Make/Shift

What does making mean to you? What have you made today? A work of art? A cuppa? A friendship? A pair of gloves? A connection? A cake? A difference? We believe everyone is a maker. We'd love to hear what you've made. #WhatShallWeMakeHere?

An incredible day of workshops @CIVIC_SQUARE #BeyondBooks Birmingham on Oct 2 on empowering lessons from history for communities and changemakers. I'll be there with @aliyahhasinah @indy_johar @natcphd @KarberryK eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-books… @ThatNikkiBi

Applications are now open for the Movers and Shakers Community Fund - a brand new fund by and for people living in Amber Valley. £1 to £1000 for new, imaginative ideas that benefit you and the place you care about in Amber Valley. wearemakeshift.uk/movers-shakers

Tomorrow we welcome out Neighbourhood Creative Agents to our first session together with @Platform_Thrty1. Six neighbours, living in towns and villages across Amber Valley, working together to activate and mobilise creativity on their doorstep👇👇 🔗 wearemakeshift.uk/events/creativ…

We loved sharing our work and showing off our collaborations with @maisonfoo and @grow_outside to colleagues at @ace_national and @DCMS this week. Thanks for joining us @RebeccaBlackma6 @ace_midlands 🌼 💚🙏 #createyourplace #letscreate #communitypower #creativepower

This week we’ve had the absolute pleasure of hosting workshops, meet-ups and workspace at the glorious @grow_outside in Butterley. Thanks to the many community decision makers, collaborators & friends who joined us and to Claire and Kirsty for looking after us so well 💚🙏

Great 2 gather in chesterfield today & hear from @ClaireWard4EM @RebeccaBlackma6 @ace_midlands about priorities 4 new EMCCA. Thanks @davidjubb @CitizensInPow for reminder that there is urgent need for experimentation, creativity & courage to do things differently💥💥

Calling all makers! 📢 Help us MAKE Assemble 2024… ✨SAVE THE DATE: Assemble is back 26th October If you’re a maker who’d like to get involved in Derby’s Making Festival this year, we’d love to hear from you derbymuseums.org/assemble/ Assemble 2024 is supported by Vaillant UK

🎉Applications are open to People & Place 2025 Do you have a bold idea to deliver long-term change in your neighbourhood? @FootworkTrust provides 1-2-1 support, an unrestricted £5K grant and a peer network of community innovators Find out more & apply👇 buff.ly/3Wg4I00

⏳ Last chance to register for tomorrow’s open-to-all Intro to Collective Care Webinar! Learn how to bring more care & sustainability into your social justice work. ✨ 🔗 Grab one of the last places by registering via the link below! actbuildchange.com/events/an-intr…

Finally made it along to @timber_festival & had fab time with @Make_shiftAV @maisonfoo @grow_outside #swannickmensshed & pop-up Community Living Room #making #connecting #shifting story about creative power of communities. So many amazing people gathered amongst the trees 💚🌳💚

Really enjoyed being part of @Derby_Civic CivicLAB conference last week hosted at brilliant @Artcore_UK with @Make_shiftAV @caracourage @SHED_uk. Talking all things #communitypower #creativepower & sharing some of our fav words & change models by margaretwheatley.com

NEW COMMISSION OPPORTUNITY!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @JunctionArtsUK & videoclub want to commission LGBTQIA+ artist to work with community in and around Chesterfield to create new artwork for projection onto Bolsover Castle in November. 💰£4,000 fee ℹ️is.gd/DPXBWN24 ⏳Deadline: 31 July 24

Be willing to try something new and see what happens Image: instagram.com/vicky_barone

How do we weave healthy communities? That's been our inquiry for the past 5 years. And so proud to share with you all the Community Weaving Framework. It has 5 elements: The Fire, the Web, the Rhythm, the Circles, the Spiral. How does this resonate? community-weaving.org

We had a great day at #HeanorHorticulturalShow on Saturday modelling a community garden together! Do you think we missed anything? What else should a community garden have?

Brilliant afternoon at Heanor Horticultural Show chatting #communitygrowing, #pocketgardens, #nextdoornature #creativity and new possibilities with ⁦@grow_outside⁩. So many makers, bakers and growers celebrating their skills, produce & passions together ✨🧁🥕🛠️🧶🪡🎨🧵🌱✨

And sign up to the next workshop on Monday ✨✨What it means to work on your doorstep ✨✨ Sharing tales and talking through the beauty and brutality of combining our roles as professionals and neighbours eventbrite.com/o/makeshift-63…

If you’re curious about what if takes to hold space for connection and collaboration where you live. You can dive into some of the content from the workshop here @wearemakeshift/the-journey-to-co-creation-93725cd6b37d" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@wearemakeshif…

We started the week in style with a brilliant workshop hosted by ⁦@Platform_Thrty1⁩ at Infinite Wellbeing Community Centre digging into all things Community Co-Creation ✨✨