Hackerspaces in the Midlands!

Spring is clearly in the air with a lot of activity in the Midland's Hackerspace scene.

Nottingham just become the largest UK Hackerspace at 4300 sq Ft (in terms of floor space - 4300 sq Ft) celebrated at the very successful open day on Sunday 29th May. There were at least 100 visitors with Hackers from Birmingham, Leeds and London as well as friends from all over the region. We were pleased to see so many new faces who are interested in becoming members of the space. It look like we may have at least 8 new members joining up soon!

We are, almost certainly, having another Open Day later in the year. There are lots of events planned too for the coming months including Solder On, BarCamp Nottingham, Beading Workshop, Sew-Much-Fun, Sunrise Pinhole Camera and more check the calendar!

I've been following the Potteries Hackspace Google Group for a while and saw an article about a physical space they are taking in Tunstall to the North of Stoke-On-Trent. They are going to share some room with the The Ethical Computer Trust who recycle old computers. I'm sure we'll take the opportunity to pop over and visit them when they get things up and running.

FizzPop also known as Birmingham Hackspace looks to have reawakened too with several meetups happing in the last few days and talk of a proposed Hackerspace in the centre of Birmingham. I can't wait to be able to visit them as a Birmingham based Hackerspace is something I consider to be long overdue.

Thanks to Amr Behkit and the Leeds Hackspace for the photograph.