Celebrating our volunteers during Volunteer Week As we celebrate Volunteers’ Week, we’re shining a light on the people who give their time, energy and commitment to Giroscope’s projects and social enterprises. People are at the heart of everything we do.
Humber Business Week lands in HU3 St Matthew’s Community Enterprise Centre, will play a prominent role in Humber Business Week 2026, hosting two events that bring together businesses, social enterprises, charities and community leaders to explore new opportunities for collaboration,
Making and delivering positive change. Author: Richard Motley, Development and Regeneration Co-ordinator, Giroscope Social enterprise is about combining business with social justice and values, and using business and enterprise as a force for good. It enables people, whether as new
Giroscope is pleased to announce a research partnership with the University of East London (UEL), exploring how self-help housing can help people move on from long-term homelessness or unstable housing. The project brings together Giroscope’s forty years of hands-on experience
The story behind 40 years of Giroscope. In the mid-1980s, a group of young people in Hull stopped waiting for somebody else to fix their neighbourhood. Inspired by punk politics, DIY culture and a belief that housing could change lives,
Find the space, support and connections to take your next steps at the St Matthew’s Community Enterprise Centre. People walk past every day. Some remember what it used to be. Most don’t know what’s inside now. St Matthew’s Community Enterprise
GiroTech supports digital inclusion through ‘Community Calling’. More than one million people across the UK have been supported to get online through the government’s Digital Inclusion Action Plan. While this national progress is encouraging, digital exclusion is still a reality
Cultural connection through cooking As Spring slowly stutters in, and the dark months give way to more daylight, Giroscope celebrated the culmination of Comfort Food Encounters (CFE), part of a wider project, our Out On The Tiles programme. During the winter months, seasonal illness
Before the houses, before the politics, there was sound. For Martin Newman and Robert Amesbury, both founding members of Giroscope, the early days on Wellsted Street were pretty lively. They came with a soundtrack: punk, reggae, soul. The Dead Kennedys,
Giroscope is offering an opportunity to become a Trainee Housing Officer. This is a hands-on role based in the neighbourhood, working with real people and real situations. It’s a way into housing and community work, and a chance to be
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