OnBoard Skateboard Build
Design and build skateboards for children and young carers living in poverty, or youth projects where a skateboard can engage kids living on the edge. Absorbing, almost meditative work.
- Group size
- 6 to 500 people
- Takes
- 2 to 2.5 hrs
- Where
- Your venue or ours
- From
- £60 per person
Minimum 6 people. The final price depends on actual numbers and requirements, which we'll confirm long before the event.
Your team design and build skateboards which will be donated to children and young carers living in poverty, or youth projects where a skateboard can engage kids living on the edge. Two skateboard decks per team. A blank one for the artists, and a templated version so everyone is comfortable getting started. Absorbing, almost meditative work. 1,700 donated so far, with groups often surprising each other and discovering new skills in art, design and equipment assembly.
- What the team does
- Design and build two skateboard decks per team
- What gets donated
- Two skateboards per team, one custom artwork and one templated
- The impact
- Custom Art Decko option lets one design span every board to form a single piece of artwork.
- Proof
- 1,700 skateboards donated to date
How the day works
- 1
We arrive and set up
Our crew, the kit and everything else. Ready to go.
- 2
Your team builds
2 to 2.5 hours, everyone involved, nobody standing at the side.
- 3
We donate to the charity
Usually the same day, to the people who will benefit.
- 4
You get the story
Photographs, impact figures and copy for your CSR report.
- creative
- inclusive
- mindful
- unique
Run it yourselves instead
DIY Skateboard Donation Kits, from £995 + VAT
The self run version. We post you everything, your team builds it, and the donations still reach a charity. No crew, so it costs less, and you can buy it online right now.
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