The aim of the ‘Lunch Break Makes’ project is to provide creative experiences for students, staff and members of the wider community in order to boost confidence in creative skills. In the modern world we live in there is an increasing disconnection with the way things are made. While arts and craft type activities are generally accessible, requirements for equipment and instruction often prove a significant barrier to entry for more advanced activities such as metalworking, woodworking, digital manufacturing, electronics and computer programming.

The Lunch Break Makes project will run a programme of short, one hour sessions, held at lunch times, open to all University of Warwick students and staff as well as members of the wider Warwick community. The sessions will offer opportunities to try a range of different creative techniques, leveraging skills from other members of Warwick staff and students as well as bringing in creative ‘makers’ from outside of the University community to run sessions.

The sessions will open for sign-ups in September 2018