Knowle West Media Centre

02/09/2026

✨ Opportunity ✨ We're seeking a local photographer to take photos of people and/or their pets at our 30th Birthday Party on Saturday 17th October! You will be supported by KWMC staff and you're welcome to borrow our camera kit. 📷 🐶

Send some examples of your photos to [email protected]. Please let us know where you live so we can prioritise photographers in Knowle West. We will consider applicants from further away if we have no suitable applicants nearby.

Rolling deadline. Please apply as soon as possible.

More info about our free birthday party - everyone's welcome! kwmc-birthday.eventbrite.co.uk

02/09/2026

Don't forget to sign up for our FREE after-school activities for young people age 10-17! Grab a flyer from KWMC or visit kwmc.org.uk/youngpeople.

👾 Creative Hub | Mondays | 4:30-6pm | Ages: 10-13 👾
Try out animation, music production, digital instruments, VR, gaming, photography, digital drawing and more.

🚀 Maker City | Wednesdays | 4:30-6:30pm | Ages: 10-13 🚀
Try out different kinds of making in our Making Space like laser cutters, 3D printers and vinyl cutters.

🎵 SoundWave+ | Tuesdays | 5-7pm | Ages: 14-17 🎵
Use our instruments, software and recording equipment to jam, write, produce or record your own music.

💡 Maker City+ | Tuesdays | 5-7pm | Ages: 14-17 💡
Explore architecture, engineering and design, lead your own projects and meet creative professionals.

REGISTER INTEREST HERE 👉 kwmc.org.uk/get-involved/young-people/ See less

We offer a variety of activities for young people in South Bristol. We offer after school activities, work experience, in school sessions, and half-term projects.

01/09/2026

Check out the fourth and final zine from our Artist in Residence, Mereida Fajardo 😍

Mereida has been working with us on Retrofit Street - a collaboration between 6 households on Andover Road, We Can Make and KWMC focused on making existing homes warmer, healthier and cheaper to run. KWMC’s role is creative community engagement, so we’ve worked with Mereida to create four zines which bring people along the retrofit journey.

This final zine shares the 'Retrofit Recipe' - a co-designed recipe of different things residents could do in their own homes to make them warmer, healthier, more spacious, and better for people and planet.

Check it out: kwmc.org.uk/retrofitzines. Physical copies delivered to Andover Road and available to borrow at KWMC!

💚 Special thanks to University of Bath and to the Transforming Homes project funded by Innovate UK. We’re proud to be part of a national network of people doing retrofit differently called Retrofit Reimagined.

01/09/2026

Creative Cuppa starts back TOMORROW! Wednesday 2nd September.

🗓️ Wednesdays: 2nd & 16th September / 7th & 21st October / 4th November & 18th November / 2nd & 16th December.

⏰ 10am-12pm drop-in

29/08/2026

Creative Cuppa starts back this Wednesday 2nd September!

Join us for a free lunch, friendly chats, and creative activities. All ages and skill levels are welcome, and it’s completely free! As always, you're welcome to come and do your own project or just have a cuppa.

✍️ No sign up needed, just come along. Newcomers are very welcome.

🗓️ Wednesdays: 2nd & 16th September / 7th & 21st October / 4th November & 18th November / 2nd & 16th December.

📍 KWMC, Leinster Ave, BS4 1NL

Email [email protected] to be added to our weekly mailing list revealing the next activity.

27/08/2026

Calling creatives and technologists from Bristol and beyond who already work with communities, as well as those who are curious about getting started!

Come along to our next FREE Community x Arts x Tech Meetup. Get supportive feedback on a creative project that connects with community, arts and technology. It can be the first spark of an idea, a work-in-progress, or something fully grown. This is a relaxed space for sharing, testing things and thinking out loud. Also welcome to just come for a chat and be inspired.

🍲 Dinner included (6-6:20pm)
🗓 Thursday 3rd September, 6-8pm. (Next will be Thu 1st Oct, save the date!).
📍 KWMC, Leinster Ave, BS4 1NL

FREE TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-x-arts-x-tech-meet-up-tickets-1996640960862

Image credit: Diego Maeso.

24/08/2026

What happens when young people are trusted to lead?

At our recent Maker City Showcase, young people designed, developed and delivered every activity themselves, guiding visitors through digital making using our laser cutter, UV printer, vinyl cutter and more. We were blown away by what they achieved!

If you know a young person living/studying in BS4, BS3 5, BS13 & BS14 whose imagination runs wild, we'd love to welcome them to our next cohort of Maker City (age 10-13) and Maker City + (age 14-17). Perfect for future engineers, designers and visionaries. ✨ More info: kwmc.org.uk/youngpeople

💚 Special thanks to our 2025-6 funders: Bristol City Council’s Strategic Partnership (Arcadis, Arup, Mott MacDonald), The Comino Foundation, Medlock Charitable Trust, and The Society of Merchant Venturers.

20/08/2026

Our recent Pride Special Community x Arts x Tech Meetup featured Haz Horobin-Worley (artist, creative technologist & Q***r Tech Bristol co-founder) who shared their Q***r Phone (listen to q***r poetry, sounds, and/or leave a voicemail) then led a ‘Dream Net’ workshop, rethinking what the internet could be through relaxed chats, collaging, and zine-making inspired by our mini pop-up LGBTQIA+ zine library.

We imagined all sorts of dream internets together: "plant-powered", "being free to be real messy", "free to people who can't afford it", "de-centralised", "colourful", "public access points", "visual/audio accessibility"... Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the evening such a welcoming and inspiring space.💚

🗓 Join our next CxAxT on Thurs 3rd Sept (6-8pm) - share a creative project and get supportive feedback from the group, or come along just to get inspired - CxAxT.eventbrite.com

19/08/2026

❗Deadline this Sunday 23rd to join our team as a Project Coordinator for our Young Peoples Programme!❗

💥 Job opportunity! Project Coordinator (Young People) 💥

We're looking for an excellent facilitator to support the delivery and coordination of creative activities for young people (aged 10-17) that bring together arts, technology and community.

📍 Knowle West Media Centre, Bristol
⏰ 22 hours per week (3 days)
💸 £25,933 pro rata
🗓️ 1-year contract

⏳ Apply by 23:59pm on Sunday 23rd August 2026

More info: https://kwmc.org.uk/whats-on/opportunities/project-coordinator-young-people/

18/08/2026

SIGN UPS ARE NOW OPEN for our FREE after-school activities! Come grab a flyer or visit kwmc.org.uk/youngpeople.

👾 Creative Hub | Mondays | 4:30-6pm | Ages: 10-13 👾

Try out animation, music production, digital instruments, VR, gaming, photography, digital drawing and more.

🚀 Maker City | Wednesdays | 4:30-6:30pm | Ages: 10-13 🚀

Try out different kinds of making in our Making Space like laser cutters, 3D printers and vinyl cutters.

🎵 SoundWave+ | Tuesdays | 5-7pm | Ages: 14-17 🎵

Use our instruments, software and recording equipment to jam, write, produce or record your own music.

💡 Maker City+ | Tuesdays | 5-7pm | Ages: 14-17 💡

Explore architecture, engineering and design, lead your own projects and meet creative professionals.

REGISTER INTEREST HERE 👉 kwmc.org.uk/get-involved/young-people/