Another year, another round up, and another happy Holiday Season!

Another season, another reason, for celebrating!
It has been another busy year here at EOW and we have lots to celebrate – we’ve happily counted all they wonderful things below (and much like Julie Andrews, we can say that at least some of them are our favourites!)

1. We were delighted to welcome some new faces to the resident member crowd as we were joined by Green Leith Joinery, Woodeye Furniture, Full Set Productions, Cross Cut Design, Elizabeth Campbell Jewellery, Norah and Ashley.
2. EOW got a makeover – with our revamped office space and a snazzy new look for the website and company branding.
3. We took over the building next door, creating an Event & Exhibition space and extra Storage facilities, and we are looking forward to launching a dedicated welding workshop in the New Year.
4. Our community programme went from strength to strength, with our Family Day in April and Doors Open Day in September both attracting new and enthusiastic visitors.
5. And, we are still buzzing from our Festive Makers Market and Leith Creative Trail in November, both of which were busier and more successful than ever!

Thank you to our members and the Leith community for making all of this possible – we couldn’t do it without you and we are blown away by your creativity, energy and love.

Because you spent this year signing up, learning, coming in and making we’ve been able to do some do some pretty great things before holidays, like:

• We raised over £1,000 for Earth in Common with our Fundraising Makers Market
• Launched our Family Day Workshops series which saw over 40 families making planter boxes, birdhouses, and balance boards
• We gave out 30 scholarships and bursaries to support folk getting into a new skill
• Expanded the Leith Creative Trail into a week long event with 19 participating venues
• We raised £1,500 to restart our Buy Time for a Maker fund in Spring 2025
• Launched a Design Exhibition series featuring local artist, makers, and designers
• And, clearly the most impressive, we had a reel go basically viral – were influencers now

2025 won’t be slowing down – you can look forward to future endeavours like:

• Welding Area Expansion – welding projects can now be (nearly) limitless in size!
• 4 Family Days a year, so all ages can come get there hands covered in saw dust as they MAKE things for themselves
• More Design Exhibitions, featuring not only our in house makers, but inviting local makers to join as well, or launch their own exhibitions in our new event space
• Have A Go guided projects so that you can get a feel for the workshop and machinery pre-membership as you try your hand and woodworking, laser cutting, and maybe a sneaky CNC round
• And further building on the Leith Creative Trail making a new Leith community mainstay

And so much more that we can’t even talk about yet!