Local love, local jobs, local spend, local change.

Empty buildings are not ok, they need a little Nudge.

Visit our spaces and discover what a difference a community can make.

Nudge Community Builders was set up in 2017 by local people living in Stonehouse, Plymouth. 

We had been volunteering in our community for over 10 years. We kick started the Union Street Party, created Union Corner and were inspired and asked by our community to do more about empty buildings.

Five years on we have unlocked 25% of the empty buildings along Union Street and offered spaces for local people to grow.

Our most recent purchases include C103 and The Millennium Building - two buildings we know hold a place in people’s hearts.

Check out more about us in this booklet.

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Come and visit Union Street in Plymouth!

Enjoy food, activities and shop with small independent businesses at The Plot, The Clipper and Union Corner.

Check out The Awakening music nights at The Millennium.

You can also pop in to more than 15 small independent businesses along the street.

Our latest building is C103 Click here to find out what is happening!

Our vision is to make Union Street a street the whole world loves. 

Our mission is to nudge lasting change in surprising and enterprising ways to build a strong local community and economy.

Our buildings and spaces provide spaces for local people to grow and make connections.

We are bringing 4000sqm of empty buildings back into use. 

We have created space for 25 small businesses.

Last year we shared £300,000 of grants with other local organisations - we are stronger together.

Wednesday marked World Kindness Day and The Plot was buzzing with activity! In the runup to the day, Geoff from @its_time4good set up shop at the Museum of Here over at C103 to ask passers-by to think about the last time they thanked someone. With t
✨ Winter can be dark and gloomy so together with the Stonehouse Community Builders we’ve decided to decorate the street with sparkly lights from @thedepovenue to @plymouthscrapstore ! A whopping 30 businesses have signed up to hang lights outs
🗓️ Whoa there November — hold your horses! We’re already a week into the month so it’s about time we shared some of the highlights for November: ⭐️ Thursday 21/11, 5pm: Winter Wonder Lights Join us on a walk down Union Street to c
❄️ Stall holder applications are now open for Festive Fair — a fun-filled winter celebration at The Plot on the 30th of November! Head to nudge.community/theplot to apply for a stall, and be sure to save the date! #festivefair #winterwonderla
💚 Phew! We had a whirlwind of a weekend with lots of @plymartwkndr and Black History Month activities and tonnes of visitors joining in! Through the Plymouth Art Weekender we exhibited some gorgeous work by Plymouth-based Black artists @ashantihare
🚲 Introducing lifecycle! Thanks to @sustrans we now have a small fleet of bikes available to hire from The Plot. On Thursdays you can come and grab a bike and head out to explore the city, or get in touch to arrange a group hire! Swipe to find out m
Plymouth Art Weekender is back! On the 18, 19 and 20 October there will be tonnes of arty stuff to get involved in throughout the city. We’ll be taking the opportunity to highlight some of the city’s Black creatives in honour of Black His
🗓️ As autumn *creeps* around the corner, head down to The Plot for some *bloody* good activities! Don’t miss a *trick* by finding the What’s On posters at nudge.community/unioncorner and nudge.community/theplot to see what *treats* we ha
🎥 If you’ve been keeping up with our comms, you’ll know that ITV News West Country visited us back in August to check out what is happening across our buildings and on the street. We took reporter @marinajenks and camera operator @pennyc
🎉 And that’s a wrap! Slowly but surely decorations are being tidied away at The Plot and soon the Union Street Party will be packed away for another year… But for now we’re still basking in all the love and joy that was on the str
🎉 Want to know what’s in store for Sunday? Check out the programme for the day on our website! You’ll see there’s something for everyone — whether it’s food, music, performances or activities — and we’ve got

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