What Part W does

Part W is a UK-based volunteer-powered action group founded in 2018 that campaigns for gender equity in the built environment. The organization challenges exclusionary design practices by crowdsourcing research, documenting women's contributions to architecture, and advocating for policy change in how the built environment is planned, designed, and recognized. Its core campaigns include Built Barriers (a national visual archive of design decisions that exclude women), Women's Work: London (a mapping project of 30 projects designed, saved, built or commissioned by women), The Alternative List (a campaign addressing the structural underrepresentation of women in architecture awards, including the RIBA Royal Gold Medal), and Wiki-edit (Wikipedia editing workshops partnered with The Design Museum). The organization is described as volunteer-driven with a core team of 8 named members and 50+ contributing creative producers, supported by just 6 paid staff.

Part W monetizes through a tiered Supporters Circle membership program (individual tiers from £30–£100/year and organizational tiers from £220–£3,000/year), one-off donations via PayPal, a Jobs Board connecting built environment practices with values-aligned candidates, and paid CPD training. With 40+ named organizational supporters including AHMM, Bell Phillips, Feilden Fowles, Stanton Williams, Max Fordham, and Maccreanor Lavington, the organization's revenue is supported by a small but recognizable base of architectural practices. Distribution is digital-first through the website and social media, supplemented by physical events including walking tours, workshops, and exhibitions at venues such as Forefront Gallery and during London Festival of Architecture, Festival of Place, and UKREiiF.

The underlying technology stack is minimal: a Squarespace-hosted website, email newsletters, and social media (Instagram, LinkedIn). Part W operates as a distributed remote organization with no fixed headquarters, with events and exhibitions held at various UK venues. The business model is consistent with sector best practice for a niche advocacy non-profit: diversified but small recurring revenue from memberships, transactional income from Jobs Board and CPD, and donation top-ups.

Name

Part W

Legal name

Part W

Website

https://part-w.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Part W is a UK-based volunteer-powered action group campaigning for gender equity in the built environment since 2018. It runs advocacy campaigns such as Built Barriers and Women's Work: London, and funds operations through a tiered Supporters Circle membership, donations, and a Jobs Board.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Built-Environment Gender Equity Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF)

Keywords

• Gender equity advocacy
• Built environment campaigns
• Supporter membership program
• Women in architecture
• Inclusive design research

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Supporters Circle Memberships: Monthly and annual subscription tiers for individuals and organizations that provide ongoing funding to support Part W's campaigning work. Organizational tiers include Emerging (£20/month or £220/year), Medium (£50/month or £550/year), Large (£150/month or £1,650/year), and Benefactor (£275/month or £3,000/year). Individual tiers include Starter (£3/month or £30/year) and standard Supporter (£10/month or £100/year).
2. Donations: One-off donations through PayPal to support the organization's ongoing operations, campaigns, and advocacy work.
3. Jobs Board Advertising: A jobs board connecting built environment practices with a values-aligned audience. The board supports fairer recruitment while backing Part W's research, advocacy and campaigns for gender equity. Discounts available for Supporters Circle members.
4. CPD Training: Continuing Professional Development training sessions with discounts offered to Supporters Circle members. Two complimentary tickets to CPD sessions included with Benefactor tier.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Part W is a volunteer-powered action group campaigning for gender equity in the built environment. Its core deliverables are advocacy and education offerings: visual and written campaign outputs (Built Barriers archive, Women's Work: London map, The Alternative List, Wiki-edit), a tiered Supporters' Circle membership programme, a jobs board for values-aligned recruitment, and CPD-accredited events and walking tours. These are community and knowledge products funded by donations, membership subscriptions, advertising and training fees rather than commercial software or services.

Product overview

Part W is an action group (not a technology company) offering a portfolio of advocacy campaigns and community programs. The core offerings include: Built Barriers (visual archive campaign documenting design barriers), Women's Work: London (mapping project of women-led projects), The Alternative List (award recognition initiative), Wiki-edit (Wikipedia editing workshops), the Supporters' Circle (membership program), a Jobs Board (recruitment service), and Events/Workshops. These are advocacy and community programs rather than software products or technology platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Supporters' Circle: A community of individuals and organisations providing ongoing support for Part W's work through donation tiers, offering benefits including newsletter access, early event booking, website recognition, and CPD discounts.
• Built Barriers
• Women's Work: London
• The Alternative List
• Wiki-edit

