We are delighted that our Wirral MakeFest event has been funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund as part of the Liverpool City Region City Region Borough of Culture. We are still looking for venue sponsors and for funding for pre-MakeFest events to build our programme.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.
For more information, visit
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-
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Thanks go to many helpful people. We have resourced materials to repurpose from Finsa UK for our lanyards, ArtFix art supplies for foam core, repurposed signage from Londis Wellington Road, plastic from Openhouse Products Ltd, windsurfing sails from Rachel, school uniforms from Wirral Fuss and a pop up tent from Cetra. Many thanks to our creative supporters – Jude Gill of Ceramic Organic, Ola of Softly Spoken Calligraphy, Nicola from Quilt Stitch Social and Mandy from Purple Monkey Crewe. Huge thank you to Mr Link and the students of Neston High School for the creation of our lanyards . Our community partners have gone above and beyond – Make it Happen (for “phone a friend- resolve a dilemma” yet again), Charlotte’s Brightside (our food angels), Mencap and Wirral Christian Centre for minibuses.
Birkenhead Central Library
Sponsorship slot available – email us if you would like to be one of our headline sponsors for 2025
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
Sponsorship slot available – email us if you would like to be one of our headline sponsors for 2025
Finsa UK sponsored our inaugural outing in 2023 – https://www.finsa.com/en/home both financially and with materials which we used to create our lanyards. Neston High School Maker’s space designed the medallions using a laser cutter.
Supporters for our first Wirral MakeFest in June 2023
Awesome Liverpool – https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/218965-wirral-makefest-planetarium