Our space will be hosting two workshops on Saturday, October 12th, for the Rochester Literature Festival's Other Worlds, Other Voices event. Their 'Bring Something to the Table' event proved so popular in March, they couldn't possibly leave it out of the main festival!   The Potlatch is a...

A varied bunch of activities is happening in the space this week. First up, The Rochester Literature Festival is holding a team building meeting for their Guerilla Poetry event on Wednesday. The brave souls who've volunteered to read classic poetry aloud...

Put your false teeth in and get your mojo on for the grooviest Swede yet! On Sunday 7th July from 12pm til 6pm we'll be traveling back in time to recreate elements of the Austin Powers: Goldmember Trailer.  

In anticipation of the awesome new production from coFWD, here's the pictorial evidence of a hugely entertaining and fun filled day sweding Skyfall. You may look quizzical, which is understandable - you really had to be there. (So next time, make sure you are!) The full production should be let...

Powerpoint presentations  (and similar)  are often boring.  They easily become turgid replacements for good communication, offering a standard, but unimaginative way to get messages across.  On the 25th May, 12-4pm, we are running a session of exploring, creating and re-imagining ways to present information. This is not a training workshop and I...

I’m sure by now you must’ve seen this beauty... http://youtu.be/r7WP9kT3z4Q So what did the participants make of it? "I'm 33 but this took me back to being at college, working without rules on something that was fun whilst surrounded by great people - I had a right laugh" - Carl "Worst acting I've ever seen. Most...

Rochester Literature Festival Co-ordinator, Jaye Nolan, will be running a second blogging workshop this month. Her step-by-step guide to setting up and customising your own blog will be held at coFWD, 161 High Street Rochester, on Wednesday, February 27^th at 7.15pm. There are now just four...

There are lots of interesting and exciting things happening in and around coFWD over the next few weeks and an email newsletter was sent out last week providing more information on these. If you didn't see this, you can read it online and if you would like to...

The golden rule for writers is ‘Show, don’t tell’ – so I’m going to do exactly that! I’ll show you how to set up and customise your own blog, without any knowledge of programming, HTML, CSS or other techy talk! The only ‘tell’ you need is why you’re doing it:...

We write to you from The Land of coFWD with news of some December dates for your diary - in reverse order:

• December 29th we'll be burning Christmas calories with an epic Lego session at 161. Bring your own Lego if this...
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Startup Saturday has been a monthly event at coFWD.

Its overall aim is to get more ideas shaped and projects/startups launched.

Our past four events have focused on discussion, learning and thinking; and that has proved really valuable for those participating. We've heard from and joined dots between the experiences of various...

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This will take place at coFWD on Wednesday 21st November from 7:30pm until 9:30pm. If you would like to attend, please sign up to the Eventbrite page. Everyone needs to track the performance of things that they do online which have some kind of aim. It...

In Startup Saturday 4 we will continue to discuss the projects that we are either working on or have ideas for and it will also be an opportunity to everyone else for advice and opinions. If anyone else has any other suggestions on what they would like to talk about or...

As you may have seen, we are opening the doors of coFWD and allowing people to use the space for free between now and the end of the month.  Outside of our day to day coworking, we run various workshops and social events.  Here's what we have coming up...

Have you ever wanted to juggle 5 balls while riding a unicycle? Or perhaps balance a chair on your nose? Maybe you want to learn how to create a simple poster for use in your next social gathering? If you answered yes to one of the above, then this workshop is...