Movement Infrastructure
⏢ Growing infrastructure for movements
In 2025, House of Annetta was a home for movements beyond physical space and rooms, tools and equipment. We also supported groups with the invisible resources or relational work that makes things possible: financial guarantors, post box management, capacity building, training, placard making, admin, registered addresses, mentoring, printing, food, architectural services, community healing and rest. If you or your groups need any support with these kinds of things get in touch.
⏢ Participatory Action Incubator
We offer monthly mentorship, weekly desk-space, and open access to evening programming slots for groups with ongoing relationships with House of Annetta. From May-December 2025, we supported Museum of Enclosure and The Hibernator.
⏢ Shining a Light on the Back End
House of Annetta is testing out tools to make other systems possible: ranging from. In 2025 we launched SALOTBE, bringing together collaborators to share resources, and explore alternatives in practice.<⌕>May 2025 - Forms of Land and Property Ownership: screening Land in Sight–a portrait of Stiftung Edith Maryon, in discussion with Ollie Zhang from Open Systems Lab
<⌕>July 2025 - Insurance: with Planet Protection and Boycott Bloody Insurance, on the role insurers play in funding climate breakdown, weapon manufacturing and detention of migrants
<⌕>October 2025 - Incorporation: with Mark Walton and Kate Swade, exploring the origins of the company, and how those histories show up in our working lives today.
⏢ Booking the space
You can use the space for one-off or regular events, as long as your activities do not contradict our aims for the project. Income from booking the space supports operating costs and the long term repairs of the building.To book the space, first read our how-to-guide. Then, email info@houseofannetta.org with the following information:
- preferred dates time of booking
- description of activity
- description of individual or organisation of who is making the booking
- information about whether you are funded for this activity/ if it is commercial activity/ if it is a fundraiser
- contact details
- relationship to Tower Hamlets
- relationship to the aims of House of Annetta
- access requirements (eg. ground floor needed)
- number of and/or preferred room(s)
⏢ Slow + Dirty / Second Floor Press
Inspired by Annetta’s practice in fostering exchange through conversation, printed books and performance, we have established a printing press in collaboration with collective Slow + Dirty. The Risograph printer is available at low-cost for community groups and campaigns; and publishes projects by user-groups of House of Annetta. Find out more.
⏢ Accessibility
The building dates from 1705, and has several major limitations to wheelchair accessibility: the step up into the building from the street, the lack of lift to access the upper floors, and the non-accessible toilet. We believe that access to space is a key part of spatial justice - the future repair project will make the building more physically accessible. Read our Accessibility Statement, which includes more information about the space.
⏢ Garden
Self-organised groups look after the garden, as well as the house-plants around the building. It’s a north-facing, shaded garden so not suitable for growing many vegetables. In 2022, Land In Our Names (LION) planted out the garden, ran workshops and laid scaffolding for a floor surface, and Imani Qamar built moveable planters with benches that span between them. We have a bokashi composter and a wormery to process lunch and dinner scraps. Want to get involved in the garden? Do you have any plants to rehome? Contact info@houseofannetta.org
⏢ Kitchen
We eat lunch together every day, making use of ingredients that would otherwise go to waste collected from local producers. We have limited fridge space, but we can create pickles to use up vegetables. The waste that can’t be eaten goes into our composters. If you have excess food that you would like to redistribute, please bring it to House of Annetta.
⏢ Library
Our library occupies two shelves in the kitchen, and has been categorised by house users. Part of our library is donated by Shared Assets, a thinktank around collective ownership of land. The library is also supported by Babel’s Blessing grassroots language school, including ESOL and language learning resources. You can view the catalogue here, and come and read the books in person. Do you have books you could donate to our library? We are particularly looking for texts related to housing, land justice, migration, and abolition.
⏢ Desk Space
We offer desks, internet, tea, coffee and lunch for £5-15/day for artists, researchers, campaigners and organisers who are working around land rights, housing, and migration.
⏢ Meeting Space
We offer low-cost meeting space to campaign groups and organisations. We are close to public transport links, making it a good location for people travelling across London/ the country. We have desks, folding chairs and tables to accommodate up to 25 people comfortably, plus a projector, paper, and lots of pens.Ownership and access to space shapes the local area.