Making Space is Havant’s very own community craft charity, based in their purpose-built premises in the heart of Leigh Park.
As well as running regular classes in a variety of craft forms, Making Space has a busy outreach programme, providing subsidised activities in the community, and in its home to a number of professional makers who have their own studios on site. Making Space aim to make crafting available to everyone.
Here’s what is coming up at Making Space.
Craft Club -Making Space’s Craft Club welcomes crafty kids aged 7–14 to enjoy fun, creative sessions in a friendly setting. Each session gives young makers the chance to experiment, imagine, and create using a wide range of materials, while spending time with other craft-loving kids and making new friends. Craft Club runs during half terms and school holidays.
What could your child make with the time, space, and materials to explore their ideas?
Craft Community - Craft Community is our creative club for adults who enjoy hands-on making. Each month explores a different craft theme, from collage and embroidery to printing and macramé. Sessions are relaxed, enjoyable, and focused on crafts that can be continued at home.
Whether you’re completely new to crafting, looking to build confidence, or simply keen to set aside some creative “me time,” these workshops offer a welcoming space to make, learn, and unwind.
Making Space is a craft organisation based in Leigh Park, Hampshire with impact across the UK. We literally make space for people and organisations to get involved in craft whether physically in our own building or digitally in our virtual networks and events.
Raising the profile of craft in all its forms, we work with local and national arts organisations, contributing to debate, supporting makers and providing creative opportunities.
Through our outreach projects we work with partners including schools, children’s centres, family learning environments and retirement homes.
Our specially tailored projects inspire, challenge skill-up, engage and build new audiences for the sector. We enable people to develop new ways of thinking about the craft and experience first-hand the important presence of craft in everyday life.
Visit our website makingspace.org to find out about all our events, activities and opportunities. For more information, Bethany Wood, Communications Coordinator: bethanyw@makingspace.org