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A vacant store at Preston’s Deepdale Shopping Park is to be transformed on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th December as a fashion extravaganza hosted by a cast of talented, budding entrepreneurs lands at the vacant site.

The style showcase ‘The Decades’ is an innovative presentation of past fashion from a modern perspective inspired by the bright minds and crafty fingertips of Preston College Fashion and Textile students.

Preston College’s ambitious students will be transforming the empty retail unit – kindly donated by the Park’s owner, British Land - into a hotbed of fashion fantasy with students providing live entertainment, dazzling catwalk shows, arts exhibition and creative stalls.

They will be showcasing outfits created recently for the Elton John Aids Foundation ‘Wig Party’ as well as demonstrating their art skills with painting and sculpture installations. There will also be live music from students on the College’s music courses.

The two day free event - opening from 10am to 3pm - will also be supported by young volunteers and staff from somewhereto_ - a national Legacy Trust UK movement finding spaces and places for creative young people aged 16 – 25.

Jack Whittaker, 23, Preston College student and co-founder of creative enterprise Grasshopper Art Project said: “This is a great opportunity to be involved with a rather unique event that gives me a chance to showcase my art to a wider audience. I think this is a great way to promote my enterprise and I am really looking forward to it!”

Preston College student and ambitious fashion designer Matthew Tallant, 17, said: “It is really nice to know that people will be appreciating my work – hopefully there will be an international designer attending who will offer me an apprenticeship!”

Young fashion designer Latisha Hypolite, 18, also at Preston College, said: “It’s been stressful but worth it! I am finding the whole process really rewarding, just looking at all the fantastic outfits gives you a sense of achievement.”

People of all ages, styles and sensibilities are welcome to watch the event and enjoy the best emerging talent in fashion that the North West has to offer.

“We are pleased to be hosting this event, as it not only makes use of a vacant unit but offers another attraction to our shoppers over the two days,” said Colin Gilligan, Manager of Deepdale Shopping Park.

Do you need space to do something really cool? Have you seen a disused space that you think you could transform for the better? Give somewhereto_ a shout by clicking here and see how we can help you do something amazing! 

Legacy Trust UK introduces Ophee Marino, 17 years old and his story of the positive affect on his life by his involvement with somewhereto_

“As well as providing Ophee with a space to play football, the somewhereto_ team have given him support and mentoring to ensure he can make the most of the opportunity, no matter what his background.”

Film produced by Magneto Films

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So this is a bit BANANAS, mad mad skills for sure! 

Think you can do better than the stick man?? We DARE you! Show us what you got by getting involved with the somewhereto_show off competition, where you can in the chance to perform at a secret location during the Games this Summer, and that’s not all! You could also win the chance to fly out to Rio with Adam Deacon , where he will film you doing your thing. All you have to do is upload a 60 second video of yourself, and it doesn’t have to be basketball- it could be bellydancing, live art or even beatboxing. Whatever floats your creative boat. 

If you can’t be bothered to film yourself, we’ll do it for you at one of our LIVE shows. Over the next few days, we are going to be at:

28^th June -Great Yarmouth College- Great Yarmouth

29^th June-Regional Local Leaders Event – Leicester

30^th June -London Youth Games- Crystal Palace

30^th June -World Basketball Festival- 02 Arena

30^th June -Literacy and Open Mic Festival- Hull

1^st July -T4 On The Beach – Weston Super Mare 

So what are you waiting for,  huh? Get showing off today!

Every month, the residents of Sharrow, Sheffield get together for a cook-along…

Sheffield draws students from all over the world to come and study at its universities, but sometimes it’s easy for international students to get lost amongst the hustle and bustle of the city. Yat-Fai, as part of the international student support team at Sheffield Hallam University and an international student herself, introduced monthly cooking events for everyone in Sharrow to attend, to make new friends and get cooking! With this idea in mind Yat-Fai needed a space to accomodate her fellow cooks!

