Eco Kidz

Creative Social Enterprise Project for Young People in North Edinburgh.

Eco Kidz is a Creative Social Enterprise project set up by North Edinburgh Arts. Our aim is to develop a group of local young people’s art, design and basic business skills by helping them to create their own brand of handmade “market ready” products from recycled materials. Participants will retail their range to the public at various local and city based selling opportunities and through an online shop with all sales being put directly back into developing the business range. As a legacy of the project, the young people will help write a creative resource of “how to” ideas for the public to access through the community shop and local library.

Project sessions will take place every Friday, 1. 15 – 2. 45pm and will be led by a professional designer experienced in producing high quality sellable items. Through a variety of creative workshops the designer will encourage participants to explore their ideas and experiment with new techniques and mediums to improve their creative choices.