Applications are now open for MAKE Southwest’s Craft & Making Saturday Club 2025/26. We are eager to hear from motivated and passionate young people aged 13-16 years old who have an interest in making and would benefit from our support.  

Since 2022, we have partnered with the National Saturday Club to provide unique opportunities for young people to learn new skills, discover talents, meet new people, and find out more about further education, higher education, and rewarding careers in craft, design, and making.

Our Craft & Making Saturday Club is a free programme of workshops for young people, which runs every year during term time. As a craft education charity, MAKE Southwest works to support the next generation of craftspeople. The Club is returning for 2025/26, offering 15 young people aged 13-16 years with a passion for all things art, craft, design, and making a friendly environment to explore their creativity through a range of craft disciplines.

Emphasis is placed on giving our young people an experience of materials and processes that are rarely covered in secondary school curriculum. In previous years we have covered: printmaking, book-binding, paper marbling, ceramics, willow-weaving, traditional sign-writing, sculpture, letterpress printing, leather-working, embroidery, and glass-blowing.   

Our Craft & Making Saturday Club will run for 22 weeks, starting on Saturday 8 November 2025.  

The programme will take place on a Saturday morning between 10am-1pm at MAKE Southwest in Bovey Tracey and will be delivered by tutors taken from our growing membership of professional makers.  

We also organise visits to local craft businesses and organisations as a way of giving our Club members an insight into employment within the craft industries.  

At the end of the programme, Club members are given the opportunity to showcase their craft works at the multi-award-winning Craft Festival in Bovey Tracey.

All participants are encouraged to take part in the Bronze Arts Award and support is given throughout the Club to complete this qualification. 

“…I enjoy the Saturday Club so much, because there’s just so much inspiration to be found from the people around you, especially when they’re like-minded and you can trust them to understand, listen and give you good ideas.”

Read the National Saturday Club interview with one of our 2023 participants, Evie here.

Club members also take part in national events including Masterclasses with leading industry professionals and the Summer Show, where Saturday Clubs nationwide exhibit their work in a public exhibition – all for free! 

Click here to view our Online Summer Show 2024.