A creative Hub is looking set to appear in a Shopping centre in Southampton.
The unique facility aims to offer the city a safe creative workspace for young people, providing them with workshops and activities in music, film, dance and other forms of media.
Matt Salvage from SoCo Music Project said: “The hub will help to develop, nurture, encourage and sustain creative and cultural practice within the city.”
SoCo Music Project which is a not-for-profit community music project based in Southampton, has been set up to provide fun and engaging music projects for people of all ages.
They have worked with schools, community groups, youth clubs and have recently won the People’s Millions bid. The money from this is being put towards a media studio in the Thornhill area.
The Hub aims to attract all musicians to collaborate together and to encourage individual talents. Open to the public, it charges no money but aims to set up a community service in return for workspace.
Matt said: “We hope to engage with local creative practitioners to help them develop their practice by offering work space in return for running workshops for young people.”
The Creative Hub plans to appear on the vacant site of Most Clothing in The Bargate shopping centre. The project is looking to start a gradual launch in March and to start opening two to three days a week.
Matt said “It has a lot of potential to lift the cultural provision in the city, especially for young people.” said Matt.