“We have particularly enjoyed the themed cuisines that the cook-alongs offer. As a result, students have the chance to cook something new and learn more about the different dishes around the world. Also, the interactivity of the sessions where our students help to cook the meals with local people, really helps to build on the students’ confidence and helps them to practice their English.”

somewhereto_ were on hand to help and found Yat-Fai a large space with a kitchen and eating area for the Sharrow residents to get cooking.

Open up a free space just around the corner here.

Check out this insanley creative use of space.

Instead of these old shipping containers lying around unused, they have been converted into a set of offices. 

A very clever and creative use of the idea of recycling… We may not have this exact space available for use, but we have ones that are JUST AS FUNKY! (like this one, for example)

Get in touch today to use one of our spaces that are located all around the UK, you can even search where the closest space is to you by postcode!

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Shipping Container Office

by Distill Studio & Truthbox

One of our regional coordinators, Jaffer Hussain from Blackburn was nominated by a young person to hold the Olympic Torch through his local area. Check out what he had to say;

I’ve never been a big fan of sports. Well the only sports I’ve liked is wrestling and even then it’s classed as sport’s entertainment. In a way this is the unique thing about the Olympic Torch, you don’t need to be into sports to be able to get nominated or even selected to carry it. My name’s Jaf and I’m one of the regional coordinators for somewhereto_.

I’m one of the lucky 8,000 people who have been selected to carry the Olympic Torch as it makes its way through the country. I used to work for the local council and one of the young people I worked with nominated me:

“My local hero is in a league of his own, he’s been my youth worker for over a year now and I’ve never known anyone that can change lives like he can. I come from Blackburn and life in this town can be pretty tough but he offers a helping hand to anyone that needs it, he works and works and works to make sure that life for young people is filled with rich knowledge and a sense of direction. He haschanged my life in so many ways, through him I have acquired life skills, communication skills, leadership skills and knowledge that no other could offer me and that’s just my life he’s changed, there are hundreds of people that could tell you the same. I can think of no other person more eligible to carry a torch for the Olympic games, and even then he’ll be educating as he goes along.”

The whole experience to date has been mind blowing and I can’t wait until the 22nd June. You know you can ask any youth worker and they would tell you exactly the same thing as I’m saying – we don’t get into this field of work to get recognised or for awards. We work unsociable hours and weekends away from our loved ones because we want to help the next generation of young people and provide them with valuable life skills that cannot be taught in schools. My time with the local council was amazing. I used to work with up to 60 young people a week, 4 nights a week helping them to make a difference in their communities.

It’s such an honour to be able to carry the torch, knowing that the last 9 years of hard work doing local, regional, national and international work building up partnerships along the way. It is quite humbling, exciting but at the same time nerve wracking but hey – ho it’s also a once in a life time opportunity so I say bring it on!

Inspirational, don’t you think?

Find out how you can get involved with helping the somewhereto_ movement, or get in touch to use one of our spaces and be the movement!

‘The Russell Brand Show arrives at Parliament’

Check out Russell Brand speaking at parliament on drugs legislation to a board of MPs!

Not his usual setting of course, but if you watch the full video he makes some very interesting points- don’t judge a book by it’s cover!

Looking for somewhereto_ discuss politics, philosophy, or anything else that matters to you? Get in touch today so we can help to get you the perfect space…

Check these guys out - Casually practicing their free running in the Wales Millennium Centre itself!

Andrew and his friends are really keen and talented freerunners. Using their incredible skills, they are setting up a social enterprise where they can teach free running techniques to young people in a safe environment. When they were asked where their dream space to practice their freerunning was they replied with the Wales Millenium Centre.

“somewhereto_ is helping ‘Trick Unique’ loads by helping us branch out by free running in locations we wouldn’t have dreamed of in Wales!”

somewhereto_ introduced the freerunners to the Wales Millenium Centre and they were incredibly supportive and encouraging. They were given a practice day in January and their showcase was held in February. The event went incredibly well and you can see them in action here! The event has changed Alex’s life and increased awareness of freerunning in Wales.

Feel inspired? Check out the spaces we currently have available, and make your own success story out of it. If free running isn’t your thing, it is very very likely we can cater for your passion!