About us
commonplace is a space for anyone who wants to ask questions about the way society works.
Through our monthly workshops, podcast, writings, and research we provide a space where people can unpack the stories shaping society and play with and embody new ideas and narratives.
What started out as an inquiry amongst three friends and colleagues is now emerging into a global community of practice. Every person who is a part of commonplace is invited to shape, use, and expand the space in ways and directions that excite or inspire them.
Our stewards
Meg Foulkes
Meg is a passionate community builder, facilitator, and trainer with a deep commitment to justice and collective liberation. She has worked with global community-based nonprofits, led grassroots initiatives, and supported asylum seekers in detention through her early legal work — always with a focus on protecting rights and building power with those most often excluded.
Creative and collaborative by nature, Meg works to create spaces where people feel heard, valued, and ready to take action. She designs projects that create meaningful, lasting impact — always rooted in the needs and wisdom of the communities she serves. Meg also brings strong experience in advocacy, helping communities turn insight into influence — and influence into change.
Outside of work, Meg enjoys supporting Fulham, being in London, and feels most at peace when swimming in the sea.
Eddie Harris
Eddie is an artist, philosopher and strategic coach dedicated to nurturing social change. From grassroots community initiatives to global live music operations, he has worked with teams to create experiences and environments people enjoy and trust. His work focuses on illuminating the narratives, practices, concepts that influence the quality of our institutions and their impact.
Reverence and curiosity are at the core of his ideologies. He is a passionate and unrelenting advocate for what he calls “the reasonable expectation of a humane and sustainable planetary society.” He loves navigating with others through the ideation, clarification and materialization of ideas to enrich our lives.
Though this work is his happy place, he loves to host friends and loved ones, support live music and travel.
Matt Hawkins
Matt has over 15 years of experience working in social change movements on strategy, communications, and organising. In that time he’s been a part of a number of national land international movements that have changed laws and practice and trained and coached hundreds of activists and organisers. He loves building communities and spaces where people get to connect and explore the major narratives, assumptions, and worldviews shaping our existence and the energy and possibility that can emerge out of new ideas and thinking.
To recharge, Matt loves playing or listening to music, being with friends, swimming and playing sport, and walking with his dog.