About us

ALL of our activities are designed to stimulate learning, whether we are making music, taking apart a hard drive or coding a buggy. Creativity is a buzz word in education now, but it is hard to plan into a curriculum. For us it means creating an environment that encourages curiosity, problem-solving, play, empathy, lateral thinking, questioning, experimenting. These experiences connect different areas of the brain; scientific breakthroughs come from creative thinking.

Background & business structure

Noisy Toys was created by Steve Summers and ran it’s first educational event under the name ‘the Science of Music’ in 2007 at the Victoria Baths in Manchester. After a vicious and hostile takeover bid in 2018, Noisy Toys has been devoured by a ruthless Community Interest Company called Scavenger Labs limited (C.I.C), whose directors are the infamous Mick Chesterman and Steve Summers. Noisy Toys is a trading name and if you search Companies House you will find it listed as dormant as it is operated through Scavenger Labs.

Location

We are based in Calderdale, West Yorkshire but can travel all over the country, and sometimes beyond the solar system.

Travel is charged at 45p/mile return for any job over 40 miles from HX7 (West Yorkshire). Accommodation may be charged for jobs which require an overnight stay; we will always try to find ways to minimise this expense.

Steve Summers

Stephen Summers is an artist and a qualified teacher with over fifteen years’ experience. He started Noisy Toys in 2007. You can find out more about his artistic work and hear some noise here:

Stephen Summers

Georgios Stenos Frantzios

Yorgo is a sonic scavenger; a full-time explorer of hardware stores, kitchens and junkyards in quest for noise-making treasures. You can find out more about his work here.

Rachele Evaroa

Rachele is passionate about STEAM, equality, heritage and community. Her background is in Community Development and Youth Work and 6 years ago she set up the award -winning Community Pub, The Old Abbey Taphouse as a STEAM hub in a pub in a Science Park.