It’s here. After much planning with a lot of late nights and weekends spent building endless walls and laying carpets and eating far too many chocolate macaroons, screenWORKS has arrived and is ready to welcome you.

But as my Mum keeps asking, what exactly is it … in plain English? Well, without reverting to media babble we shall try to explain. The idea is to provide an affordable, creative, comfortable 24/7 space for independent workers, freelancers, small companies and start-ups, to use as little or as much as they like.

It takes the best elements a coffee shop (social, energetic) and the best elements of a workplace (creative, functional) and combines them to create a space for freelancers and mobile workers to meet and get work done.

You might be a start-up needing a full or part-time office space but not wanting the hassle of a lease, a home-worker wanting to work outside the house occasionally and tired of having meetings in noisy cafes or a worker for a company based outside Edinburgh looking to work nearer to home now and again.

It’s easy to get started. Simply decide when you want to use it, take out a membership and pay only for the time you need. Then get working.

And there’s more > screenWORKS is  much more that just a shared office space. As a coworking centre, we not only work together in one space, we also aim to work with the local community too, running workshops and events to  promote and encourage opportunities in the city. Interested? Get in touch and get involved.

Thanks a million to all those who have helped us get to this point. Jason and Kaye at Teebster, Eileen and Gina at Scotland UNLTD and Firstport, Carol and everyone at Publishing Scotland,  Liz at IKEA, David, Lynsey, Leianna, Norman, Sam,  Robert, Hestie, Bernard, Madevi, Sam,  John & Allan at BlueGreen&Co, David at WASPS, Jacqui at CEO, Clare at The Melting Pot and especially Cameron for all the handy man skills and support along the way.

screenWORKS is a non-profit project run by volunteers. The project was developed with grant assistance from the Social Entrepreneurs Fund delivered by Firstport.

Social Entrepreneurs Fund

 

Contact:

info@edinburghscreenworks.co.uk
1st Floor, 137 Dundee Street, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, EH11 1BG
0131 623 6160  (office hours: 9.30am – 5.30pm Mon-Fri)
http://www.facebook.com/screenworks
http://twitter.com/edscreenworks