BOOTSTRAP CHARITY

A GOOD place to be,
with GOOD people,
who do GOOD business,
and share GOOD times

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About Us:

Bootstrap Charity manages and provides workspace for startups, social enterprises, charities and small businesses. We offer support to our tenants to grow into sustainable businesses and to be socially enterprising.
We empower young people by arming them with skills, knowledge, tools and a network to succeed professionally.

Bootstrap was established in 1977 to support people to set-up their own businesses and improve employability skills.

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We manage over 60,000 square foot of workspace on Ashwin and Abbot Street in Dalston, Hackney. We let studios and desk spaces at the current market rate to a mix of tenants, from small businesses and creative and social entrepreneurs to charities and start-ups.

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Our Tenants

Bootstrap is home to over 120 organisations, including small businesses, creative and social entrepreneurs, charities and start-ups.

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Our Values

We offer practical support to our tenants with business development, subsidised rent, free event spaces, and fundraising. We offer a series of programmes for young entrepreneurs that want to develop their own businesses and social enterprises.

Enterprise
Bootcamp

Is a free 10 week accredited business training programme that equips young entrepreneurs with the tools to startup.

Bootcamp Live

Is an events management course leading young people on a journey that culminates in the participants producing their own show at Dalston Roof Park.

GOOD TIMES

8:00 pm

Dalston Roof Park

Cine Brazil "Enough with Catcalling" Documentary Screening

Are cities made for women?

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This compelling documentary originated from a crowdfunding campaign that encouraged Brazilian women to share their experiences of harassment in public spaces and how this affects their sense of safety and autonomy when experiencing life in their cities. This will be the first screening from Cine Brazil, a project that aims to bring the diversity and creativity of Brazilian independent cinema to London.

⚡️ 70% of the money raised will go to LAWA (Latin American Women's Aid), an organisation that runs the only two refuges in Europe by and for Latin American women and children fleeing gender based violence.

💰 Entrance is £3 for concessions, £5 for standard and £7 if you feel like contributing more to the cause! Find out more.

6:00 pm

Print House Gallery

WATER, WEATHER, WONDER by Dorit Braun - Private View Copy

‘Water, Weather, Wonder’ is an exhibition by Dorit Braun, inspired by visits to the English coast, and her love for the sea. The paintings explore the way the weather affects colour, form and movement. You can read more about Dorit and her work here. Join us for the private view on Thursday 5th September from 6pm to 9pm at the Print House Gallery to celebrate the end of the exhibition. Hope to see you there!

Check what is on at Bootstrap
and the Dalston Roof Park.

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July

MEET DORIT BRAUN, THE ARTIST BEHIND "WATER, WEATHER, WONDER"

Print House Gallery

June

MEET BRIAN WALKER, THE PHOTOGRAPHER BEHIND "ELVIS BIS BIS BIS"

Print House Gallery

May

HOW IT ALL STARTED

Charity, Bootstrap Charity

May

WHAT IS LIKE TO RUN YOUR OWN BUSINESS WHILE RAISING YOUR FIRST CHILD

Entrepreneur, Mother

April

HOW TO ACTIVELY REDUCE STRESS IN OUR LIVES AND AT WORK

Stress

April

MEET LAWA

Charity, Women, Feminism, Gender Equality

About Us:

Bootstrap Charity manages and provides workspace for startups, social enterprises, charities and small businesses. We offer support to our tenants to grow into sustainable businesses and to be socially enterprising. We empower young people by arming them with skills, knowledge, tools and a network to succeed professionally.

Bootstrap was established in 1977 to support people
to set-up their own businesses and improve employability skills.

Good
Place

Workspace

Dalston Roof Park

Dalston’s only rooftop bar and music venue, brought to you by the Bootstrap Charity, where all profits go back into empowering young people and businesses.

Bootyard

Bootyard is a pioneering project to turn a neglected car park, at the rear of the Bootstrap buildings, into a new start-up space for social businesses and community activities.

Print House Gallery

Print House Gallery is an intimate and exciting gallery space in the heart of Dalston. Our aim is to showcase a mixture of emerging and established contemporary artists across a variety of artistic mediums.

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