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Breathing life into this Network

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Dougald Hine left a comment for Amy Scott

"Hi Amy - welcome to the site! We're planning to restart our face-to-face Space Makers meetups in London in December, so please do come along to one of those and meet some of the gang. I'm sure there will be projects we could get you…"

Oct 24, 2011

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"Hi Dougald! Not going to be around on Weds - am in Bristol for a-n meetings, really disappointing not to be there! Keep in touch about other Penrith stuff and hope it all goes well - yes I'll spread the word this end.. Give me a shout when…"

Oct 17, 2011

Stomping Ground is attending Dougald Hine's event

Space Exploration night at Devonshire Arcade, Penrith at Devonshire Arcade

October 19, 2011 from 6pm to 8:30pm

Let’s make Devonshire Arcade the launchpad for a revival of Penrith’s independent shops — and a home for creative culture in the town.Space Makers Agency is working with the Devonshire Arcade traders and Eden Arts to fill the empty shops and create a new social and cultural hub for the town. We need your ideas, energy and talents to make it happen.On Wednesday 19th October, we’ll be holding a Space Exploration night with talks, workshops and a chance to find out how you can get involved. Then…See More

Oct 17, 2011

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Ben Hope and emma pace might attend Dougald Hine's event

Space Exploration night at Devonshire Arcade, Penrith at Devonshire Arcade

October 19, 2011 from 6pm to 8:30pm

Oct 14, 2011

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Dougald Hine left a comment for Caroline Dalton

"Hi Caroline - Hope you're well! Just wanted to make sure you knew about the new project we're launching in Penrith next week: http://spacemakers.org.uk/projects/penrith/ It's all starting with a Space Exploration event on…"

Oct 14, 2011

Dougald Hine left a comment for Stomping Ground

"Hello - I just wanted to make sure you know about the new Space Makers project we're launching in Penrith next week: http://spacemakers.org.uk/projects/penrith/ It's all starting with a Space Exploration event on Wednesday, 6.00-8.30pm.…"

Oct 14, 2011

Dougald Hine left a comment for Toni Rutherford

"Hi Toni - Just wanted to make sure you know about the new Space Makers project we're launching in Penrith next week: http://spacemakers.org.uk/projects/penrith/ It's all starting with a Space Exploration event on Wednesday, 6.00-8.30pm.…"

Oct 14, 2011

Dougald Hine left a comment for Nick Jones

"Hi Nick - I just wanted to make sure you know about the new Space Makers project we're launching in Penrith next week: http://spacemakers.org.uk/projects/penrith/ It's all starting with a Space Exploration event on Wednesday, 6.00-8.30pm.…"

Oct 14, 2011

Dougald Hine left a comment for H Smithson

"Hiya - Just wanted to make sure you know about the new Space Makers project we're launching in Penrith next week: http://spacemakers.org.uk/projects/penrith/ It's all starting with a Space Exploration event on Wednesday, 6.00-8.30pm.…"

Oct 14, 2011

Dougald Hine left a comment for Kate Brundrett

"Hi Kate - Hope you're well! Just wanted to make sure you knew about the new Space Makers project we're launching in Penrith next week: http://spacemakers.org.uk/projects/penrith/ It's all starting with a Space Exploration event on…"

Oct 14, 2011

Dougald Hine left a comment for Arcade Arts

"Hiya - Just a quick head's up about the launch of our new Space Makers project in Penrith next week: http://spacemakers.org.uk/projects/penrith/ It's all starting with a Space Exploration event on Wednesday, 6.00-8.30pm. Please help us…"

Oct 14, 2011

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"Hi Janis - Just wanted to make sure you know about the new Space Makers project we're launching in Penrith next week: http://spacemakers.org.uk/projects/penrith/ It's all starting with a Space Exploration event on Wednesday, 6.00-8.30pm.…"

Oct 14, 2011

Dougald Hine left a comment for Derek Eland

"Hi Derek - Just wanted to make sure you know about the new Space Makers project we're launching in Penrith next week: http://spacemakers.org.uk/projects/penrith/ It's all starting with a Space Exploration event on Wednesday, 6.00-8.30pm.…"

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Space Exploration night at Devonshire Arcade, Penrith at Devonshire Arcade

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Dougald Hine left a comment for anna dejean

"Hi Anna - We're getting a few people together next Friday afternoon (21st) from 4.30-6.00pm at our new office at Hub Westminster. The aim is to share a bit about our projects and talk about the possibility of relaunching the monthly Space…"

Oct 13, 2011

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"Thank you! I've been navigating the huge amount of info online about Space Makers and your other projects - hugely inspiring. I am keen to get involved in some useful way. I manage the redesign of galleries at the V&A…"

Oct 12, 2011

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Link to your website or blog:: http://dougald.co.uk/

What's your interest in this area?: Have been interested in spaces like this since involvement with Access Space, MATILDA and other projects in Sheffield's Cultural Industries Quarter a few years ago. Wrote about various alternative third spaces for email-zine Pick Me Up.

My interest is in drawing out the common themes and the knowledge built up by people setting up and running spaces like this - and helping build networks that enable this knowledge to be shared.

