S4 Ep23: Patrick Scally on the Future of Hackney Wick
- Author
- Better Places
- Published
- Thu 17 Jul 2025
- Episode Link
- https://audioboom.com/posts/8750279
Chief Executive of Hackney Wick and Fish Island CDT, Patrick Scally, joins Nick Dines to explore how grassroots leadership, long-term stewardship and community collaboration are reshaping regeneration in East London.
In the latest episode of Concilio’s Better Places podcast, Managing Director Nick Dines is joined by Patrick Scally, Chief Executive of Hackney Wick and Fish Island Community Development Trust (CDT).
The conversation explores:
- How the CDT was formed in response to rapid regeneration after the Olympics
- The long-term lease at 290 Wallis Road and how the CDT delivers a meanwhile-use model rooted in the circular economy
- The role of local voices in shaping development – from policy and planning to placemaking and programming
- How affordable workspace can be both commercially viable and socially meaningful
- Lessons for developers, planners and councils on how to go beyond box-ticking and enable truly community-led regeneration
Don’t miss this conversation – listen now!
