land and Developments..
ABOUT PLUSH
PlushSE16, a concept from Michael Clinkett at the age of 22 through cultural business, has helped address local & London-wide social issues and harnessed through his social entrepreneurialism a proactive and connected community through an affordable first-business in-the-community offering for over 20 years whilst enabling local talent, supporting our youth and vulnerable adults by being a rooted community.
