A workshop space for people who work with wood or metal is to open providing access to tools and an affordable workspace for trades people and amateurs alike.

The Blackhorse Workshop, a not-for-profit organisation based in Sutherland Road, Walthamstow, is funded by the Mayor’s outer London fund and aims to provide a social working environment for artists and crafts people.

A public programme of classes to teach people how to “make things” will start in November, according to the workshop’s website, before the full facility opens in the new year