Boards of Trustees and Advisors

We would welcome people who could assist in a voluntary advisory capacity to support our Trustees. We are committed to diversifying our leadership and ensuring our building is an inclusive creative haven for everyone, especially those in our most local community. We are seeking funds to make bold changes and want our team to reflect the diverse community on our doorstep. We have recently recruited new Board members and now have an 11-strong diverse Board, but are always happy to hear from people who believe their expertise or experience would help us navigate this journey well.

The Old Print Works is a diverse and welcoming community that believes in the transformative power of making and creativity. Through mutual skill sharing we are building a resilient, sustainable and cooperative future.

We provide studio, meeting, exhibition, event and co-working space. We promote creative and cultural activity, and are founder members of Balsall Heath Second Saturday, a monthly mini-festival.

Make It Sustainable Ltd (MIS) manages The Old Print Works (OPW), founded to enhance making skills and creativity, and in so doing reinforce wellbeing, community, low-carbon, education, employment, arts and heritage.  Our primary purpose is to promote making and design skills particularly amongst the young, through providing versatile spaces in which to work, make, connect and learn.  A better understanding of making and repairing skills and the power of creativity will help both the environment and our economic and social wellbeing.

MIS is a charity and a company limited by guarantee and has vacancies on its Board of Trustee Directors. Our charity is stable and growing but still is in a relatively tight financial position. We are investing where possible in the building, people, and the area of Balsall Heath.

As with all charities there are sometimes quite specialist areas that need to be understood and discussed. MIS is interested in hearing from you if you have expertise that could help. It would be advantageous if you already know about or have engaged in some way with The Old Print Works. It is vital that you are able to bring your expertise in a way that is relevant to a tiny organisation with few resources. We would welcome interest from minority or minoritised communities, anyone with a disability and especially people from a South Asian background or living locally.

Contact us through info@oldprintworks.org.