Aire Place Studios

Aire Place Studios is a not for profit community space that focuses primarily on the LGBTQIA+ community and people facing social isolation and exclusion due to mental ill-health, low/no income, ethnic, religious background, and self employment. Aire Place Studios is unique in that it is primarily led by queer women and trans/non-binary people. Through the provision of affordable workspaces, inclusive workshops, and a non-judgemental attitude toward creativity Aire Place Studios empowers disadvantaged groups to build and maintain careers and creative practises.

At Aire Place Studios, we recognise that there are two main barriers preventing people from having successful creative careers; lack of affordable studio space and isolation. Aire Place Studios are counteracting this by providing low cost creative spaces that encourage co-working and interaction. We want our studio members to feel a sense of community support that enables them to pursue their goals.


With your help we’ll be able to expand our community, and create jobs sustainability. We’re particularly excited about the Creative Sponsorship Programme - we’d like to give our creatives an opportunity to launch their own careers!

Right now, we're in the position of knowing what we need to do to improve our sustainability and to build Aire Place Studios capacity, we just lack the staff and finance to make this a reality. We intend to use this funding to create paid employment for someone to develop a marketing and communications strategy that ensures we will be recognised as an established and reputable space for providing creative workspaces and so much more. We also intend to invest in researching and securing future funding to sustain the provision of our space to disadvantaged community groups, and to maximise accessibility.