Circles/Lisbon
Logos Circle / Lisbon meets in Lisbon, Portugal. Its reports cover community work in the Quinta do Mocho neighbourhood, including a planned community garden, and a micro-rewilding project in Graça funded by a €600 Plural Events Bounty. It has also secured a community centre for young adults in Quinta do Mocho, shown a trailer of its film on the neighbourhood at the Rare Effect Festival, and run a winter collection for Mocho's children, and is finishing the short film.
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Winnable issues completed
Dated by the day the work was done, or the meetup that reported it done. Figures are the Circle's own, from its reports.
| # | Date | Issue | Area | What was delivered | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Mar 2026 | Quinta do Mocho community day | Welfare | A community day with food, local music, dance and preventative health checks gathered nearly 100 feedback submissions from residents on what they would like improved in their neighbourhood. | t/1593 |
| 2 | Nov | Community centre for young adults in Quinta do Mocho | Welfare | The local government confirmed the space in November and community leaders received the keys. The centre gives young people alternative career and personal development pathways. | |
| 3 | 8 Nov | Mocho artists shown in Lisbon | Welfare | The trailer of the Circle's film on Quinta do Mocho was presented at the Rare Effect Festival on 8 November. | |
| 4 | 10 Dec | Winter collection for children in Mocho | Welfare | A collection day at the December Lisbon Circle gathered winter clothes, books, toys, blankets and presents for children in Quinta do Mocho. Donations also went to the neighbouring community of Talude. |
Working on
The Circle is building the first prototype of a community-owned green space for its micro-rewilding work: a modular portable garden that could temporarily turn a parking space into a small public park (t/1751). In August 2026 construction started inside Xenon Domus, led by a carpenter, and existing plants were repotted (t/1849).
Local context
Quinta do Mocho is a public housing neighbourhood in Sacavém, just outside Lisbon. Built in the 1990s to rehouse families from informal settlements, it is one of many bairros sociais that formed part of Portugal’s urban social housing policies. The buildings are dense, uniform, and often under-maintained.
The area is home to a large African diaspora, particularly Cape Verdean, Angolan, and Guinean-Portuguese families, many of whom arrived during or after post-colonial migration waves. Cultural identity is strong here, with music, food, and shared experiences playing a big role in daily life.
Economically, Quinta do Mocho has faced marginalisation, with high unemployment and limited resources for youth. Yet it is also a place of opportunity, with musicians, designers, dancers, and footballers emerging from the community and achieving recognition nationally and internationally.
Create a short film showcasing community life in Quinta do Mocho.
- Goal: Tell stories of parallel organising in Mocho and highlight the power of grassroots initiatives to inspire a break from intergenerational patterns of poverty and marginalisation.
- Status: In progress. A film clip is done; the full 10-minute film will be completed in Q2 2026.
Create a community garden in Quinta do Mocho.
Goal: Transform an unused space into a community garden that provides opportunities for environmental education, community building, and access to fresh produce, while creating a shared space where residents can come together and take ownership of their local environment.
Status: In progress. The team is currently working with the local government to secure planning permissions. A local urban gardening partner has already been onboarded, alongside several Lisbon Circle members with experience in agriculture who will support the design and implementation of the project.
Allies nearby
- Plural: its Plural Events Bounty gave the Circle a €600 budget for a first parklet prototype (t/1751)
- Xenon Domus: the Circle's meeting venue since June 2026, with the first garden build inside its space (t/1701, t/1849)
Reports
- April 2026, April Circle: t/1593
- April 2026, micro-rewilding proposal for Graça: t/1617
- May 2026, May Circle: t/1633
- June 2026, node workshop: t/1701
- July 2026, parklet design: t/1751
- August and September 2026, garden build starts: t/1849