What are you working on right now?: I founded Space Makers Agency to put into practice ideas developing within the Space Makers Network. We're working on a big project at Brixton Village (aka Granville Arcade), a 1930s indoor market in south London. We're also collaborating on lots of other projects - and we're always interested in talking to new collaborators.

What help do you need?: I'm always looking for examples of successful projects. (Also, lessons learned from projects that didn't succeed!)

Keen to meet people interested in collaborating on building networks and writing (or speaking) about these spaces.

What would you be interested in helping people with?: Happy to help make connections and find ways of relating your project to others, including how to present it to funders.

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Out of the Ordinary

I've just been catching up on this fantastic project, which has opened its first space in Whitechapel:

Out Of The Ordinary is a community of makers and doers, fixers, visionaries and alchemists.

We create and manage public sheds where you can make beautiful and useful things from the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life.

Our sheds are simple places, built with bit of ironmongery and a lot…

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Posted on March 9, 2011 at 18:30

More ways to get involved at Brixton Village

When we started work at Brixton Village in November, there were twenty shops sitting empty. Since then, hundreds of people have come together to fill its avenues with new businesses, creative projects and pop-up events.

This started with the offer of three months rent-free space — but it only succeeds if the market continues to be full of life and activity into the future. There mustn’t be a moment when things empty out… Continue

Posted on March 24, 2010 at 18:30 — 1 Comment

UK's biggest "slack space" project - Brixton Village indoor market

*** Sign up for our Brixton Village Space Race event on 10th Nov ***

What would you do with a space in a 1930s market arcade in Brixton? If you have a good idea, you could be part of the largest empty shops project in the UK.

Space Makers Agency is joining forces with London & Associated Properties PLC and Lambeth Council to fill the empty shop units in Brixton Village… Continue

Posted on October 23, 2009 at 18:00

Introducing the Space Makers Agency - and its first associates

Space Makers Network came about by accident - as an offline and online forum for talking about slack space projects, co-working spaces and other collaborative uses of space. Over the past six months, it has grown more than any of us imagined. Last Monday's Empty Shops Conference in Worthing, brilliantly organised by Dan Thompson of the Empty Shops Network, demonstrated how far the national movement for the creative reuse of space has come since the start of this year.

At last month's… Continue

Posted on October 23, 2009 at 17:42

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At 20:50 on October 17, 2011, Kate Brundrett said…: Hi Dougald! Not going to be around on Weds - am in Bristol for a-n meetings, really disappointing not to be there! Keep in touch about other Penrith stuff and hope it all goes well - yes I'll spread the word this end..

Give me a shout when you're up next

At 18:03 on October 12, 2011, anna dejean said…: Thank you!

I've been navigating the huge amount of info online about Space Makers and your other projects - hugely inspiring. I am keen to get involved in some useful way.

I manage the redesign of galleries at the V&A and am looking to get involved in projects that repurpose existing spaces for community building. I'll look out for meetings/events to join..

Anna

At 11:11 on September 21, 2011, Stephanie Zak said…: Hi Dougald,

Thanks so much for getting back to me. Space Makers have done such an amazing job aiding the regeneration of Brixton Village and I am very interested in opening up a shop there, or in the surrounding area.

I'll pop over to speak to Rachid.

Keep up the good work with your new projects!

Steph

At 22:25 on September 20, 2011, Mukta Das said…: Hi Dougald! Thanks for the nice welcome message. I'll check out Makerhood, and follow up with some of the traders in Brixton Village - thanks for the leads. Mukta

At 21:15 on February 22, 2010, Angelica said…: POP UP RESTAURANT SPACE NEEDED- In London, please contacts me if you have seen anything which might work, ideally looking for any space, not only old cafes, pubs. Thanks Angie

At 9:00 on November 10, 2009, David Barrie said…: OK. will be in direct contact. In the meantime, for those who are interested there's a project outline posted here. Be great if you could spread it around to those who u think might be interested. :)

At 12:34 on June 16, 2009, David Gauntlett said…: Hi Dougald

Thanks for the nice message. Happily i can come to the event at NESTA next week and I'm looking forward to meeting everybody then!

David
www.makingisconnecting.org

At 22:30 on June 5, 2009, Robert O'Callaghan said…: Hi Dougald,

I threw the idea out to twiiter early this week and got back some interest. I'm hoping to run it tuttle style where people can meet and work with little rules, unless people want something more.

At the moment - the interest shocked me - I was expecting it to take a long time to find a few people interested.

Rob.

At 17:00 on June 4, 2009, Traidmark.org said…: Hi

Appears to be several people looking into this. I would like to get involved with people looking into it as a public service rather than a way to get rich quick. If you hear of anyone working on it in this manner please get in touch.

edwardwhyman.com

At 12:15 on May 29, 2009, Jonathan Lister said…: Hi Dougald, nice to meet you too!

Is there anyone looking into this 'slack space' idea? Seems very sensible to me. Theatres, restaurants, conference spaces, bars, clubs, concert halls... these all seem to fit the bill.

Possibly public spaces is a good place to start, assuming they are controlled by local authorities, as I imagine their remit supporting public service could be interpreted as supportive of the slack-space idea.

J.