On Thursday 23 November we hosted a lovely lunch and launch of SPACE4’s new and improved space with Islington Council.
We celebrated…
- Our new entrance which has video intercom, sheltered bike storage, and is wheelchair accessible;
- In fact, we’re delighted to say that our entire workspace is now fully wheelchair accessible thanks to the work done on the lift and bathroom;
- And we love our beautiful lobby room designed by Studio Weave and Mitre and Mondays (who used a local wood supplier on the project!). We’re so pleased that we can now use the events space, lobby room, and kitchen all independently. This has had a huge impact on how we use the space.
More generally it was a celebration of all of SPACE4’s achievements so far and we enjoyed inspiring short speeches from:
- Joyce Ogunade, Head of Affordable Workspace
- Councillor Bell-Bradford, Elected Member for Community Wealth Building Islington Council
- Maddy Neghabian, Space Manager for Outlandish/SPACE4
- James Rogers, Studio Weave
- William Thompson, Founder of Plinth (formerly known as Time To Spare)
- Natasha Natarajan, Events Coordinator from Outlandish/SPACE4
- Polly Robbins, Space Manager from Outlandish/SPACE4
To end, we had a lovely Mediterranean community lunch from Gadz, just round the corner from us. Many of our members joined us for the festivities.
Image credits: Islington Council and Richard Chivers