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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 21h

We'd love to see you at our Voices of Impact film screening. We'll be showing a documentary on flax farming, along with some other form films about sustainable fibres and sustainable fashion.

🗓️ 21 October, 6-8pm
📍 The Junction, Didcot
🎟️ Free, but booking essential (link in bio)

Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 1d

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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 1d

Come to our Aristotle Lane hub on 25th October 11am to 2pm to celebrate Apple Day with us 🍎 🍏

Bring your apples (even the gnarly windfalls) and a clean bottle - we'll have an apple press making juice and apple identification happening so you can find out what kind your tree is 🌳

Apple Day poster featuring the date, time, and location - 1 artistotle lane, Oxford - around the edge of the poster are water color style illustrations of apples, leaves, and berries

Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 4d

A couple of photos from recent editions of our Common Futures event programme to tell you there's still time to come to the latest event THIS THURSDAY

Learn from community innovators about creating a community hub and connect with others out there doing the work

Link in bio for more info & tix

three people on a bridge, one is holding a giant test tube

A graphic that says "creating community hubs: an evening dinner with community innovators - 9th Oct, 4-7pm - Lula's Ethiopian, 21 Park Ens Street"

Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 9d

Just a few photos of some of 9 Park End Street’s first cohort of residents ✨

If you’re looking for space in central Oxford and want to join this lovely crew (and more folks doing great work in the community), fill in the application for in our bio

Any questions, email [email protected]

a person wearing orange trousers and a brown top holding a giant red key, standing outside a door that has a sign above reading "9 Park End Street"

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A person holding a giant red key, smiling for the camera

Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 12d

‼️ Last couple of tickets for this workshop and dinner with the co-founders of Flo's ✨

🗓️ 9th October, 4 to 7pm
📍 Lula's Ethiopian Cuisine, Park End Street, Oxford
🎟️ Free, but booking essential - link in bio

#oxfordcommunity #communityorganisers #communityspace

A stylised photo of Flo's cafe, a single-level building surrounded by trees. Overlayed is the text "Creating Community Hubs: An Evening Dinner with community innovators" alongside the date, time, and location

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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 16d

If you have or are setting up a socially impactful business in Oxford City or South & Vale you can come and learn about finding & unlocking space as part of the OSEP business support programme.

🗓️ 15th October and 6th November, 4:30-6pm
📍 Online

Book your free spot via the link in our bio

a poster titled "unlocking space for your socially impactful business" featuring a line drawing of an open door with flowers and sun rays on the other side of it

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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 17d

more about spatial justice and our vision for change in our refounding blog on Medium via the link in our bio

#oxford #oxfordcommunity #communitygroupsoxford #commons #commoning #communityownership #nonprofit #notforprofit

Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 17d

We’re still feeling inspired after the Sounds of the Commons workshop with Oxford Spatial Action Lab. Together, we explored the ways commons and commoning intersect with spatial justice — asking how land, resources, and even the stories embedded in the city can be held in common.

You can learn

a group of people in a green space with trees in the background, gathering around a woman holding a large red key

a view through an open door with an "Oxford Open Doors" poster on it - inside the room, people are viewed from behind, watching a presentation at the other end of the room

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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 19d

Interested? Fill in the expression of interest form in our bio.

And, if you have questions, email [email protected]

#communitygroupoxford #socialenterpriseoxford #nonprofitoxford #officespaceoxford #studiospaceoxford

Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 19d

Are you a social enterprise, non-profit or artist, looking for space in Oxford?

We have rooms available in our new building at 9 Park End Street. It's a chance to be part of a wider community, offering mutual support and inspiration, while accessing affordable space to thrive & grow 🌱

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a group of people, viewed from behind, watching a presentation at the other end of the room

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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 23d

For more information and to learn how to register your interest, see the link to the OSEP business support programme in our bio

#oxfordbusinesssupport #oxfordshirebusinesssupport #socialenterprise #oxfordshiresocialenterprise #oxfordsocialenterprise

Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 23d

If you run a social enterprise in South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse District, or Oxford City, we're offering 1:1 business support as part of OSEP's programme.

We're able to offer advice on anything related to taking on space: finding it, unlocking it, and renovating it.

Makespace business support menu. Reads:

Are you a socially impactful business in Oxford City, South Oxfordshire or Vale of the White Horse?

Through OSEP’s Business Support Programme, Makespace is offering 1-hour 1:1 sessions covering 1 to 3 subjects of your choice from this menu.

