Category: Box

Pitching At Wirral Soup for CAMHS waiting list boxes

On Wednesday, Diana pitched at @wirralsoup to fund boxes for young people on the CAMHS (mental health) waiting list. The average waiting time is over 8 months for clinical treatment for young people with moderate to severe mental health in our area. For over a year, we’ve been collaborating with the Care Navigators, NHS non-clinical support for […]

Unplug with us! UK Unplugged Subscription

UK Unplugged Subscription “Research has shown links between television use and reduced creative imagination”, decreasing schoolchildren’s “mental imaginary skills” (BBC, 2020). So, are screens really such a bad thing? First and foremost, at UK Unplugged, we embrace the enormous advantages technology has brought to society in connecting and entertaining us. However, it is the balance […]

Time Flies Avionics: Come Fly with Us!

Time Flies Avionics. Join us on Saturday 9th March at the Bloom Building to celebrate British Science Week and learn all about planes! ✈️ We’ll be de-LIGHT-fully wiring a wooden map to have light up time zones, making carboard planes and doing various arts and crafts! This event is a little different from our usual ones […]

Ellen’s tying knots, Japan style!

Hi, this is Ellen again! Sustainable wrapping may seem like a recent trend, but in Japan, the art of furoshiki has been around since the Nara period (around 710 B.C). Pronounced foo-roo-she-kee, furoshiki involves wrapping gifts using cloth or fabric instead of traditional wrapping paper. The fabric options include cotton, silk, and nylon with numerous […]

Japan Box: Ellen’s take on the exciting experience of co-creating hanafuda cards

I’m Ellen, one of the Creative Education Assistants from the University of Liverpool and I worked with Kanae, Keris, Diana and Andy on the development of the exciting new Japan Box (8+) and the upcoming event on Sunday 18th February 2024! I’d like to share some of what I learnt about hanafuda ‘flower cards’ (花札), […]

Boxes for the CAMHS Wait List

We began our deliveries for the local CAMHS waiting list on Friday. Children and young people recommended by their Care Navigator were able to choose which box they wanted (in this case Dinos Roar? and Day of the Dead) and we delivered them by ecargo bike to the families.   Why? Children and young people […]

Make Christmas Fun & Sustainable! A cool day out at Wirral MakeFest: Relax and Make Christmas Green

We brought our sustainable games and Christmas gifts to Wirral MakeFest on Saturday. Our💩 game from the Environmental Chemistry Box kept whole families entertained while they learned about managing waste on a farm! At Wirral Makefest visitors made everything from spaceships from Lego, fern wreaths, wrapping paper and fake sushi! 💩The Environmental Chemistry box only […]

Were in the News! BBC Radio Merseyside and Wirral Globe

We’ve been busy chatting about our new products in the Wirral Globe and on BBC Radio Merseyside. We just launched our Victorian Christmas Spirit Box…our subscription is almost ready, and we have several Christmas events coming up! Exciting times! If you’d like to read the article about us: Wirral Globe Article Or catch up with […]

Bike Realities & Boxes: Crowdfunder Update & Stretch for Boxes

We’ve done it! We’ve smashed our target with a few hours to spare! Thank you–it really means a lot that you believe in what we do and want to help out. We’ve put a ‘stretch’ target for the last day to raise funding for free boxes for those on the CAMHS waiting list: approximately 125 […]

Digital Detox or Disconnecting to Reconnect?

Would you try a digital detox? #HolidayMode #VacationMode Unless you are retreating to one location… like a cabin or spa, I think it’s difficult to put your phone down on holiday. How do you find your way around without Google Maps or take pictures? What about checking in for your flight or researching for accessibility/food allergies? Our […]