During this final workshop, we will design and refine the chosen idea from Workshop 3 in more detail, and think about how you and the people of Blackburn might use and interact with this food system.
This is part two of two co-creation sessions. To get the full experience, we hope you will join us for both workshops 3 and 4, however, attendance atto both isn’t essential.
Lunch will be provided.
About:
This workshop is part of the Blackburn Urban Food Futures workshop series. The National Festival of Making and the Making Rooms are working with the University of Salford on a research project, running a series of workshops in Blackburn with the ambition of co-creating a small-scale local food system, designed by you! Following on from a successful introductory session in March, this workshop will be session four in the four-part series. You don’t need to have attended the introductory session to join us for this workshop.
The workshops are a great way to learn more about growing food in your town and community, and to meet people in your local area who share similar interests.
The events will be led by Dr. Andy Jenkins and Dr. Laura Coucill from the University of Salford, who are experts in urban agriculture and architecture, alongside expertise from the Making Rooms and National Festival of Making.
Key Information
- This workshop is free
- Lunch will be provided!
- It will take place at The Making Rooms, Blackburn town centre. There is ramp access to the building via the side entrance on Museum Street.
- By attending one of the sessions, there is no commitment to join the whole series, however we hope you will keep wanting to come back!
- This workshop is aimed at ages 16 or over however younger people are welcome (but must be accompanied by an adult)
- If your plans change and you can no longer attend, please cancel your ticket as this will allow us to allocate it to somebody else
What’s next?
This is a research project in partnership with the University of Salford, and an extension of the Think it - Make it - Grow it project run by the University of Salford. The aim is to build the co-designed food system over the National Festival of Making weekend on the 6th and 7th July in Blackburn town centre. We will work with partners with the hope of finding a temporary home for the system. This workshop series allows you to learn more about urban food production, its benefits, and what, as a community of local organisations and residents, we can imagine for Blackburn's Future.
