Culture at Bootstrap Charity
Compost Creative is proud to be a part of the thriving community that Bootstrap Charity has cultivated in Hackney.
We are tenants of Bootstrap’s Print House building in Dalston, which we share with other commercial businesses and charities. We’re part of Bootstrap because we share their ethos that in order to do good business, your business must do good.
Our rent subsidises the rent of the charities and social enterprises who have offices with Bootstrap.
In return, being part of Bootstrap allows us to share a community with so many other brilliant organisations. There are events all year round where we get to meet our neighbours and learn about what they do. Often, that's up on the roof at Dalston Roofpark, down in Cafe Oto, or at the Bootyard, where the Dusty Knuckle and the 40ft Brewery host events.
The annual (delicious) Bootstrap Christmas lunch hosted by David Williams, the Bootstrap charity CEO (and our landlord), is never one to miss!
And it's not the only opportunity we get to break bread with our neighbours. Bootstrap tenants regularly take turns to host delicious lunches for their neighbours, plus there are weekly coffee and pastry mornings hosted at the Bootstrap office.
All in all, Bootstrap is as welcoming an environment as a small studio like ours could ask for, and Compost only grows stronger and happier with every year we spend here.
We work in partnership with Bootstrap and our fellow tenants Mediorite to help young people in Hackney make informed career choices. We assist in running Industry Insight Days, offer work experience and career mentorship, and take part in informal talks. At these talks, local residents are welcome to join and learn how members of the team started their careers in animation, VFX, and motion graphics.
Compost are also a regular presence on the judging panel of Mediorite’s SHIFT programme, an annual short filmmaking course that aims to provide local residents with invaluable experience in concepting, scripting, shooting, and finishing their own five-minute short films.