Hello,
Here’s your Monday read from The Old Post Office (TOPO)
With halloween over - and bonfire night tomorrow, I’m thinking about when it is acceptable to get the Christmas decorations out. Or at least the fairy lights for the window display… Friday?
In corporate coworking news, we have recently joined the Desana Platform. Over the years, local coworkers who work for large, usually global businesses have requested this, and we are pleased to say we can now take bookings in this way. The demographic of the coworking space is still very much hyperlocal (and Stirchley-quirky).
See you this week? Book your desk online.
Accountability sessions Tuesday afternoon, Weds evening and Friday morning. — Team TOPO
Venue hire
The coworking space is available to hire several evenings a week and some weekends - when we don’t have Stirchley Sewing School or Wednesday evening coworking.
Maybe you’d like to hold art / craft workshops, a party or a pop-up event? Perhaps you’re a small business that would like to experiment with having a shop front in Stirchley?
We’re taking bookings for the rest of 2024 and into 2025. Prices start from £20ph.
If you’re interested please get in touch - [email protected]
Image: Bake sale for refugees & craft workshops in 2022 organised by Kerry and Chloë - check out Kings Heath Action for Refugees
Local links
New indie book stall, The Haunted Stacks, have a Horror Book Club - this month’s read is Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle. They’re meeting on Thursday 7 November at 7pm at the Stable in town, you may miss this one - but maybe you’d like to join their next meet-up? Follow their updates on eventbrite & instagram. You’ll also find them with a stall at the next …
Stirchley Community Market - save the date - Saturday 7 December, 10am-3pm at Stirchley Baths! Your local market ran by the community - including several TOPO coworkers. More info usually shared via instagram.
Stirchley Open Cinema’s Film&Food Fest continues this month, including an event co-presented with Falestine on film, who specialise in showing Palestinian films highlighting the conflict in Gaza, Thursday 21 November from 6.30pm at Stirchley Baths - tickets are available online SOC are also fundraising for registered charity Rivers of Mercy - please find out how you can support when booking your ticket.
Craftspace are looking for stories of ‘everyday making’ in the Midlands, by people whose work shows the influence of migration on creativity, craft skills and techniques. Craftspace are looking for stories of people from the global majority and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia to celebrate the diversity of the Midlands. Find out more via Craftspace’s website
Women in Tech Birmingham’s next Tech Talks is with Poonam Rajput, Data Engineer at NorthCoders, Thursday 28 November 6pm-8pm, RSVP via meet-up.com
Music to work to
For this week’s newsletter I’m sharing the playlist Rebecca Vale created for our Music to work to series, Rebecca is part of the duo The Haunted Stacks, so it’s fitting to share her newsletter this week. Enjoy!
Community coworking space in Stirchley
The Old Post Office, 1533 Pershore Road, Stirchley, South Birmingham B30 2JH
The coworking space is open:
For coworking Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, and Wednesday evening 6pm-9.30pm
For Stirchley Sewing School on other weeknights & some weekends
