News & Updates
This section brings together all of our posts, including news, events and insights, in chronological order. For more regular updates and behind-the-scenes documentation of our work, please visit our social media channels. You can also sign up here to receive updates directly.
Feedback from our young makers
Guild of Young MakersFollowing our highly successful woodwork project, ‘Muttering Birds’, we invited some of the young makers who took part to bring their creations to life, using their automata as puppets to share their …
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A Big Thanks to Lock & Co. Hatters
NewsA big thank you to the staff at Lock & Co. Hatters for nominating us, and to the board for making a donation to support our work with young people. We are already planning an automata project in w…
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Netley Fundraising Effort
NewsWe are very grateful to Netley Primary School and Centre for Autism for organising a fundraising effort to support shiftED’s programmes with young people. Pupils in Years 4–6 came together to run a ca…
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Double Your Impact with Big Give Match Funding
Events🚀 Double your impact this week! From 17–24 March 2026, every donation to shiftED is matched by The Big Give. That means your gift goes twice as far, supporting our school and after-school programmes, …
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‘Metal Artworks’ After-School Project (Spring 2026) – Full
Guild of Young MakersSpring Term — Mondays, starting 5th or 12th January 2026 Unfortunately, the application deadline has now passed for this project and now closed. Please sign up for updates to be notified of up-coming …
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Free After School Design Projects – Sign Up
Guild of Young MakersKeep up-to-date with our programmes and click below:
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‘Stars in Your Eyes’ Clay Sculpture After-School Project (Spring 2026) – Full
Guild of Young MakersSpring Term — Thursdays, starting 8th January 2026 Unfortunately, the application deadline has now passed for this project and now closed. Please sign up for updates to be notified of up-coming after-…
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‘Leather Bag’ After-School Project (Spring 2026) – Full
Guild of Young MakersSpring Term — Wednesdays, starting 7th January 2026 Unfortunately, the application deadline has now passed for this project and now closed. Please sign up for updates to be notified of up-coming after…
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Shaping Futures: Our Impact So Far
ImpactBelow is a quick snapshot of the key participation figures and the impact we have made since launching our programmes, starting at our meanwhile space in Mornington Crescent and now from our more perm…
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My Space: Inside Out
Guild of Young MakersYour space, your story! Learn to draw like an architect and design your own unique spaces. Master professional drawing techniques and create a beautifully illustrated foldout booklet. Specialism: Arch…
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Exploring Figurative Automata
SchoolsIt was a playful session last week with Year 5 pupils from Argyle Primary School, exploring ideas for the figurative automata they are creating as part of our Camtastic Toys project. At shiftED, we be…
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‘Giant Gooners’ After-School Project
Guild of Young MakersMake a giant model head of your favourite Arsenal player! Specialism: Prop-Making, Event & Production Cost: Free*Age: 15-17 (Y10/12)Class Size: Up to 12Experience Level: Intermediate 📅 TimingsTerm…
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