Access Space Community Learning Programme

Past Events

October - December 2007: Hannah York settled into her new post and began meeting potential groups, they have proved very informative and a couple of really interesting ideas have come out of these meetings so lets hope 2008 brings them to fruition!
October 2007: Hannah York appointed as Co-ordinator.
07/07/2007: Green Fair; St Mary's Church, Brammall Lane; Media Lab and abseiling.; Indoor stall where people could learn more about recycling computers, using open source software and have a play with the media lab. Some of the braver volunteers also abseiled down the wall of the church tower!; Wonderful weather for the event and the response was great, over 100 people came through to look at the media lab and talk with the team about what they could learn.; Thanks to our volunteers on the day.
08/03/2007: Broomhall Centre event; Main hall; Community Learning event.; Intensive learning with a small group (about 25 people); This event went really well, some of the attendees now use Access Space regularly and are passing on the skills learned to others. Following the event, other courses were run specifically for small groups of women looking inside a computer as well as using the software. We hope to develop this relationship with Broomhall Centre further in 2008.; Thanks to our volunteers on the day.
24/11/2006: Community Learning Programme (Launch Event); Showroom 5 (4pm - 6pm); Access Space launched our Community Learning Programme.; Our event consisted of a test run of taking a network of recycled computers off site and getting them linked up, working online with Open Source Software.; This event was a total success!!! We took four machines with us and provided a network for attendees to use. There were also examples of artworks and websites produced by participants at Access Space over the years since it's inception (which are the images also shown on this site's homepage).; We had four volunteers working with us on the day to ensure the smooth running of the event and provide expert advice on software. Thanks to John Keenan, Steve Withington, Tony Dawson and Phil Bradley.
24/11/2006: 'Still Moving'; Access Space (6pm - 8pm); Animation Art Exhibition opening and a chance to look at the space.
September - November 2006: Ina went out on the hunt for participants, meeting group leaders around Sheffield invited community groups to launch event.; Richard planned and built a mini media lab, hardware and software.
August 2006: Appointments made for Community Learning Programme.; Co-ordinator - Ina Charnley (started 22/08/2006); Technician - Richard Long (started 31/07/2006)