Chris Hildrey
@chrishildrey
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Architect | Founder, ProxyAddress | Director, Hildrey Studio | Trustee, Museum of Architecture | TIME Magazine 100 Best Inventions
Joined July 2012
Wow! Honoured to see @ProxyAddress named as one of @TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2021! Here's to helping many more people escape the Catch-22 of losing an address. #TIMEBestInventions
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🚨 @ProxyAddress has been shortlisted in the Seoul Design Awards and public voting is now open! It'd mean a lot if you could find the time to vote for us and/or share this with others!
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RT @benjaminkaplan: Sometimes, the smallest changes make the biggest impact. Check out our latest UNPOLITICS episode where @chrishildrey ex…
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RT @designcouncil: We're thrilled to announce the new Design Council Expert network! With 240+ designers across multiple disciplines from f…
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Reports like this show the need for a rebalancing of funding, with specific allocations for local grassroots charities. We need policies that recognise and support small charities and provide for maximum impact.
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🚨 The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of small charities, yet their financial struggles have only worsened. Post-pandemic, small charities saw a £4.6B decline in funding, while larger charities experienced a £4.5B increase.
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🏡 Grassroots organizations know their communities best, but they often lack the resources to compete with larger charities for funding. 79% of UK adults agree that small, local charities are often overlooked and under-resourced
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💰 Despite their crucial role in addressing poverty, small charities in the UK are severely underfunded. Government funding has decreased by £413M since 2013, pushing many to operate at a loss. @CSJFoundation
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📊 New report from @CSJFoundation reveals a stark imbalance in UK's charity sector. 85% of all charitable income goes to just 4% of registered charities, leaving grassroots organizations struggling to survive. #Charity #UKCharities
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@OctopusEnergy Spoiler: @OctopusEnergy after 3 weeks absolutely nothing has happened. Nothing.
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RT @ArchitectsJrnal: Hundreds of students at the Bartlett School of Architecture have staged a protest after a ‘well-known and loved’ secur…
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RT @andymarsden_: Call to arms for designers/architects from @chrishildrey of Proxy Address @L_D_F "We have to use less and create more in…
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Really enjoyed speaking with @g_kafka about the @ProxyAddress story so far. Kudos to George for his amazing write up and the decision to use @cafeartuk participants' beautiful images. 👏 #TechForGood #socialimpact #homelessness
Without an address, it's hard to exist. Architect @chrishildrey designed @ProxyAddress as a system to redistribute postal addresses to people experiencing homelessness. Now the challenge is adapting it to local councils. Read the full story here:
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This recent article reminds me of @TomCrewe1's incredible piece in @LRB from 2016, The Strange Death of Municipal Britain: A chilling article which has inspired me ever since. Public services don't lose money; they cost money.
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