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We are looking for a Design & Marketing Executive to join our forward-thinking, community-focused organisation, to help us make a positive impact on local communities. Our approach is driven and focused, whilst also offering a friendly and flexible work...

We are delighted to be continuing our partnership with England Illegal Money Lending Team and Cheshire Constabulary with the latest instalment of our anti-loan shark project.  Starting later this month the ‘Stop Loan Sharks Awareness Video Project’ will bring together...

We are really excited to announce the Animating Halton’s Heritage project! The project exploring trade in Halton will culminate in a 2D animation being revealed at Heritage HQ in September. The project allows people of all ages to get involved with different parts of...

We are delighted to unveil our Stop Loan Sharks Pixel Art installation at Norton Priory, the culmination of our collaborative project with the Illegal Money Lending Team and Cheshire Constabulary. Throughout 2021 Digital Arts Box CIC worked with over 200 young people...

We're delighted to announce our latest project Try IT - Digital Arts St Helens, delivering free training opportunities in digital arts & technology skills for adults in St Helens starting in January 2022.  After the success of similar courses for adults held in...

We are excited to announce that MakoDigital Arts CIC will soon be transformed into Digital Arts Box CIC.  Why is this happening? We feel the time is right to embark on this new direction for our Community Interest Company so that it stands alone from Mako Create, both...

We are excited to announce that MakoDigital Arts has been included in Tesco's Community Grants scheme. From October 1st until the end of the year you can vote for us at Widnes' Tesco Extra on Ashley Retail Park. Blue tokens are available with any purchase made...

We are overjoyed to announce that we have been successful in securing funding from Thomas Wall Trust to be able to extend our Creative & Digital Careers In Halton project. This funding will enable us to run four additional short creative courses for adults in...

We are delighted to confirm our partnership with England Illegal Money Lending Team,  Norton Priory Museum & Gardens and Halton Police on a new project focused on informing Halton residents about the dangers of Loan Sharks.  The ‘Stop Loan Sharks Pixel Art...

THANK YOU TESCO! Thanks to the Tesco Bags of Help scheme for giving us support of a £500 grant, as they say "Every little helps". Like most organisations MakoDigitalArts CIC is currently on lockdown due to Covid-19. We will be putting this funding towards online...

We’ve been working hard in Halton, in partnership with the Illegal Money Lending Team, to raise awareness of the dangers of Illegal Lenders (a.k.a. Loan Sharks). There are an estimated 310,000 households across the country that are in debt to loan sharks. Halton has a...

We’re currently recruiting engineers working or studying in the following areas to be part in HACKcampUK: environmental, computing, chemical, civil, structural, energy and power, manufacturing and design, maritime, aerospace, chemical and process and medical...