Category: Fundraising
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Our expansion and revovation – the biggest project in the history of the charity – is nearing the end of build schedule. Find out about the fantastic progress that has been made and the exciting new space for the community!
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At the ripe old age of seven, we’re moving. But only for a while…
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Farset Labs has accomplished a lot in the past 5 years, stimulated by the goodwill of the STEAM community, and underpinned by the direct financial support of the membership. However, like many others in the community and voluntary sector, we face continually rising overheads despite efficiently delivering our charitable aims.…
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EDIT: Schedule released below We’ve been quietly toiling away in the background to bring the movers, shakers and taste makers of the UK Maker Community (and beyond!) to Belfast for a one day mini-conference, set up to tear down some misconceptions about the community and to address some of the…
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+ Community, conferenc, conference, creativity month, Maker, maker assembly, maker community, workshops+
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The following is a combined position paper and call-to-action for a project that many of us have been working on behind the scenes for a long time now, especially Andrew Mulholland who’s taken over the operation of the Raspberry Jam programme. Andrew and I collaborated on this document to put…
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+ computer science, computing education, culturetech, Farset Labs, Northern Ireland, outreach, Raspberry Jam, Raspberry Pi, schools, software engineering, stemnet+
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So far we’ve run this crazy ship on the tireless input of a bunch of visionary volunteers. I am in a constant state of wonder and gratitude for this continued effort. Nobody asks for thanks in return but it’s always nice when the good karma pays off a little. The Hello…
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We’ve been doing our research and we’re going to put in an order for custom embroidered clothing. We’re pretty sure we’ve covered the main items that people will want, but if you really want to get something else done, give me a shout at david (at) farsetlabs.org.uk and I’ll see…
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We had our Town Hall meeting over the weekend, which was a great success that we’ll be posting about separately, but one of the suggestions from our fantastic community was to bring back the old-school idea of tech-swaps, or ‘Bring and Buy Sales’. Bringing back the classic swap-shop atmosphere with a bang, and…
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+ atmosphere, bring and buy, Farset Labs, First Farset Bring and Buy Sale, funding, Town Hall Meeting+
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Our long and exciting Sponsume campaign is finally over, and there is evidently plenty of support for a 3D printer within the space – we raised over £100 extra by the time the fundraiser was finished. In the time that it ran, we saw very evident spikes and patterns, which coincided…
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