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"Finding space:

Identifying vacant spaces

Developing a business plan

Securing funding"

A tile that reads:

"unlocking space:

Makespace's approach to meanwhile spaces

Creating a vision pitch to a landlord

Managing hidden costs"

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"Reusing & renovating:

Assessing building condition for refurbishment

Ecological retrofitting

Creating an accessible and welcoming space

Building capacity to grow"

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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 25d

Scenes from our recent Tales Of The Thames workshop, artists, local residents and river volunteers came together to turn concern into action, through hands-on water testing and communal artwork.

Check out the link in our bio for more info on upcoming events #oxford #oxfordcommunity

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People kneeling on the grass testing river water

Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 26d

Want to learn more? Oxford Wellbeing Coop is holding its launch party this weekend...

🗓️ Sun 21st September, 2-5pm
📍 The Community Works, Oxford

There'll be food, music, a kids zone, complimentary taster sessions, and special deals. Just drop in!

Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 26d

"Our mission is to make wellness in Oxford financially and culturally accessible, and expand our definitions of what wellness activities look like, in order to bring more health and social inclusion to our communities."

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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · 26d

The Oxford Wellbeing Coop is among our newer residents at Makespace Central. It's a collective of practitioners offering support, space, policies&accountability.
"We want to create a genuinely safe environment that encourages wellness practitioners of minority backgrounds to break into the industry"

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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · Sep 10

Scenes from our South Abingdon Art Pop-Up! 🌳🎨 46 people joined us, despite the rain, with half of attendees saying the event helped them connect more deeply with their local community. Huge thanks to our brilliant supporting artists Tom McLean & Michèle Dennison, and to everyone who joined in!

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Alex @potentiaspace.bsky.social · Sep 8

Circulating details of a very exciting event in Oxford on Saturday!

Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · Sep 8

🗓️ Sat 13 Sept, 11:30am to 2pm
📍 9 Park End Street, Oxford
🎟️ Free - book via link in bio

#oxfordopendoors #oxfordshirecommons #oxsal #oxfordspatialactionlab #commons #commoning #whatsonoxford #oxfordevents #indieoxford

Sounds of the Commons: Stories of Space and Struggle

Walk, listen, and imagine Oxford’s shared spaces. Join this creative workshop exploring histories of enclosure and resistance.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · Sep 9

🗓️ 9th October 4pm to 7pm
📍 Lula's Ethiopian Cuisine - 21 Park End Street
🎟️ Free, but booking essential (link in bio) lnkd.in/e-tQ-pNz

Part of our Common Futures series ahead of the opening of our new civic space on George Street. #oxford #whatsonoxford #nonprofit #communityorganisers

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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · Sep 9

Join us for a supper event led by Annie Davy and Makena Lohr, co-founders of Flo’s, as we explore what it takes to bring thriving, community-led hubs to life.

Whether you’re starting a project, part of an established initiative, or just curious – come share food, stories and ideas.

Poster for "Creating Community Hubs" event with date, time, and location

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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · Sep 8

🗓️ Sat 13 Sept, 11:30am to 2pm
📍 9 Park End Street, Oxford
🎟️ Free - book via link in bio

#oxfordopendoors #oxfordshirecommons #oxsal #oxfordspatialactionlab #commons #commoning #whatsonoxford #oxfordevents #indieoxford

Sounds of the Commons: Stories of Space and Struggle

Walk, listen, and imagine Oxford’s shared spaces. Join this creative workshop exploring histories of enclosure and resistance.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · Sep 8

📣 Calling Oxford Open Doors fans for an event like no other. Ever wondered what an Oxfordshire Commons could look like? 🌱

Join us and Oxford Spatial Action Lab for Sounds of the Commons — a hands-on workshop with stories, history, and a chance to explore co-creating the commons of the future.

A group of people looking at a map on a table

A group of people sitting around a table

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Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · Sep 1

We're thrilled to be hosting an event with Oxford Spatial Action Lab as part of Oxford Preservation Trust's annual Open Doors weekend.

🗓️ Saturday 13th September, 11:30am to 2pm
📍 9 Park End Street
🎟️ Free, via link in bio

Start with an audio-guided walk before joining up to co-create a manifesto

Sounds of the Commons: Stories of Space and Struggle poster

Makespace Oxfordshire @makespaceoxford.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our director Andy Edwards will be speaking at Make CIC's FLIPIM. It's a day of ideas, panels, and workshops aiming to flip the conversation on building new homes and reviving our high streets.

If you're interested in attending, tickets are available on a sliding scale here buff.ly/FnUMZzf

Post for Make FLIPIM event featuring the date and location - Friday 26th September, Birkenhead.