The Herefordshire FabLab seeks to innovate and enthuse people in this mainly rural area to diversify into other and associated areas operation to provide new skills and knowledge to Herefordshire people; it will encourage young people to remain in the area for higher education training or return to the area following specialist training to establish new businesses bringing employment, propsperity and diversification to the region.
Apart from digital equipment and knowledge we will equip the FabLab to provide experience and knowledge on rural crafts, brought into the 21st century where appropriate as well as aiding the further mechanisation and technical aspects of agriculture and horticulture and engineering in particular. We aim to work with business start-ups through the incubation stage and our Fablab will be based on community sharing of knowledge and expertise.