Feel more at home where you live
Do you wish you could move from rushed, disconnected days on empty streets to a slower, joyful rhythm of local living, where your street feels alive with connection, care and creativity?
Bring your street to life…
Receive everything you need to try one street experiment in joy, track your transformation, and start feeling more connected where you already live.
Our Mission: Wayfinder Labs brings streets to life, so people can once again enjoy the abundance, connection and joy of community, while building the social and ecological resilience needed for the future.
What if streets were the places we go to find community, share experiences and cultivate the future we want, together?
Our Values
Curiosity: Listening, sharing stories, developing empathy, learning from difference and experimentation.
Community: Relationship‑centred living, shared ownership, reciprocity and peer support.
Regeneration: Life‑centred design, local resilience, creative agency and thriving human and natural systems.
Bring Your Street to Life
Whether you’re just getting curious or ready to take action on your own street, there are a few ways to begin.
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Street Joy Kits
Bring Your Street to Life Starter Pack
A two‑month taster kit with one surprise street activity, a mini transformation tracker and analogue goodies to help you gently experiment with a more joyful, connected local life.
Resources
Regenerative Streets Podcast
Conversations with people re‑imagining their streets, full of ideas you can borrow and adapt where you live.
Life of the Street Blog
Stories, reflections and practical tips on slowing down, noticing more and reconnecting with your neighbourhood.
Events
Storytelling Drop‑In Sessions
Informal online or local gatherings to swap stories about street life, experiments and what’s working.
Author & Ideas Talks
Occasional talks exploring curiosity, community and regeneration—and how they show up on real streets.
About Laura Aston & Wayfinder Labs
Hi, I’m Laura, the person behind Wayfinder Labs.
For years, I felt deeply frustrated by how hard it was to create real change from inside big systems. Life felt rushed and reactive, and the places we live in - our streets- often felt empty, unsafe or simply unnoticed. I wanted more agency, more joy, and more room to work on things that actually matter with people who care about regeneration and community.
Wayfinder Labs grew out of a simple question: What if our streets were once again where we go to find community and cultivate the future we want?
Now my work is about helping you start close to home so you can move from haste and disconnection to a slower, more joyful rhythm of local living.
Everything I create is organised around three kinds of small steps you can weave into everyday life:
Activate your street – small, inviting experiments like play streets, street art, nature walks and outdoor cinema that make your street feel alive and welcoming.
Start a conversation – kitchen‑table conversations, history walks and neighbour stories that build understanding, belonging and shared imagination.
Cultivate reciprocity & abundance – swaps, shared meals, lending, caring and repair that reveal how much you already have together and create real networks of support.
Wayfinder Labs exists to bring streets to life so that you - and your neighbours - can rediscover the abundance, connection and joy of community, while building the resilience needed for the future.
