A night of kindness
Matt Callanan from We Make Good Happen kicked off the second event in our 51.6 series of talks and activities with a sell-out talk encouraging us to become more thoughtful. The evening took place at 222 High Street (thanks to Coastal Housing) last Thursday and included a talk and interactive session. Matt is well known […]
We’ve added Mumbles Market to our street markets collection!
In addition to Uplands and Marina Markets, we are excited to announce that from March 2019 we will also be adding Mumbles Market to the list. As with the highly successful existing markets we established at Uplands and Marina, the focus will be to deliver a vibrant street market that regularly hosts an array of […]
ITV Coast & Country visit Uplands Market
The Uplands Market team were thrilled to appear on ITV’s Coast & Country that aired on Friday 9thNovember. The film crew visited us at the September 2018 market and interviewed us about the positive impact the social enterprise has had on the local area. We were able to introduce them to some of our traders […]
CATALYST launch event
Urban Foundry is working with University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) on their CATALYST project. This is a 31 month, €1.6m cross-border pilot project that aims to use sustainable developmentto drive innovation for Welsh and Irish SMEs. CATALYST will support businesses from the Life Science and Food and Drink sectors, two priority areas of the […]
Getting crafty in a shopping centre
Urban Foundry transformed part of Quadrant Shopping into the magical world of Alice in Wonderland during the summer holidays. This was part of our ongoing work with Bewonder*, Quadrant Shopping’s marketing agency and follows on from the filmmaking sessions we ran in May 2018. Over the course of five days in August, the themed craft […]
Happy 5th birthday Uplands Market
Two-thirds of visitors to our street markets made a special trip to be there, and the same percentage were more likely to visit other local shops and cafes as a result, according to a new survey we have released to mark the Uplands Market’s fifth birthday. Saturday saw our Uplands Street Market celebrate its 5thbirthday […]
BBC Biggest Weekend @Unit Nineteen
At the end of May, BBC Wales Hub and Horizons Cymru took over Unit Nineteen, Urban Foundry’s event space, for the Biggest Weekend Fringe – three days of comedy, sport and music. These was part of the lead-up to the main two day Biggest Weekend in Singleton Park. Unit Nineteen was transformed and accommodated a […]
Markets making a place
Although Urban Foundry created Uplands Market in 2013 to bring quality Welsh produce and crafts to the local community, this wasn’t our main objective. All our projects are designed to improve people’s lives, make great places, and build better businesses. We took a space that is usually populated by cars and transformed it into a […]
Francesca Martinez leads debate at Do Not Go Gentle Festival
Unit Nineteen hosted the main event at this year’s Do Not Go Gentle Festival on Saturday. Award winning comedian, political activist, writer and speaker Francesca Martinez joined a lively panel debating the impact and sense behind Brexit. She was joined by her brother Raoul Martinez (artist, film-maker and author) Tonia Antoniazzi (newly elected MP for […]
Bringing park life to a shopping centre
Urban Foundry recently created an indoor park in the Quadrant Shopping Centre in Swansea. As part of the Quadrant’s Summer programme, the pop-up park transformed the centre of the shopping centre into a tranquil living green space with small trees, plants and foliage. The park ran for two weeks with a busy timetable of activities […]