Our tenants span a wide variety of fields in the arts and charity sectors, from theatre production to contemporary art, music education and lighting design, renting our flexible workspaces and studios and offices. We’re all connected by creativity, energy and a passion for the communities we work with.
What is life like in our creative community? Let’s hear from some of our residents about their experiences here on Bethnal Green Road. Find out more about all of our tenants on our Residents page.
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Drake Music
Rich Mix Residents since: 2019
About you: “We are leaders in music, disability and technology. We believe everyone has the right to express themselves creatively through music. We use new technologies and ideas to open up access to music for all. Our vision is a world where disabled and non-disabled musicians work together as equals.”
Favourite thing about being at Rich Mix: “The varied amount of different organisations that there are. We are next door neighbours with the Irene Taylor Trust who we share a lot in common with but then it’s always great to bump into someone doing something completely different.”
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Creative Diversity Network
Rich Mix Residents since: 2019
About you: “Creative Diversity Network is an organisation set up by the major UK broadcasters to share, discuss and profile the work that they are doing around the diversity agenda.”
Favourite thing about being at Rich Mix: “We love the environment in the building and seeing talented creatives every day.”
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The Irene Taylor Trust
Rich Mix Residents since: 2019
About you: “We run music projects with people in prison, former-prisoners and marginalised young people; creating original music collaboratively has a powerful positive impact on people’s lives, bringing new confidence, important transferable skills and raised aspirations for the future. Music can break down barriers and help people who have found themselves on the fringes of society to become celebrated and valued members of the community.”
Favourite thing about being at Rich Mix: “There are many great things about being part of such a creative community, particularly having wonderful neighbours like Drake Music and many other inspirational organisations, bringing opportunities for learning, sharing and collaboration. And it’s been very special when we’ve been able to use Rich Mix performance spaces for projects.”
Find out more about The Irene Taylor Trust
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Kids in Museums
Rich Mix Residents since: 2021
About you: “Kids in Museums is a charity dedicated to making museums open and welcoming to all children, young people and families.
We champion family friendly organisations through a wide range of initiatives, including our annual Family Friendly Museum Award, celebrating the best days out for families.
On Takeover Day, we encourage museums, galleries, heritage sites and cultural organisations to let young people take over adults’ jobs for the day. We also have a Digital Takeover Day, where young people take over museums’ social media accounts and digital content for the day.
Underpinning all our work is our Kids in Museums Manifesto, a set of guidelines created with children, young people and families on what makes a great museum visit for everyone.
We also provide a range of training, consultancy and resources to support museum staff.”
Favourite thing about being at Rich Mix: “It is great to be in such a vibrant part of London and to work somewhere that is a centre of creativity.”
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London Youth Choirs
Rich Mix Residents since: 2019
About you: “We run eight choirs a week across London (soon to be nine!) for young people from school year 3 to age 23. We provide excellent training and performance opportunities, and we support every member to develop their knowledge, aspirations, confidence, empathy and character – and a lifelong love of singing and music.
We exist for all of London’s young singers. Our citywide vision has always promised to deliver two things: musical excellence and social change. We work to remove barriers to access to ensure that everyone can take part.”
Favourite thing about being at Rich Mix: “The sheer range of amazing work that is taking place all around the building. We work in the choral music industry with children and young people, but I’m aware that there are organisations working with other kinds of music, as well as dance, theatre, museums and circus! It’s incredible to think of all of the different skill sets and passionate people in this building that are reaching so many people in different locations with their work, and really want to bring opportunities and life-changing experiences to others. It’s really inspiring to be a part of such a community.”
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New Contemporaries
Rich Mix Residents since: 2015
About you: “New Contemporaries is the leading organisation supporting emergent art practice from the UK’s established and alternative art programmes.”
Favourite thing about being at Rich Mix: “Situated in the heart of Shoreditch and alongside many other creative residents, we love being neighbours with a vibrant community of artists, practitioners and arts organisations as a Rich Mix resident.”
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One World Media
Rich Mix Residents since: 2022
About you: “We support journalists and filmmakers in the global south to tell underreported stories.”
