Work Shop is a social impact
and place strategy studio
working across development,
regeneration and culture.
We help organisations understand, evidence and articulate the value they create.
Building more impactful projects, more compelling cases for investment, and greater support from stakeholders and communities.
Co-founded by Theodora Beckett and Georgia Bird
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Co-Founder
Theo specialises in social impact, regeneration and place strategy, working across development, infrastructure and major regeneration projects. She advises developers, public bodies and cultural organisations on projects that balance growth, public value and long-term place impact, with experience spanning regeneration frameworks, social impact strategy and successful Levelling Up and town funding programmes across the UK.
Co-Founder
Georgia specialises in engagement, culture and social impact, supporting organisations to develop projects that are socially meaningful, strategically robust and grounded in local context. Her work spans regeneration, arts and culture, public sector programmes and community-focused initiatives, with experience designing engagement processes, facilitating collaboration and supporting inclusive approaches to place-based change.
We help clients to shape projects and programmes that create meaningful change.
From defining outcomes and designing interventions to engaging communities, measuring impact and building support, we help organisations understand, strengthen and demonstrate the value they create.
Our work combines strategy, engagement and evaluation to turn ambition into action and impact into lasting value.
Defining social value priorities, outcomes and delivery approaches that create meaningful benefits for people and place.
Shaping place strategies that connect growth, local need and long-term public value.
Supporting cultural organisations, creative workspace and culture-led regeneration.
Measuring outcomes, demonstrating impact and building robust evidence for future decisions.
Bringing communities, stakeholders and partners into the process to shape stronger projects and build support for change.
Strengthening funding bids, investment cases and public value propositions for place-based projects.
Many of the organisations we work with are trying to solve complex challenges that sit across sectors, disciplines and stakeholders.
Our role is to bring clarity: helping clients define outcomes, build evidence and make the case for change.
We work at the intersection of development, culture, public policy and community, helping organisations navigate competing priorities and translate ambition into projects, programmes and places that create lasting value.
Start a conversationWe get to grips with the place, the people and the brief, clarifying ambitions, constraints and what success really means before anything else.
We bring partners, communities and stakeholders into the process through workshops and structured engagement, surfacing the insight that makes projects stronger.
We turn insight into strategy, evidence and frameworks that are practical, credible and built to last, working alongside clients through to delivery.
Our work sits at the intersection of development, regeneration, culture and public value.
Long-term regeneration programmes, masterplans and place-based strategies.
Cultural organisations, creative workspace providers and arts-led initiatives.
Local authorities and public bodies shaping inclusive, evidence-led strategies.
Infrastructure and energy projects delivering local social value.
Developers and investors navigating social impact, ESG and long-term place value.
A selection of work delivered by Theodora and Georgia, including projects undertaken in previous roles.
Cultural infrastructure
An impact framework and theory of change for London's affordable creative workspace infrastructure.
Public sector
An evaluation framework measuring the impact of meanwhile activation and local economic programmes.
Delivered in a previous role
Regeneration
Strategic narrative for a major transport-led regeneration and city gateway project.
Development
Contributing to community engagement on one of London's largest regeneration opportunities, including a community storytelling initiative.
Contributed in a previous role
Public sector / growth
A social value approach for a borough-wide economic growth strategy.
Built environment
A social value framework embedding social impact across the work of a global design practice.
Delivered in a previous role
Infrastructure / energy
Creating a social value framework for a low carbon heat network developer.
Delivered in a previous role
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We are London-based and work nationally across development, regeneration, culture and social impact.
We'd love to hear about your project. For enquiries, collaborations or conversations, please get in touch.