"Finding Maindee" ran from 2015 until 2018. It was the first major project run by Maindee Unlimited and inspired much of the work of the Charity that followed. It was principally funded by the Arts Council of Wales as part of their Ideas: People: Places programme with additional funding from Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and the Garfield Weston Foundation.
Finding Maindee News
Huw Meredydd Owen writes about his Maindee experience
As part of our commitment to sharing the experience of the Finding Maindee project we try to give voice to some of the tensions and difficult situations which arise from the projects we are involved in. In this article we consider the experience of being involved in two...
Theatre for Change - one month in
Ismael Velasco explores progress of his ‘Theatre for Change’ New Paths project. This blog piece explains how he sees community as porous, networked and more than just geographical. Furthermore the make-up of the audiences at Ismael’s performances in...
Second New Paths Gathering
Following the first gathering in January we decided to repeat the format: get a group together in the library and give a few of them the chance to go in front to present their projects and seek advice and collaboration from others in the room.
Looking forward at Maindee Library
On Saturday 4 February 2017 a wide group of the library volunteers, trustees of Maindee Unlimited and staff got together to discuss the past, present and future of Maindee Library as a community-run space.
Synergies and Opportunities for Opera in Maindee
We reported in December last year that the energy of Operasonic is coming to Maindee. The plan of Creative Director Rhian Hutchings is to source an opera from the stories and people of Maindee and which will be performed at the Riverfront on Sunday 1st...
Making the arts more inclusive - learning from Sherman 5
On Monday 23 January we met Guy O’Donnell from the Sherman 5 project at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. What we learned was how the practice of meeting people from the types of neighbourhood where people don’t normally go to the theatre can help to make arts...
New Paths Gathering (Part 2)
In this second part of sharing the discussion from the New Paths gathering we reflect on Dilip Sinha's work on the Maindee Photographic Survey and remind ourselves of the work that Steph Roberts completed last year on Mosaic Maindee.
Successful First New Paths Gathering (Part 1)
We have recently decided to develop the format of New Paths by holding the first monthly gathering. On Wednesday 11 January we invited a group along to the library so they could meet other people doing projects and also get the chance to find collaborations.
(Re)making Maindee Library
Maindee Library has been open to the public and community-run since October 31st 2015. This blog article takes you through a year of planning the future of this community building.
Introducing our Trustees: Dave Moses
This is the first of the blog articles written by the trustees of Maindee Unlimited - the charity behind the Finding Maindee project and the library. Chair of trustees Dave Moses [pictured 4th from right below] starts of making the confession that he is a blog...
Open now - exhibition of Maindee Festival Posters
Last night the exhibition of Maindee Festival posters opened at the Riverfront. The evening was a valuable and very enjoyable chance for many of the people involved in the story of the festival to come together and celebrate.
Do libraries matter in the digital age?
In April 2015 volunteers in the Handpost area of Newport re-opened the former Stow Hill Library as " Cwtsh ". In October last year Maindee Library was re-opened by another group of volunteers. There are now many examples across the UK of successful local community...