New core tuition programme

It’s launch day for BlueShift new Core Tuition programme, and we’re so excited! Why a new tuition programme, you ask? Well, we’re always looking for ways to make learning coding easy and accessible, and this does just that.

Core Tuition gives your children the opportunity to learn from the comfort of their own home, while still getting help from teachers and access to our online classroom – full of course materials all. Courses start at £35 per lesson, so check out the link in our bio to check out all of the fantastic courses on offer (hint: are we bringing back guitar hero? I think so…)

Bike MOT at GWS

David from Cyclic Nature offered a full bicycle MOT service along with helpful advice on maintaining bikes, to our studio holders.

David has over 9 years of experience and beside many qualifications, his main accolade is his love of the bicycle.

This is the second time David hosts a Bike MOT at Great Western Studios, and our studio holders are always thankful for this event.

bike mot

KALEIDOSCOPE BY BROOK STREET GALLERY

The group exhibition Kaleidoscope is now open and running until 29th June!

Come and discover a vibrant array of works by Mila Morton, Liudmila Krutikova, David Knight, Natalia Zarovnaya, and Rupert Whale across two unique spaces. This art exhibition is one of the firsts that Brook Street Gallery hosted at Great Western Studios, and we expect the other one sometime in September.

65 Alfred Road, W2 5EU (Great Western Studios 101-102).
The show will be on view until the 29th of June.
For more information or questions DM or email brookstreetgallery@gmail.com

Studio Holder Perks

Your special discounts await from your favourite brands/services at GWS. From 10% up to 25% off offered from studio holders to fellow studio holders. Enjoy!

The Hero W9 – 25% off weekday lunches and 241 drinks during Happy hour – until 13th June

Studio 6 tattoos – 10% off all tattoos

Charabanc Club – 15% off all products

SANS Matin – 15% off all products

Form Nutrition – 10% off all products

Blaize Caprice – 15% off all products

Cashmere in Love – 20% off all products

Blaiz UK – 25% off all products

Raspberry Plum – 15% off all products

VI Therapy – 20% off all services

SHAG! Salon – 20% off all services

MYS Silhouette – 25% off brows and lashes

BlueShift Coding – 20% off all services

La Suite Hotel – 12% off

Harbour Club Notting Hill – exclusive offers for our studio holders

Finlay – 10% off

Lime Bike – provided at the entrance.

GAIA Family celebrates their 4 birthday

4 years of hard work to make sure that everyone who wants a family has a chance to try.

The story on how Gaia started their journey is beautiful and inspiring.

In 2016, Nader AlSalim and his wife started their IVF journey. After years of treatments across multiple clinics and countries, they were fortunate to have a son.

Exhausting, expensive, and full of surprises, he knew that there must be a better way. How could you spend £50,000 and end up without a child? Gaia was founded in 2019 to solve that single question.

We are so happy Gaia is part of our big GWS family and we wish them the very best.

MAKE-UP MASTERCLASS WITH SECRET SPA

Secret spa is paying us a visit on the 14th of June for a make-up masterclass.

This masterclass is for all natural make-up lovers. One of the professionals from Secret Spa will start the class from 12.00pm and it will last until 12.35pm, at The Feeding House. Step-by-step tricks will be explained on how to achieve the best natural and light summer make-up look. During the class, you will be able to ask all your questions.

The slots are limited so please make sure to send an email to office@greatwesternstudios.com to book yours.

With social media and frenetic lifestyles, the need for convenient beauty treatments has never been higher and Secret Spa offers a seamless solution to beauty maintenance, offering luxurious treatments on demand at competitive prices.

See you there.

 

Meditation and Breathwork with Emma Ball

Her guided meditation with breathwork will naturally yield some meditative presence. Often we take our breathing for granted. My unique style involves using the breath to finally tune an orchestra of events in the body consisting of chemicals, emotions, feelings, energy, vibration and frequency to relax the mind, improve focus, calm the nervous system and boost immunity.

Benefits of Breathwork

-Breath work … “Each breath is like a little rebirth, a renaissance that can only be celebrated if we recognise that it’s happening” … Cristen Rodgers”

-Chakra energy cleanse

Keeping your energy flowing through clear and unobstructed pathways is crucial to experience vitality, high energy levels, and a healthy appetite for life. Blocked chakra stops the flow of energy, affecting you both psychologically and emotionally.

