Get advice and training to improve your business products and services through the use of new technologies.

Our Fab Labs are digital innovation hubs for the Sandwell Colleges - and have supported many local businesses and organisations in the West Midlands to upskill their workforce and innovate through the use of new ideas and new technologies.

<aside> 💡 Claim your Fab Lab Business Playground Membership today

We can offer support to all businesses in the West Midlands. To arrange an initial consultation and a tour of Fab Lab’s facilities, please apply here.

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Business Playground Membership Benefits:

Joining our Business Playground is free and gives you access to various benefits, including:

• 1 hour’s free advice, consultancy and training, tailored to you and your business.
• Priority access to Fab Lab events and Technology Discovery Days held throughout the year.
• Participate in our close-knit innovation community of like-minded entrepreneurs and creatives
• Online reservation portal for machines and equipment.
• Top-up card to pay for materials and services
• Access to user guides, manuals and our equipment directory.

Case Study - Compton Care:

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We recently supported Compton Care, a local hospice in Wolverhampton, to use Virtual Reality headsets to improve patient wellbeing and ease pain. We also helped them to record an immersive 360° tour of their inpatient unit. This has had a transformational impact when watched by their prospective patients, easing the fear and hesitation experienced by many before using their services.

Thanks to Fab Lab’s help, Compton Care were nominated for the “Best Use of Workplace Technology” in the Nursing Times Workforce Awards in 2022.