Work Party for Cheats

Work Party for Cheats is a communal space for getting the stuff done that you just can’t get done.

In two hours we will endeavour to resolve as many unfinished tasks as we can, using all the skills and energy in the room to swap, steal and cheat our way out of our stuck-ness. Because doing other people’s work is easier than doing your own work, and collective satisfaction is better than individual smuggery.

To take part, please bring with you an unfinished or unresolved task, along with anything you think might be useful in resolving it. This could be something that you can’t do because you don’t have the skills or don’t have time, or something you are just avoiding because it’s boring or complicated. Feel free to bring something even if you think it’s impossible to be solved by collective cheating.

This is a collaborative workshop aimed at problem-solving and encouraging you to finish your tasks, in a relaxed and friendly space. In previous Work Parties, people have proofread, written budgets, written to pen pals, finished a painting, made a birthday card, given feedback on a novel, toilet-trained a puppy, researched impenetrable jargon, shortlisted applications, come up with fundraising ideas, fixed a website, learned about human skin cells, and much more.

“I want to come back and do it again and again and again” – Participant feedback