We also feel that we don’t have enough time to invest in ourselves or the practices that nourish us.  I believe you really don’t have enough time NOT to. If you DO you will be more efficient, get more done, be focused, tune into what’s truly important to you, and align with your inspirations.

Emma likes to align to meditation and breathwork in the spirit of “we get to do this”, is the mind set I encourage you to adopt

– Nothing changes unless, you embrace change

When we are tired, stressed or running on empty physically,  mentally and emotionally, pushing on and on is not going to create inspiration, or creative ideas and solutions.

We are not at our best.

So just like a deep good night sleep provide rest, so does meditation it supports and creates a “charge” a balancing charge of life force energy, a calm, clear perspective.

When our being is balanced,  our energy is full,  effective and juiced up full of momentum and  passion to be purposeful.

Emma will be hosting another session for GWS studio holders on May 18th on the occasion of Mental Health Awareness Week.

Evolve … Align … Lead … from an empowered state.

 

Free chair massages and healthy shots with VI Therapy

Our studio holder @thevitherapy hosted their very first event at GWS. They offered free chair massages and free healthy shots for our studio holders.

Thank you to @thevitherapy for helping our studio holders relieve all the stress of day-to-day life and give that morning boost of energy.

Book your next appointment thevitherapy.com

 

Clothing Swap for Earth Day

GWS x Marble Ldn hosted the clothing swap for Earth Day.

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than giving a second chance to preloved items (bags, shoes, and accessories).

The event took place two days (April 19th, and April 20th) from 10.00am to 4.00pm. Studio holders had the chance to bring their clothes at our building, where everything was arranged in rails and boxes. On the date of the event, studio holders had the chance to get every item they wanted for free. All the remaining stock will be donated to a Charity Fundraiser.

We organised this event to make sure our studio holders refresh their wardrobe while saving the planet. Studio holders also had the chance to donate money which we donated to Women’s Aid.

By organising this event, we managed to save 165 clothing items, and raise a symbolic amount of money for Women’s Aid. Thank you to everyone who was part of it. Together for Earth!

A special thank you to our studio holder Akta Photography for capturing these special moments.

Facts:

  • Every year the fashion industry uses 93 billion cubic metres of water — enough to meet the consumption needs of 5 million people
  • Buying one new white cotton shirt produces the same emissions as driving a car for 35 miles
  • It takes 3,781 litres of water to make a pair of jeans, from the production of the cotton to the delivery of the final product to the store. That is equal to the emission of around 33.4 kilograms of CO2 equivalent
  • Of the total fibre input used for clothing, 87 % is incinerated or disposed of in a landfill. Each week 11 million garments end up in landfill in the UK
  • Every year a half a million tonnes of plastic microfibers are dumped into the ocean, the equivalent of 50 billion plastic bottles. These microplastics end up in our food because they can’t be extracted from water
  • More than 2 tonnes of clothing are bought each minute in the UK
  • The average adult spends £27 a month in fast fashion outlets and currently owns 2 items which remain unworn

 

Winter Round Up: We say hello to new members and share the latest news from around the studios

Charabanc Club

Charabanc is a luxurious British car fragrance accessory crafted entirely by hand and made in Great Britain.

See their Instagram here and their website.

VI Therapy

VI Therapy is a holistic therapy clinic established in 2018 committed to sporting performance recovery and general wellbeing.

See their Instagram here and their website.

@Juliet

A celebrity stylist and internationally renowned fashion blogger she is a fixture on LFW’s frow being labelled by industry insiders as “a force of nature”.

See her Instagram here and their website.

Blaize Caprice

Blaize Caprice merges a pedigree in bespoke with a passion for sustainable luxury fashion.

See her Instagram here and their website.

Canto Design

Canto home goods are made by Brazilian artisans and designers, who work from regions and contexts that are largely underrepresented in the international interior design scene.

See their website.

Dixie Chassay Casting

Dixie started out in the industry on NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE as a cast and writers research assistant.

See her Instagram here.

 

Studio holder perks…

Your special discounts await from your favourite brands/services at GWS. From 10% up to 25% off offered from studio holders to fellow tenants. Enjoy!