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Our School Programmes Take Off!

Our School Programmes Take Off!

🎉 We’ve had a fantastic start to our School Programmes with four local Camden schools: Christopher Hatton, Argyle, St. Albans, and Netley! Feedback from both staff and students has been very positive,…

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First Cuts: Our Woodwork Project Takes Shape

First Cuts: Our Woodwork Project Takes Shape

On Wednesday, we started the first session of our Muttering Bird project. Our young makers learnt about the different types of wood they will be working with and created prototypes of a bird in softwo…

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Celebrating Our First After-School Textiles Project

Celebrating Our First After-School Textiles Project

✨ We’re excited to announce the launch of our very first after-school project, ‘Sew Many Choices’, at Holborn Library’s Clore Learning Space! 🪡 🙏Thanks to the generous support of The Skinners’​ …

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‘Muttering Bird’ After-School Project (Wednesdays, staggered start from 24/9, 1/10, 8/10/25)

‘Muttering Bird’ After-School Project (Wednesdays, staggered start from 24/9, 1/10, 8/10/25)

Make a beautiful wooden bird that can move!

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‘Sew Many Choices’ After-School Project (Tuesdays, Staggered from 23/9, 30/9 and 7/10/25)

‘Sew Many Choices’ After-School Project (Tuesdays, Staggered from 23/9, 30/9 and 7/10/25)

Learn to sew and stitch a bag that brings old fabrics back to life!

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Introducing our Guild of Young Makers After-School Projects

Introducing our Guild of Young Makers After-School Projects

Is your child curious, creative, and loves to make things? If you’re a parent or carer of a child in Year 6 to Year 9 (aged 10–14) who might be interested in free after-school design projects at our M…

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Introducing Our New Trustee: Lexie Grüber-Pérez

Introducing Our New Trustee: Lexie Grüber-Pérez

We’re delighted to welcome Alexandra “Lexie” Grüber-Pérez to shiftED’s board of trustees. Lexie is a service designer and policy advisor who works across disciplines to make public systems…

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Mosaics for Making: A Gift to Inspire

Mosaics for Making: A Gift to Inspire

We were recently donated a carload of beautiful mosaics by Jackie Parsonson, who was winding down her company, Hot Rocks Mosaics, and is now focusing on her jewellery business, Maraworks Jewellery @ma…

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Ready, Steady, Make – A New Chapter

Ready, Steady, Make – A New Chapter

🔥 A great start offering projects at our new makerspace at Holborn library 📚 We are offering whole class projects to local schools up until the end of the summer and then launch our full programme off…

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Why Netley Primary Loves Our Schools Programme

Why Netley Primary Loves Our Schools Programme

We couldn’t have asked for better feedback! Huge thanks to Helen and Monique from Netley Primary School and Centre for Autism for their glowing testimonials about our schools programme. Many thanks @l…

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Workshop Fit Out

Workshop Fit Out

Finally, we’ve transferred all our equipment and materials from our meanwhile space in Mornington Crescent and are now setting up the workshop at Holborn Library @camdenlibraries. Nick and Adrian have…

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The Great Move

The Great Move

We’re excited to share that we’re in the process of transferring our Makerspace to The Clore Learning Space at Holborn Library, where we’ll be based for the next three years. So far, we’ve spent two l…

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