Creative Exchange – Co-Working & Sustainability

You are welcome to drop-in for co-working whenever suits you. You can stay for 10mins, 2hrs or join us for the full day. We recommend advance booking for the Sustainability Surgeries. Read on to discover more and for the booking link.

Creative Coworking

Our co-working days are open to everyone but are particularly suited to creative home workers, freelancers, small business owners, and entrepreneurs seeking a quiet, safe working space to work independently or with others.

We’ll provide:

• A friendly ear
• Creative connections
• Practical support
• WIFI and power points
• Brew (bring a reusable cup) and biscuits

Sustainability Surgeries from 10:30am – 3pm

We have with partnered with SAIL (Sustainable Arts in Leeds) to offer FREE sustainability surgeries for local creatives with Mary Lawrence, Lead Sustainability Consultant at SAIL, a not-for-profit based in Yorkshire and working across the creative and cultural sectors in response to the climate crisis. Mary works with a range of creative organisations and freelancers to help them understand the role they can play in reducing their carbon emissions, communicating to audiences, and build long-term resilience. Mary is a Practitioner member of ISEP, the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals.

The surgeries are 20 minute 1-2-1 meetings and are informal, friendly, and supportive and are designed to meet you at whatever stage you are at on your sustainability journey.  You can chat to Mary about:

• Your values and how to communicate your approach to sustainability to your audiences, partners and funders.
• Explore areas such as sustainable power, waste management, procurement, environmental action planning and data collection.
• Access practical support such as sustainability toolkits and sector training.

Click here to book your 1-2-1 meeting with Mary. 

Meet Helen from 1-3pm

Helen Thomas is a Wakefield-based visual artist who works in response to plants in the environment. She makes notes, sketches, and takes photos on path edges and in corners of car parks. These ‘noticings’, as Helen describes them, inform the paintings that she makes in her studio at The Art House.

You are warmly welcome to:

• See Helen’s new display ‘George Street to Mulberry Way’ at The Wall (on the Mezzanine).
• Join Helen for an informal and friendly chat about her creative practice.
• ‘Take 5 to notice’, a creative activity inspired by Helen’s practice.

Venue

This event is happening in the WX2 & WX3 Meeting Rooms at Wakefield Exchange in central Wakefield (next to the bus station) – go up the stairs to the mezzanine level, through the door and follow the signs for Creative Wakefield to find us. WX is a fully accessible space, Check out their Easy Read Access Guide.

Creative Exchange

This event is part of Creative Exchange, monthly networking and practical support sessions for Creative Wakefield Networkers taking place at Wakefield Exchange, supported by funding from You Can Make it Here West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

If you have any queries please get in touch, you can contact us at: creativewakefield@wakefield.gov.uk.