Make It Your Own

Make It Your Own is a tenancy sustainment and creative interior design programme, helping you take ownership of your tenancy and decorate it so it feels like yours.

You’ll benefit from practical support to find your own style, life skills training and development (e.g. financial management, basic DIY skills, setting routines and planning), and support to set goals for the future as well as a home improvement budget of up to £150 per participant.

This programme is suited to people who: have been homeless or are at risk of homelessness; are care experienced; are about to move or have just moved into their first tenancy; and/or are struggling to make their house feel like a home.

Impact Arts can also support with you with travel expenses.

Renfrewshire & North Lanarkshire

Ages: 16+

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We will work with you to explore how you can turn a house into your home

Creative projects for your new home

Almost 100% of participants sustain their tenancies long-term

Together, we’ll work on small scale creative projects such including decorating household items, making wall art and small ceramics, hand sewing, machine sewing, and upcycling small pieces of furniture.

Learning the design process: You’ll learn how to research, mood board, generate ideas, plan and implement projects in the home.
Light touch DIY teaching: Using videos and explanations. You’ll also get a resource pack to keep with links and how-to tutorials.
Learning to DIY on a budget: You’ll learn and the group will share hints, tips, and resources.
Shopping trips: You’ll go on trips to local secondhand retailers to look at and buy furniture or items for the home with your personal shopping budget.

Here’s what you’ll receive

Receive a home improvement budget
Receive a welcome pack that is tailored to you and contains creative and practical materials
Have weekly one to one sessions with the tutor, where they will work with you to set out tasks for the week ahead. Including a tour of your home and discussions to establish what you would like to improve while creating mood boards.
Have the opportunity to attend weekly private Facebook live sessions to allow you to join in a creative activity, ask questions and have the opportunity to share your creative creations with other people on the project
Remain part of the Make It Your Own community after sessions are complete

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Programme details

MIYO Renfrewshire

Location: 35 George Street, Paisley, PA1 2LE

Eligibility: For aged 18+ Renfrewshire Council tenants only

How to join: Click here to sign up

FHANS MIYO North Lanarkshire

This MIYO project is a weekly parents group session running on Tuesdays from 10am – 2pm at Motherwell Library. The programme consists of workshops facilitated by an Interior Designer and Wellbeing Support Worker.

Location: Motherwell Library 35 Hamilton Rd, Motherwell ML1 3BZ

Eligibility: North Lanarkshire parents only

How to join: MIYO North Lanarkshire is operating as part of the Families Here and Now Service (FHANS). For more information, please contact jamielee.aitken@impactarts.co.uk or call on 07919 501 479.