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MakerWorld

A Symposium, Reanimating Huddersfield Town Centre, which will take place on Friday 25 October, 2-6pm at MakerSkate

This interactive event will bring together local businesses, cultural leaders, and community stakeholders to explore the transformative role of culture in revitalising our town centre.

Key themes include envisioning the future of town centres, the impact of culture on public spaces, encouraging better collaboration among town centre players and engaging communities and families in the town centre offer.

We are delighted to be able to include a screening of the recent documentary: MakerWorld, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Maire Tracey. The film is told through the lens of the parents who attend MakerWorld with their children and celebrates the benefits of joint creative endeavour – from stress relief to confidence and from social mobility to inclusivity.

With growing recognition of the impact that cultural activity has on the lives of people, communities and places, we are eager to share and discuss how our collaborative efforts are reimagining Huddersfield through a cultural lens – and how we can do more. Your insights and participation would be invaluable to us as we work together to shape a town centre that’s relevant to the people using it.

We would love it if you could join us in what we hope will be an engaging and meaningful discussion around how we can continue to breathe new life into Huddersfield town centre.

 

You are also welcome to a family screening of MakerSkate, a documentary by Maire Tracey – Saturday 26th October 2.00pm at MakerSkate, Piazza Centre

This short film tells the story of free drop-in arts sessions for children, held in an empty shopping unit in Huddersfield town centre. Set against the background of a town struggling to reinvent itself in a post-Covid world, Makerworld offers a utopian glimpse of how town centres
could exist if they replaced consumerism with community.

Told through the lens of the parents who attend the weekly sessions with their children, we hear about the benefits of community art – from stress relief to confidence and from social mobility to
inclusivity.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Maire Tracey. MakerWorld activities will be taking place from 11am to 3pm.

 

For more information visit: https://thechildrensartschool.co.uk/

Piazza Giving Tree

Help the Piazza spread some Joy this Christmas! 🙏🙏🙏 & Make a child’s Christmas Day one to remember, by donating a gift to our Piazza Giving Tree.
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HOW IT WORKS:
Here are 3 easy steps to the giving tree process:
1. Take a tag from the tree in our foyer, each tag represents a gender and age range of a child from birth to age 16.
2.Buy a gift suitable for the child of the chosen tag.
3.Bring it back to us by the 17th December, unwrapped with the tag and we’ll deliver all the gifts to Huddersfield & Dewsbury Hospitals and the Salvation Army in time for Christmas.

Should the gift be wrapped?

All gifts should be brought back unwrapped as the Salvation Army have an amazing team of helpers ready to wrap gifts and check each tag is suited to that age range.

What is there isn’t a tag for the age range I would like to gift?

We will endeavour to keep adding to our gifting tree with new tags, if there is a certain age range you would like to buy for and there isn’t a tag, we will of course welcome the gift with a piece of paper or contact the office on 01484 534594 and we can provide a tag.

Can I donate more than one gift?

Yes of course! If you can give more than one gift, that’s amazing – thank you. All we ask is that you only take the amount of tags that you’re definitely able to donate

Can I still donate after the 17th December?

Unfortunately not. We need all gifts to be back at our stores by 17th December so that the gifts have time to be delivered.