From alice at swansea.hackspace.org.uk Fri Nov 20 12:28:21 2020 From: alice at swansea.hackspace.org.uk (Alice Mitchell) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:28:21 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] New Space Progress Message-ID: <6459fd7e95229a46e604a3b08beb6fec5b4dd6d3.camel@swansea.hackspace.org.uk> Hi folks, I am writing to let you know the exciting news that we are in the final stages of preparation to lease a new home for Swansea Hackspace right in the centre of the city! The space is much bigger than our last place, comprising the upper two floors of a unit on Park Street, now it has been vacant for some time and although it is weather proofed and water tight it is going to require a fair amount of renovation works on our part, but that also means we get to create the space in a way that suits our needs. The first floor is a single huge space, the 2nd floor is divided into smaller rooms and has two cloakrooms, there is also an attic space suitable for storing things, and we get shared access to the main entrance / shop front where we can place an enticing display in the shop windows and we can replace the signage above the door, so for the first time we will have street level visibility. Now, this all comes at a cost, firstly that we will need to do all of the renovation works ourselves, so we will be looking for volunteers with skills and without to clean, decorate, and fit out the space. The second is that although we are getting this space at an absolute bargain price, we will need to increase our income over time to make it sustainable, hopefully we can do this through broadening our membership rather than raising our prices, but its something we need to be aware of and plan for. Once we have finalised the paperwork and taken possession we will announce dates that you may book your socially distanced guided tour and nose about, in the mean time please join us on our discord chat server for ongoing discussions and further progress updates. https://discord.gg/rSyTWUA There is also a photo album from some of our viewings, if you are really curious: https://photos.app.goo.gl/fdnmb53Qsj59RsJX9 -- Ms Alice Mitchell, Financial Director and Founder, Swansea Hackspace Registered in England and Wales 08777436 https://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/ From Andymrush at live.co.uk Fri Nov 27 10:52:20 2020 From: Andymrush at live.co.uk (Andy Rush) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:52:20 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Welcome Swansea Hackspace 4.0! Message-ID: Good news, Everyone! We've taught the toaster to feel love! And also, as of yesterday, the Hackspace has a new home! For those of you not on our Discord, we're proud to finally announce that all the paperwork has been signed, and the keys are in our hands. Swansea Hackspace will soon have a new home in the City Centre, in the upper two floors of what was once Knitters and Sewer's World. Now, as Alice said in her email last week, this is a significantly larger space than our previous Wind Street space, and in need of some DIY and renovation, which we will be doing ourselves. We will soon be calling on our membership for volunteers in various tasks-painting, decorating, moving and transport, etc. Effectively, the same duties as last september, but in reverse. Before that, though, we will be organising some socially distanced bookings for members to come see the new Space. We would like to thank everyone who has stuck with us throughout this uncertain time. Thanks folks. Your continued support keeps us going. Andy Rush Director, Swansea Hackspace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: