Over the past six months, WeCanMake and Knowle West Media Centre have hosted a series of Neighbourhood Trade Schools — a series of creative workshops where we develop the skills we need to reimagine, repair, and make changes to our homes, streets and neighbourhoods. They are based on the idea that everyone has something to learn, and everyone has something to share, and we’ve explored a range of hands-on practical activities from basic DIY skills, to generating solar community energy.
Now, it’s time for us to celebrate and showcase the work of the Neighbourhood Trade School crew at The Factory. Hear from some of the cohort, get hands on with basic tools, create a mini solar-powered speaker, learn more about natural materials, and share a meal with others.
🗣️ Hear from Neighbourhood Trade School participants
🛠️ Get hands-on with making
🥗 Share delicious food
The event is free and family-friendly 🙂
More info to come!
About WeCanMake
We'll be hosting regular community meetups every 3rd Thursday of the month! Come along and meet your neighbours, make together, and let us know what you'd like to see at future Community Meetups. Refreshments provided.
WeCanMake is a neighbourhood test-space for imagining and making new ways to create homes that build social infrastructure and community wealth. Rooted in the council-built estate of Knowle West, Bristol, we are a Community Interest Company, operate as a community land trust, and are part of art and tech collective Knowle West Media Centre.
WeCanMake has developed a new model to do housing differently, and through creative community-driven innovation. This includes creating a new supply of land for community-led homes, charting a new route through the planning system, using Modern Methods of Construction to diversify and localise the production of new homes, and creating a bottom-up approach to tracking impact and social value.
Over the coming months, WeCanMake will be running a series of workshops for other communities, neighbourhoods, and local authorities interested in adapting and adopting the model to their own context.
Interested in attending an upcoming workshop? Click here to register.
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