Favourite thing about being at Rich Mix: “We love that this is an arts space whose values and vision align with what we do. It’s good to come to work in an office that shares/reflects our purpose. We also love sharing a workspace with similar organisations and the causes they focus on. Finally, we love Monday nights at the cinema.”
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Sound Connections
Rich Mix Residents since: 2006
About you: “Sound Connections is a music-focused sector support organisation championing inclusion, access and social justice. Our vision is that all children and young people aged 0-25 can access high quality music-making. We are Youth Music’s strategic partner for London and we’re a founder member of the Alliance for a Musically Inclusive England (AMIE).
There are three strands to our work:
- Wired4Music: the network for musically-minded Londoners age 16-25. Through Wired4Music we support young creatives to build a career in the creative industries. Wired4Music is also about amplifying the voices of young people, and involving them in decision making and advocacy.
- Training and professional development: we provide training workshops, mentoring and funding for anyone working with young people through music.
- Sector development and organisational change: through research and thought leadership we catalyse change and make the music sector more inclusive, diverse and equitable.
We also provide consultancy to music, arts and heritage organisations in London, the UK and internationally. Our consultancy expertise include research, evaluation, youth voice and strategy.”
Favourite thing about being at Rich Mix: “We were one of the very first organisations to move into Rich Mix when it opened in 2006! We love being around other creative people, charities and businesses. Because our work is all about having a positive impact on the community, it’s important that we’re based in a venue that is so strongly rooted in the local community.”
Find out more about Sound Connections
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Streetwise Opera
Rich Mix Residents since: 2021
About you: “Streetwise Opera is an opera company that enables people who’ve experienced homelessness to find inspiration and empowerment while they rebuild their lives and identities. We support participants to develop as creative people and, as we amplify their voices, change how society views homelessness.
We engage world-class artists, both established and emerging, to co-create bold new work and reimagine traditional repertoire. We create opera that is for everyone and, by bringing together diverse voices, change how society views opera.”
Favourite thing about being at Rich Mix: “Being part of such a diverse community of ambitious and bold arts organisations that are changing the world. Also, the new Cinema Bar, and the vibrant neighbourhood.”
Find out more about Streetwise Opera
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Wild Arts
Rich Mix Residents since: 2023
About you: “Wild Arts makes great music and opera, fresh and enjoyable, performed in intimate venues, for everyone. In 2022 we performed in over 30 venues. Environmentally sustainable performing and touring, and top quality lie at the heart of Wild Arts. We take risks, playing opera and symphonic repertoire as chamber music, collaboratively, and in unusual locations. We mix incredibly talented young musicians with the expertise of musicians who have performed on the great world stages…”
Favourite thing about being at Rich Mix: “We are very new to Rich Mix! It is a very exciting time for Wild Arts as we expand our core team to facilitate our increasing activity, the move to Rich Mix being a massive part of this. It’s such a fantastic hub of musical activity, housing so many amazing charities and organisations with music at their heart – we love meeting other residents as they pass our office and finding out about their activity”
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UpRising
Rich Mix Residents since: 2019
About you: “We are a youth leadership development and employability organisation. We work to champion the critical issues surrounding diversity, social mobility and equality. We do this via our award-winning leadership programmes, groundbreaking employment training and a high quality and ambitious mentoring scheme.”
Favourite thing about being at Rich Mix: “We love the people and the brilliant location!’
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Upswing
Rich Mix Residents since: 2015
About you: “Upswing is a leading contemporary circus company. Through our productions and creative engagement programmes, we aim to unite people from different backgrounds – audiences, artists and participants all come together to uncover the extraordinary potential in humans and create the new stories that can connect us as communities.”
Favourite thing about being at Rich Mix: “The Rich Mix building is teeming with life. The entire building is massively culturally diverse, and we love to collaborate with Rich Mix and other residents on projects and productions. The variety of rooms available to us is a great benefit too!”
If you’d like to find out more about joining out creative community by renting a workspace with us, head over to our Rent A Workspace page.
We offer flexible workspaces in Shoreditch at competitive rates, and we have a number of spaces available for short and long-term contracts.
Get in touch to find out more about our vacancies for spaces to fit teams of 6-40.
