Refreshing Maindee: Apply Now!
Last chance to apply for our Refreshing Maindee fund.
First Meeting of Maindee Makerspace
David Henshall hosted the first meeting of the Maindee Makerspace on Monday 12th February. This short blog tells a little about the 5 presentations to the group, including the news from Jason Reilly that 3D printing is actually pretty affordable and the message from Marion...
Finding Blaenavon & learning about Enterprise Facilitation
For the last couple of years we have been trying to find Maindee. To be honest this is hard as the people living in this place keep on changing and there are other names which confuse the geography... like Corporation Road, Victoria and even Beechwood. Last week we went...
Toilets, Public Space... and Social Justice?
Next week we run our first public seminar since the event on Church Road in June 2014 which helped to plan Finding Maindee.
Learning from Soup Making Event
We are making a lot of progress with our food and drink serving counter since architect George Lovesmith connected us with a group of architecture students at UWE in Bristol. We wanted something that could be moved around the building and even taken outside for events and...
Tricia Takes Over!
From November 2017 Tricia Rogers will be in charge of the rota which organises the library volunteers. She will follow Kim Lambert who has given her time to do the work for the past two years.
Final New Paths Grant Awarded
Last week Maindee Unlimited made the final award from the New Paths Fund. Community House Eton Road will be running a project to create a mural which represents the diverse group of cultures who live - and have lived - in the Maindee area.
Practicalities of the Maindee Library Refresh
Writing this article in early October 2017 we are getting close to making the first changes to the Maindee Library building. Everybody asks why things seem to take such a long time to happen?
Update on Maindee Triangle at Livingstone Place
Since the summer of 2017 architects and artists KHBT have been working on design proposals for the triangle-shaped land at the junction of Chepstow Road and Livingstone Place.
Maindee Unlimited developing as a charity
This short blog article shares some of the discussion from the session, alongside some video links and an invitation to our annual general meeting [AGM] at 6pm on Monday 18th.
Getting views first changes to Maindee Library
To accompany our latest film [see below] about the library makeover this blog gives a bit more detail about the options that we have for the small spaces within the library.