Westwerks

Helping us set up enterprise courses and introduce super speakers!

We are delighted to announce our first grant, courtesy of ESF. This will enable us to run a lot more enterprise trainings and skills events for social and creative entrepreneurs in Brighton.

Next BScene (Brighton Social Creative Entrepreneur Network) is held at Westwerks, on Tuesday November 17th covering 6pm – 8pm “How to keep effective books for small businesses” with Adam Hickie expert accountant.

Click here to join BSCENE network and meet like minded peeps and sign up for workshops.

Westwerk residents ArtRoom Brighton have had a great half term week with their workshops proving a roaring success. Sebastian was approached by The Times last week

Half term workshops a great success

You can read the full article in The Times online.

Seb has also managed a real scoop. One of his heroes, Ralf Steadman, renowned for his political and social caricatures and cartoons, is coming to Westwerks in December to give a talk and demonstration to the children and parents of ArtRoom. More on that one nearer the time.

Contact Sebastian on 01273 240 308 for details of courses and after school classes.

Brighton-based social enterprises Westwerks and The Life Project are pleased to announce the launch of a new network for for creatives and social entrepreneurs. BScene launches at Westwerks on Thursday 10th September 2009.

What’s it all about?

A place for creative social entrepreneurs in Brighton and Hove to meet, get inspired, skilled up and get started

• Have you got a great idea?
• Looking to run a creative business but don’t know where to start?
• Want to share your experience with other social and creative agents and activists?

Come along to our free launch event on

Thursday 10th September from 6-8pm

At Westwerks, 41-43 Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5DQ. Google Map.

Please sign up at http://bscene.eventbrite.com/

For more details please contact Emma on 01273 900904 or email westwerks[at]werkshop.org.uk for more details.

Come and experience our unique alternative to boring business lectures

Action-based learning session + opportunity for networking and adventure.
Tea and coffee provided. Cost = Free

BScene is a collaborative creation between
Westwerks and The Life Project

Werkshop welcome Julie Cleasby, Helen Santander and Kirsty Taylor to Westwerks.  Together they are the founders of Hove Therapy Centre and are now open for business.

Hove Therapy Centre offers a wide range of Complementary Therapies with fully qualified and experienced practitioners. Our therapies include Herbal Medicine, Hypnotherapy, Naturopathy, Life Coaching, Hot Stone, Aromatherapy and Swedish  Massage, and Organic Skin Care.

More?

Find out more by visiting the Hove Therapy Centre website.

We’re so pleased that Coachwerks has become the new home of the Brighton Book Cycle eco-project.

Artists Chris Smith and Graeme Walker at Coachwerks

The Creative Coworking Community in Hollingdean Terrace, Brighton came to the rescue after Graeme Walker and Chris Smith salvaged the abandoned project and relocated it’s unwanted books, over 2000  of them, from the open market on London Road.

Read the full article in The Argus

Read more about Coachwerks

The opening of our latest space – Westwerks on Portland Road in Hove – sees Werkshop enter into a new phase for 2009. We have been proud to support local ethical business from the outset and our growing community includes a diverse range of individuals and businesses working together towards social change.

Through Westwerks we will focus on the challenges brought about by today’s busy lifestyles and throw-away consumer culture. We are looking to explore the role of disused or tired urban business spaces as hubs for innovation and the part they can play in sustainable local food production. We believe that local business, enterprise and communities can work together to change the way we use our land. We will be exploring various wellness themes including organic and permaculture gardening, education, nutrition, health and diet.

We are excited about developing an extended community to focus on these issues and look forward to working with you to make this happen. If you are already involved in projects Westwerks is a place for you. And if you aren’t but want to know more about what’s happening in your local area come along to find out more. This is your space.

As always, our spaces are the home to a range of individuals and a range of businesses so if you are working in this area and want to work in a space with others who share your aspirations for sustainable living please get in touch. In addition to our regular coworking, desk and office packages, we also provide workshop and events space and we are always looking for enthusiastic, passionate people to join our projects.

Projects and events programme

The Office Garden Share Project Westwerks is lucky to have a lovely old garden in need of some tender loving care. We have high hopes for this great space and our wish is for it to be a focal point for the building and our community. It is part of a grass roots local project called GrowBAC and is registered on the national Channel 4’s Landshare. If you would like to help us clear this jungle…

…and turn it into a place to grow veggies and a sensory garden please call Emma on 01273 900904 or email westwerks[at]werkshop.org.uk.

Workshops and Events >>Here is our programme of events for 2009. We offer a mixture of activities from networking events and lunchtime sessions, to whole and half day workshops. If you are looking for a venue to host your event or would like to talk about your project, group or organisation please call Emma on 01273 900904 or email westwerks[at]werkshop.org.uk.

About the building

41-43 Portland Road is a double fronted Victorian building in the west end of Brighton and Hove. Businesses started to use the space when the original two family homes were converted into office space for a local engineering firm forty years ago. The building has been through many changes since that time and 2009 sees the space entering into a new phase of growth and regeneration. If you have any stories about the building, Portland Road or the Poets Corner Area we would love to hear from you.