Products and services

• Built Barriers National visual archive campaign that crowdsources photographs of everyday design decisions which exclude, limit or undermine women, building an evidence base for inclusive design change in the built environment.
• Women's Work: London Mapping project highlighting buildings and projects in London where women have played significant roles in design, development, conservation, commissioning or construction, celebrating women's contribution to the built environment.
• The Alternative List Crowdsourced initiative addressing the lack of recognition of women's achievements in architecture through existing award structures, targeting the RIBA Royal Gold Medal and other architecture awards.
• Wiki-edit Participatory workshop series tackling the under-representation of women designers, architects and placemakers on Wikipedia, developed in partnership with The Design Museum and Prof. Mel Dodd.
• Supporters' Circle Subscription-based membership programme for individuals and organisations providing ongoing financial support for Part W's campaigns, research and advocacy work, with six publicly disclosed GBP tiers (Starter, Supporter, Emerging, Medium, Large and Benefactor) and member benefits including newsletter access, event priority booking, website recognition and CPD discounts.
• Jobs Board Online recruitment board connecting built environment employers with a values-aligned audience, supporting fairer and more inclusive hiring across architecture, design and construction sectors, with discounted listings for Supporters' Circle members.
• Events and Walking Tours Public events, walking tours, exhibitions and CPD-accredited workshops exploring women's contribution to architecture and gender in the built environment, delivered in collaboration with London Festival of Architecture, Festival of Place, UKREiiF and partner venues including the Forefront Gallery.
• CPD Training Sessions Continuing Professional Development training delivered by Part W on gender and the built environment, with discounted or complimentary places for Supporters' Circle members (including two free tickets at the Benefactor tier).

Quantifiable outcome

• Women's Work: London map documents 30 projects designed, saved, built or commissioned by women, with over 150 nominations crowdsourced
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ForefrontcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerForefront is a cultural initiative connecting the built environment and the arts through exhibitions, installations and collaborative programming, founded by Professor Sadie Morgan OBE and Dicle Guntas. Part W's Women's Work: London mapping project is displayed at Forefront Gallery at Milieu, Old Street, London.
• The Design MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart W partnered with The Design Museum and Prof. Mel Dodd to run participatory wiki workshops tackling the under-representation online of women designers, architects and place makers.
• London Festival of ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart W collaborated with the London Festival of Architecture for walking tours and events exploring women's contribution to London's built environment.
• Festival of PlacecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart W partnered with Festival of Place for Built Barriers workshops exploring how gender shapes experiences of the built environment.
• EDIT (design studio)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEDIT designed the Women's Work: London map for Part W's exhibition and display materials.
• Coffey ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoffey Architects participated in the Built Barriers campaign with a team exercise led by Associate Director Margaret Ravenscroft, submitting collaborative studio examples of everyday barriers.
• UKREiiFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart W hosted its first workshop at UKREiiF (UK Real Estate Investment Forum) at the London Pavilion, bringing Built Barriers conversations to one of the sector's biggest stages.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Built by Women: Advocacy initiative highlighting women's contributions to the built environment. Highly comparable to Part W's Women's Work: London mapping concept and inclusive design mission.
• Architects for Change: Advocacy network focused on equity, diversity and inclusion in architecture. Comparable grassroots advocacy posture and built environment focus, though broader than gender-only.
• Women in Architecture (RIBA group): RIBA-affiliated group advocating for women in architecture. Directly comparable to Part W as a UK gender-equity-in-architecture advocacy body, though hosted under the professional body rather than independent.
• Women in Property: UK membership organization supporting women across the property and construction sectors. Comparable to Part W in mission (advancing women in built environment), member-based funding model, and event-driven community engagement.

Broad incumbents

• The Architectural Review: Long-running UK architecture magazine with a broad agenda including social and gender equity coverage. Comparable as a UK architecture media platform that shapes discourse Part W engages with through campaigns and earned media.
• Architects' Journal (AJ): Leading UK architecture weekly and a media partner that has covered Part W's campaigns. Comparable as the industry publication channel through which Part W reaches built environment professionals.
• RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects): UK's chartered body for architects and the awarding institution behind the Royal Gold Medal that Part W's Alternative List campaign targets. Comparable as the dominant industry institution whose awards and policies Part W seeks to influence.
• Design Council: UK's national advisory body for design. Comparable as a design-sector advocacy organization that has overlapping interests in inclusive design, gender mainstreaming and built environment policy.

Emerging players

• Civic Arts: Practice combining architecture, research and advocacy on civic space and inclusion. Partially overlaps with Part W's Built Barriers and Women's Work missions around equity in the built environment.
• Architecture Foundation: London-based non-profit programming public events, exhibitions and debates on architecture and urbanism. Comparable as a UK advocacy/events organization that engages overlapping audiences in built environment discourse.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/part-w
• Instagraminstagram.com/partwcollective

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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