The gallery is open from 2pm–6pm today. It’s your last chance to see our shrub-tastic exhibition CLOSE TO THE HEDGE.

Find us at 50 Resolution Way, Deptford SE8 4AL.

garethgardner.com/portfolio/clos…

The Residential Freehold Association is now straight up lying in their campaign. It is factually incorrect and disingenuous to claim that a cap on ground rent would hit maintenance budgets. These are covered by service charges, which represent their own unique extortionary problem. 1/2

Looking forward to starting a new term of the Art Trail with students ⁦Mary Ward Centre - Changing Lives Together⁩ . A few places remain on the afternoon course. The course visits galleries and museums in London to look at and learn about contemporary art. marywardcentre.ac.uk/course-detail/…

We’ve a fantastic opportunity Royal Institute of British Architects
for a highly motivated individual to work in the Royal Institute of British ArchitectsBooks & Learning Content department as Publishing Co-ordinator. Be part of our creative and talented team. 📚
➡️ Deadline: Sunday 21 April ‼️
jobs.architecture.com/job/26866/publ…

Digital photography ⁦Mary Ward Centre - Changing Lives Together⁩ begins again at the end of April. The Introduction course will help you get to grips with your digital camera and has a friendly and creative approach to making photos with lots of helpful guidance over ten weeks marywardcentre.ac.uk/course-detail/…

While enjoying a walk in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park I was stopped for taking photos by Park security. The guard was very helpful but your policy makes no sense.

Architects are often wrongly blamed for past failures in social housing, Mikhail Riches co-founder Annalie Riches says in this Social Housing Revival interview.
dezeen.com/2024/03/08/ann…

Explore our digital and creative classes at #MaryWardCentre . Whether you want to master #Photoshop or understand your camera's quirks, we've got you covered. Taster sessions are still available to try this and next week. Link in the comments #adulteducation #GraphicDesignCourses

Open call for FREE submissions to our upcoming gallery photography exhibition 'Close to the Hedge'. Entries close on 05 April. Find out all about it at garethgardner.com/portfolio/clos…

Spreading the word for the Art Trail, Photography on Location and Photography for Beginners courses I’m teaching in April. All have some places still available.

Saturday’s Photo Challenge ⁦Barbican Centre⁩ is sold out. If you have missed out on this one, do get in touch to find out about photo classes, walks and workshops coming up in 2024 barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/…

Leasehold is an outdated, draconian system. It needs abolished.

My new documentary lets leaseholders tell their own stories.

Watch it here: leaseholddoc.com

Remembering Brian Griffin (1948-2024)
Sad news but many great tributes here. Brian was someone I got to know just a bit on the Road to 2012 and his approach challenged the way I saw portraiture, for the better. What a great photographer. 1854.photography/2024/02/brian-…

LEASEHOLD – a documentary exposing the injustices of our feudal housing system

From ground rent and service charges to mould and combustible cladding, my documentary telling the victim’s stories is now available to watch here:
leaseholddoc.com

Today on the Leasehold Bill Committee.

The Residential Freehold Association, who represent the big landlords, tried to persuade us that Ground Rents were justified & pension funds would suffer if they were abolished.

Sorry. Not buying it!

There is only so much we can do with the government's limited Leasehold Reform Bill but amendments Labour are pushing include:

✅enhanced leaseholder rights and protections

✅abolition of forfeiture

✅mandatory RMCs + share of freehold in flats

✅regulation of managing agents

Delighted this talk with visual artist Sara Faridamin is now available on the Streetsigns podcast at the Centre for Urban and Community Research CUCR. streetsigns.online/CITY-RHYTHMS-b…

BBC's Housing Crisis : What Went Wrong ?
'These housebuilders were being subsidised by taxpayers money through the Help To Buy Scheme to create theses toxic investment assets. They cheated their customers & took the rest of us for a ride as well' @LKPLeasehold Michael Gove

Ten years ago, when I was starting off at IH, the buzzy new policy was converting offices to homes.

A decade later the result has been the predictable one: slum housing for those with no other choice and easy profits for those who can exploit it

insidehousing.co.uk/home/the-offic…

Mary Ward opens in #Stratford , offering adult education and legal services to thousands. Thank you to everyone who joined the official opening of our new building. Here's to enriching lives and fostering communities Mayor of London Jules Pipe Rokhsana Fiaz OBE linkedin.com/posts/mary-war…