The Community Scrapstore sits at the heart of our organisation.
We divert waste from landfill and work with businesses to reduce waste and promote reuse. This benefits the whole community by providing affordable creative resources while encouraging environmental responsibility.

As a combined arts centre we are open to the public four days a week offering creative workshops, a crafty café, a play space, ceramics facilities and studio spaces for the community. We also provide a wide range of meaningful volunteering opportunities for adults and young people with disabilities, learning difficulties or mental health needs.

We take our message of Reuse, Create and Play into the wider community — running workshops at events and festivals throughout the year. We engage with people from all backgrounds and collaborate with organisations across the county to reach and inspire even more individuals. Our creative outreach includes the Ragtag Roadshow, building large puppets, creating site decorations and delivering bespoke commissions — bringing colour, imagination and sustainability to public spaces and celebrations.

Loose Parts has become a big part of what we do at Ragtag. It inspires people of all ages to play, build and explore freely. We support this with resources, training and facilitated play sessions that encourage creativity, problem-solving and joyful experimentation.