Meet the Makers & Maintainers: Tamar Grow Local
Tamar Grow Local is a community interest company based in the Tamar Valley, which includes parts of rural Cornwall and Devon and the City of Plymouth.
Meet the Makers & Maintainers: Friends of Stretford Public Hall
Friends of Stretford Public Hall aims to improve the lives of local residents by providing opportunities for employment, access to arts, local heritage & support services, as well as to enhance opportunities for regeneration through preservation of the Grade-II listed Victorian building.
Meet the Makers & Maintainers: Signalise Co-op
Signalise Co-op is a unique co-operative, owned by Deaf people and providing British Sign Language interpreting services to people living on Merseyside. It is the only service in the UK to have Deaf people as members and co-owners. Currently, Signalise has 80 Deaf user members and 92 worker members.
Meet the Makers & Maintainers: Solidaritech CIC
Established in 2017, Solidaritech is proudly rooted in Bradford and serves communities across Yorkshire and the Humber. Solidaritech refurbishes donated technology - such as laptops, smartphones, tablets and computers – for use by asylum seekers and refugees who are facing digital exclusion.
Meet the Makers & Maintainers: Trinity Community Arts
Trinity Community Arts is an award-winning arts charity established to manage The Trinity Centre. Trinity has a long tradition as a community hub and music venue, using creative participation and cultural engagement as a vehicle for social change.
Meet the Makers & Maintainers: Knowle West Media Centre
Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) is an arts and technology collective based in the council-built estate of Knowle West in South Bristol. KWMC started 25 years ago with an artist-in-residence, exploring practice around voice, identity, empowerment through camera technology.
Meet the Makers & Maintainers: Equal Care Co-op
Equal Care Co-op provides care and support at home and in the community, and is on a mission to put power in the hands of people who give and receive care across Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
Meet the Makers & Maintainers: The Bristol Cable
The Bristol Cable started in 2014 as an alternative to corporately-owned local media. It produces online and print journalism, made by and for the residents of Bristol. The Cable is fully owned by its members, over 2000 of them, and is run as a workers’ cooperative.
Meet the Makers & Maintainers: Community TechAid
Community TechAid is one of ten community businesses funded by the Power To Change Makers & Maintainers programme, which supports community businesses who are already on a journey of creating community tech – technology that can meet their specific needs, respects their autonomy and creates value that sticks to places.