More Halton Short Breaks with Mako Create
We’re delighted to announce we’ve been given the green light to deliver Short Breaks provision with Halton Borough Council to support families of disabled children in our borough throughout 2022 to 2024. Having delivered Short Breaks in the borough since 2019,...
It’s Our Birthday!
A Big Move and Celebration This week has been a busy week for the Mako Create team. We’ve got lots to celebrate following a hectic yet wonderful Halton MakeFest. This week we made our move from Culture HQ, our home for the past several months, to our new premises at...
Halton MakeFest will be returning for 2022
HALTON MAKEFEST IS RETURNING! We're super excited to announce that we will be collaborating with local creatives from the Halton area to host another Halton MakeFest. This years event is scheduled to take place on 26th March 2022 at Culture HQ in Runcorn Shopping...
Video Game Design – Halton Youth Fund
We have been putting on several courses throughout Halton funded by Halton Youth Provision, including a seven week set of Video Game Design sessions at The Studio Widnes for young people aged 10 to 16 years. During this project our participants were tasked with...
Filmmaking – Halton Youth Fund
We have facilitated several free courses throughout Halton funded by Halton Youth Provision, including a seven week set of Filmmaking sessions at Halton Lea Library for young people aged 10 to 16 years. During this project our participants were introduced to film...
Animation – Halton Youth Fund
We have been putting on several courses throughout Halton funded by Halton Youth Provision, including a six week set of Animation sessions at The Studio Widnes. This project has had a focus on helping young people with their wellbeing and mental health. During this...
Bird Puppets Swoop Into School!
We had a lovely time teaming with Cultured to bring bird puppets to Willow Tree Primary School in St Helens. As part of an artisitic exploration of Paul Harfleet's picture book Pansy Boy we took a range of bird puppet templates into school for Years 1, 2 and 3 to...
Introducing – Luminate
We are delighted to introduce Luminate, a project we will begin to deliver in Crewe later this month as part of the town’s Lumen Festival of Lights 2021. Through Luminate we will work with Crewe Library to involve local families in a digital arts workshop based on...
Introducing Our On-Demand Service
We’re pleased to announce our library of On-Demand content is now available. Whether we've filled all our places or you catch us in-between provisions of face-to-face workshops the On-Demand section allows you to get creative at home. Our varied and growing selection...