Launching this September, award-winning social enterprise and maker studio Cockpit presents The Cockpit Edit, a new ecommerce platform with a curated selection of work from leading artist-makers based across Cockpit’s studios in Bloomsbury and Deptford. Design-led work will feature for the first eight weeks, with 35 makers in the spotlight. Collectors and craft lovers alike … Continued
Makerspaces in Liverpool that bring creativity to communities and provide hubs for budding artisans and entrepreneurs to flourish in business has become the first beneficiary of a brand new social investment fund ringfenced for the Liverpool City Region.
Over two weekends this November, Winter Open Studios returns to Cockpit for a festive celebration ofcreativity and making (21–24 November and 29 November–1 December). At this unique shopping event, you’ll discover the work of leading craftspeople and up-and-coming makers, all created in their studios at Cockpit in Bloomsbury and Deptford, with price points to suit … Continued
Greater Manchester based pop-up TV studio and newsroom Media Cubs has worked with their biggest number of children yet – more than 750 new young people in the six-week summer holidays – transforming them into ‘mini reporters’ to increase confidence, skills and aspirations. A total of 154 children were asked about their experience of the Media … Continued
February 2022 Find out more about the incredible work of Manchester based social enterprise, Sharp Futures, in this interview with CEO Lee Stanley. From working with big media organisations like Channel 4 to offering a variety of training courses and apprenticeships in areas such as film production – listen to how this social enterprise is … Continued