The Labour Party Making Plans To Roll Out Makerspaces

4/8/2016

Turning Earth's Tallie Maughan with Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and Liz Corbin, one of the founders of the Institute of Making and the Open Workshop Network

Today Tallie met Shadow Chancellor John MCDonnell @Building BloQs, the big multidisciplinary makerspace in Enfield. The Labour Party are developing policies that would support the rollout of makerspaces like Turning Earth and BloQs across the UK. We are excited to hear more of their plans.

Also in the picture is Liz Corbin, co-founder of the Open Workshop Network, which aims to connect collaborative workspaces like ours, and get them, well, collaborating.

After Boris Johnson himself visited Building BloQs to announce that he was getting behind the enterprise with a massive £1.4 million cash injection, it seems that politicians are beginning to understand the value that our efficient uses of space can bring. We're excited to see where this movement is going...

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