2020

Resident Interview: Zahra of Young Women’s Music Project

December 4, 2020 Claire LeMaster Community Comments Off

This month we hear from Zahra of the Young Women’s Music Project, a local charity that provides an inclusive, supportive space for young womxn to get together to make music, learn new skills, express themselves, and grow in confidence. Zahra: The Young Women’s Music Project was founded by Kate Garrett in 2000 in response to inequality in […]

Resident Interview: Kingsley of In-spire Sounds

November 6, 2020 Claire LeMaster Community Comments Off

At Aristotle Lane, we're so lucky to have such inspiring community oriented organizations nestled in to our building. We love seeing the work they have done and continue to do in the face of unprecedented odds. We'd like to introduce you to some of them, let you get to understand a bit more why we try and [...]

Creating the change we want to see in the world, one empty building at a time.

October 16, 2020 Claire LeMaster General Comments Off

The government and local authorities continute to search for answers to stem the tide of business closures in our city centres accelerated by the coronavirus. Makespace Board member and Transition By Design architect Andy Edwards reflects on his work in recent years and the process of transforming empty buildings into an opportunity to reimagine work and community [...]

Makespace Oxford stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

July 3, 2020 Claire LeMaster EEDI Comments Off

Makespace Oxford stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. We have taken time to reflect, take to the streets in solidarity, and consider how any collective statement might offer a meaningful declaration of our commitment towards the deep work and sustained action needed to carry us forwards. Racial injustice has strong roots in the colonial […]

Makespace Returns

June 18, 2020 Claire LeMaster General Comments Off

At Makespace Oxford we have always tried to create spaces that offer a community environment for socially conscious groups and organizations. We have prided ourselves on providing affordable spaces in Oxford by acquiring short term ‘meanwhile’ leases from landlords with empty property, refurbishing them and renting them to charities, businesses, artists and makers. Our efforts over the […]