Events

See a summary of our previous public events over the last few years here.

Discounts for school bookings November-February

Start date: 9th October 2019

End date: 15th December 2019

This is the quiet season for us so we are offering discount workshops for schools

21 Nov – Wakefield Engineers of tomorrow

Date: 21st November 2019

Time: 9-4.20

Location: Cedar ourt Hotel, Wakefield

Booking essential for this STEM event in Wakefield at Cedar Court Hotel, 9am-4.20pm

23 November Fix it/Break it cafe Todmorden

Date: 23rd November 2019

Time: 12.00 - 16.00

Location: Masonic Hall, White Hart Fold, Todmorden, West Yorkshire OL14 7BD

scavengerlabs.org.uk

Our first event is now fixed!

Masonic Hall, Todmorden 12-4pm

A fix it cafe with a difference- we also break down the unfixable into parts for Scavengers Making activities.

There will be seperate tables for various types of fixing as well as some skills learning and some upcycled wonders for you to admire and play with.
Repair tables for the pilot are:
• Laptops and Pcs and musical equipment
• Furniture, wooden goods and upholstery
• Textile clothes repairs
• Household electric good, especially vintage
• Anything that can be repaired / waterproofed with resins and glues
and special bonus activity table
• Unmaking / Taking things apart as a family friendly activity

Please check back here for guidance on what to bring and especially what NOT to bring before the event.

Past public events 2016

- National Media Museum, 11/2-11/3
- Big Bang Fair, NEC, 16-19/3
- Edinburgh Maker Faire, 10/4
- Robot workshop, the Vale, Mossley, 16/4
- UK Maker Faire- Centre for Life, 23-24/4
- Robot Orch Hack Day- Manchester Uni, 17/5
- Amazed by Science, Cheshire, 1-2/6
- Cheltenham Science Festival, 11-12/6
- Big Tin Shed, Hebden Bridge, 24/6
- National Media Museum, Schools day28/6
- National Media Museum, Family day, 2/7
- Big Bang North West, 5/7
- trAction Crewe, 9-10/7
- Jimmy's Farm festival 23-24/7
- Manchester Met Uni Community festival 26/7
- Brighter Sound Noisy Robot workshop 10/8
- MakeFest Manchester Museum Science & Industry 20-21/10

Past public events 2015

- Generation Noise, Durham 14/2
- Imagineers STEM fest, Middlesborough 7/3
- British Science Week Sci-busking 16/3
- Jimmy's Farm Science & Nature festival 21-22/3
- Learn to Play, the Old Vinyl Factory, Hayes 21/3
- Edinburgh Science Festival 16-19/4
- UK Maker Faire Newcastle 25-26/4
- Amazed by Science, Cheshire 4/5
- Left Coast at the Mount Pavillion Blackpool 8/5
- Generation Noise, Berwick 24/5
- Amazed by Science, Crewe 28/5
- Rainbow Child Centre, Leicester 31/5
- BBC Family day, Glasgow 6/6
- Education Festival (Sunday Times) steAm co. 18/6
- Big Bang South East, Sussex 30/6
- Islington Mill Community Festival 11-12/7
- BIG event, Norwich 22-24/7
- Crewe town centre event 30/7
- MakeFest, Manchester Museum Science & Industry 8-9/8
- Rosemary Lane Day, Ticehurst 22/8
- British Science Festival Sci-busk 5-6/9