Community Projects

Making Space has been busy creating Craft Kits for families using the local food bank to enjoy during these difficult times.

Time to dig out the fabric stash A few weeks ago, we held the first of our Textile Transformation workshops. It now seems part of another lifetime, with the upheaval that Covid-19 has wrought upon our lives and lifestyles. While we won’t be holding any face to face workshops for a few weeks please do [...]

Why we need to tackle our clothes addiction in 2020: and how to get started. We seem to have a love-hate relationship with clothing in this country. We are buying many more items each year than a few decades ago – but wearing them for less long. And it is wreaking havoc on our planet. [...]

Join us for our brand new creative project A Woman’s Space. Creative workshops for women and girls taught by women focussed on female empowerment.

We’re saying #ThanksToYou to National Lottery players with a week of free crafting! This year is the 25th Birthday of The National Lottery, and we’re excited to be a part of the celebrations by joining in the #ThanksToYou campaign, which celebrates the contribution of National Lottery players in supporting good causes over the past 25 […]

Making Space is working with Planet Aware to deliver a year-long project focussing on reusing, upcycling and reinventing items to minimilse textile waste!

Doesn’t have to be yesteryear, yesterday will do! Do you have memories of Leigh Park Gardens? Ones from the last decade or even just last Monday?Do you recall the Six Penny Six or have newspaper cuttings about the lightning tree? Do remember the picnics in the summer of 2018? We’d love to hear of them […]

Through generous funding from The Arts Society Portsdown, In 2019 Making Space launched our first ever Youth Forum for creative 15-19 year olds.  At a time when arts subjects are not being supported in school, Making Space was in a prime position to support young people in finding pathways into understanding and gaining access to […]

Learning Through Craft Thursday 24 January 2019 | 3.30pm to 5pm  Barncroft Primary School, Park Lane, Havant, Hampshire. PO9 3HN For queries, please email: admin@makingspace.org   Who is this event for? Teachers, teaching assistants and senior school leaders interested in the value of art and design in a broad and balanced curriculum. There are only 15 places, so […]

Making Space was set up as a charity in 2005, our bespoke building opened two years later in 2007. With 2 inspiring learning spaces and 7 on-site studios Making Space was designed to be an inspiring creative hub for makers near and far, old and new, established and emerging! 23 people have had their professional […]