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Makespace Oxford x Stir to Action

July 23, 2024 Makespace Oxford Meanwhile Comments Off

Wide format view of four people sat on stage at the end of a large hall with seated audience on either side

Earlier this month our friends at Stir to Action hosted their debut festival The ABCs of the New Economy at the Arts Mansion in Bristol. We were delighted to be a part of it. This two-day interactive event centred around the theme ‘Battling for the Ownership of the UK’s New Social Infrastructure’ and brought together hundreds of […]

Project Spotlight: Makespace Oxford

June 14, 2023 Makespace Oxford Community Comments Off

Andy Edwards in conversation with Georgina Bowman illustration by Anamaria Sabino Makespace Oxford is a non-profit community organisation with the aim of unlocking vacant or underused spaces that are revitalised for use on a “meanwhile” basis. Set up in 2015 as a CIC, Makespace is the result of years of collaboration with local community actors, having observed […]

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 [...]