Working with communities in Amber Valley to make, do, create, repair, grow, share & care for what matters to them. Unleashing the maker in everyone.
Amber Valley, Derbyshire
Joined January 2023
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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?
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-sha…
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/cre…
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💥💥
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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
ALT A maker is creating something with a child at Assemble 2022.
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🎉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👇
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ALT Two people sit chatting on a roof at twilight lit by living room lamps. White text reads: People & Place 2025. Applications now open: footwork.org.uk/peopleandplace2025. Footwork Trust logo is in the lower right corner.
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⏳ 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…
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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 💚🌳💚
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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
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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
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Be willing to try something new and see what happens
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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
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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 ✨🧁🥕🛠️🧶🪡🎨🧵🌱✨
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 ✨✨
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 medium.com/@wearemakeshift/t…
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-6…