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Who our work is forASK-Solutions works where technical knowledge, practical learning, human development and responsibility meet. Our work includes free software and hardware, public information, repair and reuse, technical and educational projects, digital self-reliance and local environments such as The Owl’s Nest.
These activities do not serve one narrowly defined type of user. They can matter to someone repairing an object, a pupil who learns better through a real project, a person rebuilding rhythm after a difficult period, an experienced craftsperson sharing knowledge, or a small organisation trying to regain control of its website, data or systems.
The groups below overlap. A person can be a learner, maker, volunteer and knowledge holder at the same time. An organisation can need technical independence while also supporting pupils, employees or local participants. These pages therefore describe useful routes into our work, not boxes that people must fit into.
For people who want to make, repair, create, meet others, share experience or contribute to practical work in their own community.
For pupils, students, self-directed learners, interns, people returning to learning and experienced people who want to pass knowledge on.
For people who need a manageable route towards rhythm, confidence, education, voluntary activity, participation or work.
For people and organisations that want to understand, maintain and control the technology, data and systems they depend on.
Target-group descriptions can be useful for policy, funding and cooperation, but they can also hide the reason someone actually makes contact. A visitor may simply want to repair a lamp. A student may want to build something real. Someone recovering from overload may first need a small task with a clear beginning and end. A volunteer may arrive to share a technical skill and discover that welcoming people matters just as much.
We therefore try to start with the person, question and practical situation. The form of support, learning or participation can then be matched to the project, location, people and capacity available.
Schools, public bodies, employers, care providers, foundations and other organisations can be audiences for our knowledge and technical work. They can also be partners, referrers, commissioners or funders. Information about building a working relationship belongs under Collaborate, while these pages focus on the people and organisations who may benefit from the work itself.
The Owl’s Nest is one of the ways in which ASK-Solutions makes practical learning, repair and shared knowledge locally accessible. Individual locations within The Owl’s Nest can have different facilities, access arrangements, activities, operators and current needs. The wider audiences of ASK-Solutions are therefore not limited to one workshop, one city or one physical setting.
Some work is currently also presented through the public labels and websites ASK-Media-Solutions, ASK-ICT-Solutions and ASK-Technology-Solutions. These labels describe areas of work within ASK-Solutions; they are not separate companies or a group of independent organisations. The specialist websites are useful routes to information about particular areas of work. The activities they describe are carried out by ASK-Solutions and form part of its broader technical, digital, educational and social work.
See how shared knowledge, freedom, repair, practical learning and participation form the organisation’s goals.
See current and historical work in software, hardware, repair, publishing, education and shared technical environments.
Find the appropriate route for education, public bodies, organisations, companies, funding and other forms of cooperation.
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