There are only seven more days until our share offer closes. We are tantalisingly close to reaching our minimum target.
£60,000 will ensure enough vital working capital to see us through the renovation period of 17-21 Chapel Street before we can open our doors for good.
We cannot do this without you. The power of community is transformational. Help us protect this important historic building for future generations.
Please invest today, and help spread the word. Find out more through the link in our bio.
We’ve hit £50,000! 🥳
We are so excited and grateful to hit this incredible milestone - a huge thank you to all eveyone who has invested. We’re so grateful for every penny invested and bowled over by the support!
PPP took ownership of 17-21 Chapel Street, a Grade II listed building, in 2025 to restore the building and develop a new home for communities and creatives in the heart of Bradford. However, a significant amount of refurbishment is needed to make the building fit for use again. We can only make that vision a reality with your investment.
We are now just £10,000 away from our minimum target, please consider investing today to help us get there. If you’ve already invested, are you able to consider investing more? All the details available on our website through the link in our bio.
"A lot of people with energy and ideas coming together and trying to make something happen is a beautiful thing."
This is the future we want to create at 17-21 Chapel Street, with your investment we can make that happen. Find out more using the link in bio.
🎥 by the brilliant BAFTA-nominated @jackkingfilm .
Returning to our roots 🌱
17-21 Chapel Street is a building that reflects Bradford’s social and industrial heritage.
Built in 1832 by Quakers, to educate the children of the local working class, the site consisted of two stone-built schoolhouses separated by a courtyard - One for boys on Chapel Street, and another, to the rear, for girls and infants, with playgrounds and living quarters for teachers attached.
The local Society of Friends (part of the Quaker movement) formed the Bradford Friends’ School Association in 1829 and raised money to start a day school for "the labouring people of all religious denominations in the town and neighbourhood of Bradford". This collectively-funded endeavour is the earliest example of how the building has generated social benefit for local people.
As the building’s new custodians, the People’s Property Portfolio plans to revive 17-21 Chapel Street as a resource for community once more.
Invest now and back our ambition via the link in our bio 🔗
"When a community space is owned by the people of Bradford, they have a sense of agency over it. They feel like they can make decisions and steer things in a way where they feel like it's reflective of them and their communities and their people." Aamta-Tul Waheed
Spaces for communities to come together have never been more important. We believe buildings should be shared community resources - strengthening resilience through exchange, solidarity, creativity and collaboration, while opening access to the spaces and resources communities need most.
We know Bradford's creative and community sectors deserve secure, high-quality spaces to do their vital work for our city.
But it's more than that, by investing, you become a member and co‑owner of the People's Property Portfolio. Being a member of PPP means having an important role in defining the direction of the organisation, participating in the democratic processes of our Community Benefit Society, and helping us deliver our ambition.
Find out more on how to invest - 🔗 in bio.
🎥 by Jack King
Interested in interest? 👀
Based on feedback, we have updated our Share Offer terms and you can now opt-in to receive interest on your investment. We've retained our @comshares Standard Mark accreditation too.
By opting in, interest will be earned on your investment at a rate of up to 3% per annum, subject to performance. We have also retained the option to waive interest on your investment. The choice is yours!
If you have already invested, and would like to opt-in to receive interest, we've dropped you an email giving you the option to do so. To learn more, please see our Share Offer Document - available via the link in our bio 🔗
Are you considering investing and want to meet the team and see the building? 👀
We’re hosting tours of 17-21 Chapel Street on Thursday 7th May at 3.00pm and 5.30pm
Get a special look inside the building, hear more about PPP’s plans, learn about the history of this significant listed building, and have the opportunity to ask any questions you might have.
No need to book, just pop down to 17-21 Chapel Street, Bradford, BD1 5DL for the start time of your choice and members of our team will meet you.
📸 @danieljohnsongray
Our latest share offer campaign! Over 195 investors have joined the @ppp_bd bd share offer so far, hopefully making sure that 17-21 Chapel Street can once again serve the community, enabling local creatives and socially minded organisations to thrive 🙌 photo credit 📷 @danieljohnsongray
We are just 10 days into our extension and we have never felt more confident in the power of collective action - with more and more investors joining our Community Share offer every day!
It is so incredible that the belief that our city’s heritage buildings and vital cultural and social spaces should serve the people who value and use them is shared by so many.
We still need your support to reach out £60k minimum target. Investments start from just £50, which can be paid in five £10 instalments. If you’re able to give more, you can invest up to £9,000. To find out more, visit the through the link in our bio and join 200 investors today!
“We always try and support good people doing good things and if you just apply that rule across the board, then that’s when community thrives” @meksummat
Over the last 7 weeks, we have truly seen the power of community - with over 195 investors joining us in our Community Share Offer! 🎉
This investment is vital to ensuring 17-21 Chapel Street can once again serve the community, enabling local creatives and socially-minded organisations to thrive.
When 17-21 Chapel Street reopens it will be a creative engine for Bradford - home to artists studios, offices, flexible workspaces, and events and rehearsal spaces. It will provide spaces where community and cultural organisations work together to deepen their impact in the city.
With the Community Share Offer extended until the 22nd of May, there's no better time than now to invest. Now with the option to opt-in to receive interest on your investment - find out more through the link in bio!
📸 @danieljohnsongray
We’ve managed to raise over £45,000 in just 6 weeks - thank you to everyone who has invested and helped to spread the word so far, we’re absolutely bowled over by all the support!
However, we still have a way to go to meet our minimum £60,000 target, and want to shoot for our stretch target of £90,000, which would create vital funds to support the building redevelopment, getting us operationally set up, and supporting the organisation as it goes through a period of growth.
To build on the incredible momentum and support so far, we’re extending our share offer campaign until Friday 22nd May, giving us another month to hit our target. You can invest anything, from £50 - £9000 - all of which can be paid in instalments and, in return, your investment will create lasting change beyond any single building. Share investments also help lay the foundations for a community-owned portfolio of buildings that will serve local people and protect our historic buildings for future generations.
To find out more and donate today, visit our website via the link in bio 🔗
The big 40!
We're delighted to say that we have now raised over £40,000 in investments through our Community Share Offer - and we appreciate every single one of you who has invested to get us to this point.
As we are now in the last few days of the Community Share Offer, every penny counts to ensure we reach our £60k target and enable our ambitions for 17-21 Chapel Street become a reality.
To find out more about how to donate, please take a look at the link in our bio and share our posts with your families, friends and communities!
We really appreciate all the support 💪
