I started Impactsos CIC because I was frustrated that small community groups find it hard to make an income and sustain themselves.
There are so many caring, talented people in our society who want to do good and help others, but cannot afford the time unpaid. I wanted to find a way to help them earn a little so they can keep making an impact.
— Craig Smith, founder
Our spaces
Our spaces, now and next
Community sessions already run at The Old Workshop, and we run weekly business sessions at The Feldy. Arrangements for Butley Court are still being confirmed.
A venue where Impactsos CIC runs free weekly business sessions — every Wednesday 10:30–11:30am. Our eight-week programme covers practical skills: testing ideas and demand, pricing, finding customers, marketing and social impact. Email us to check the current intake.
Groups can use the space without venue-hire fees to run free or paid sessions, subject to agreed booking arrangements and availability. Groups may still have their own materials or activity costs.
Every Wednesday, 10:30–11:30am — Impactsos CIC runs free business sessions at The Feldy, 18 Aberfeldy Square, London E14 0XA. Our eight-week programme covers testing ideas and demand, pricing, finding customers, marketing and social impact. Email us to check the current intake.
These are Clarion's generic blank forms and the starting point for enquiries about The Old Workshop or Butley Court. Sending them is not approval or a guaranteed booking — any venue-specific or updated requirements will be confirmed during review.
Original blank documents supplied by Clarion in the email "Hire process for The Old Workshop", 14 May 2026.
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Complete the Pre-Hirer Agreement
Download it and fill in your organisation and contact details, the activity, attendee age range, frequency and dates. Read the safety measures it lists, then sign and date it.
2
Read the Hirer Safety Information
Read the sheet, then confirm in your email that you have read it.
3
Email your documents
Send the completed agreement and supporting documents to craig@impactsos.com. Please include your group name, chosen venue and the days and times you'd like.
4
We review and confirm
We review your enquiry and coordinate any further requirements and the hire agreement with Clarion. Please don't start using the space until arrangements and any required hire agreement are confirmed.
Supporting documents checklist
Public liability insurance certificate
Employer liability insurance, where appropriate
Safeguarding policy, for regulated activity
Can't print, sign and scan?
As the form explains, type your name in the signature box and add this to your email: "Please accept this email as written signature of the document attached".
The button opens an email draft to craig@impactsos.com with prompts to fill in. It does not attach your documents automatically — please attach your completed forms yourself before sending. We don't collect or store forms on this website.
Whether you're a resident with an idea, an informal group of neighbours or an established community project, we'd love to hear what you might run. This is an early expression of interest — no booking paperwork needed yet.
It does not reserve a space. We'll get in touch to discuss options and confirm any requirements, including Clarion's forms if your proposal goes ahead.
This opens your email app with your enquiry filled in. Review and send it there. Nothing is submitted or stored on this website.Your email will go to craig@impactsos.com.
What we do
Making, learning, keeping going
01
Make together
Keyrings, embroidery kits, mosaics, fridge magnets and other group-led products.
02
Learn practical business skills
Test ideas, understand customers, cost and price products, and market and sell them.
03
Build lasting community activity
Free space and ways to earn income that help groups keep going.
Product suitability and relevant safety requirements will be considered before anything is sold. We run free weekly business sessions at The Feldy — every Wednesday 10:30–11:30am — covering testing ideas and demand, pricing, finding customers, marketing and social impact, through an eight-week programme. Email us to check the current intake.
Today
14
groups supported today
Plan
30
groups — our next-year ambition
Plan
12
making sessions — planned over a year
1Listen and plan
2Make and test
3Share and sell
4Learn and improve
Our community
Groups we work with
E14 Honey
Radojunkie
Threadheads
Nurture Academy
Hackney Herbal
Hackney Mosaic
Hackney Playbus
In focus · Threadheads
Stephanie started Threadheads during COVID to help people feel less isolated. Residents stitch together without pressure to talk.
We suggested stitching kits and helped introduce them to a couple of stores.
Our account of working with Threadheads.
Conversations under way
A local resident interested in writing children's books.
A community knitting group of grandmothers interested in selling their work.
Details kept private to protect identities.
Why we exist
“There are so many caring, talented people who want to help others, but cannot afford to give all their time unpaid. We started Impactsos CIC to help small groups develop ways to earn a little, sustain their activities and keep making an impact.”
— Craig Smith, founder
How we support sustainability
We draw on experience of opening a community shop in Boxpark, which gave us hands-on knowledge of product development, pricing and wholesale distribution. Impact Cards came out of that experience, but is separate from the CIC.
We're exploring transparent revenue-sharing arrangements for groups' own products, agreed with each group before any sales. Retailer interest will be tested, and paid business sessions for organisations may be developed.
Get involved
Pull up a chair
Local groups, residents with ideas, volunteers and potential supporters are all welcome. Each button opens an email to craig@impactsos.com. Bookings and session dates will be confirmed by email.
