The BIG event is at the end of this week – our fifth birthday party! Please come along 1.30pm-4.30pm on Saturday 9 July to celebrate with us “South Seas style” – wear your summer shorts, shirts, and sandals and join in lots of activities, buy a raffle ticket and enjoy refreshments including (of course) a birthday cake! More information here.
For details of all other events which are open to all this week, read on …
All week – (except Monday)
“Happiness” – is our current art exhibition. We’re delighted to be working again with Whitefields Schools (part of Whitefield Academy Trust) to showcase work by the school’s students. Expect a variety of colourful and characterful images, pictures of favourite things and enjoyable techniques. You can call in whenever we are open to view this exuberant exhibition on the walls of our living-room . Everyone welcome – just drop-in – but make haste, the exhibition ends on Saturday 9 July.
Monday 4 July
The Mill is closed during the day but there are two yoga classes in the evening …
6pm-7pm – Gentle Yoga – Learn some gentle healing poses and relaxation techniques, which you can also do safely at home. Classes are small (up to 8 students), so you will get plenty of individual attention. £10 drop in or £9 with a loyalty card. For more information and to book your place send an email to:josettayoga@hotmail.co.uk
7pm-8.30pm – Ashtanga Yoga – This class is also led by Josetta who specialises in teaching beginners this dynamic style of yoga, but all levels are catered for.Regular students buy ten week loyalty cards for a discounted £10 per class. Drop-ins are also welcome, space permitting for £11. This class is for anyone with little or no experience of either yoga or Ashtanga yoga, as well as for those who wish to develop their practice. For more information and to book your place send an email to: josettayoga@hotmail.co.uk
Tuesday 5 July
10am-12pm – Real Coffee @ The Mill – drop-in to enjoy a cup of freshly brewed coffee for just £1 with free home-made biscotti. It’s Walthamstow’s best (and cheapest) place for coffee lovers …
4pm-7pm – Community Acupuncture Clinic – This community clinic offers low cost, highly effective and professional acupuncture treatments making treatments affordable to everyone without 
compromising on quality and care in a calm and relaxing multi-bed clinic setting. Patients receive treatments in small groups in comfortable reclining chairs or massage tables distributed in the same room. You decide what you can afford on a sliding scale between £20-£40. No income verification or questions asked. Bookings are by appointment only and there are limited spaces, so to book visit: www.daonuacupuncture.com or phone: 07809211013.
7pm-8pm – Ex-Warner Estate Project meeting about volunteering – Help record the history of the Ex-Warner Estate. Rendezvous Projects has recently gained funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to record the experiences of long term Warner residents by interviewing them for an archive to be held at Vestry House Museum. Come to the meeting to find out more about working as a volunteer on oral history interviews, archive research and photography, full training will be given. For more information go to: http://www.exwarnerproject.co.uk/ or email info@exwarnerproject.co.uk.
7pm-9pm – Mill Book Club Meets once a month at The Mill – To find out more including title(s) to be read next, contact Jenny Mensah – by email or phone – jennifer_mensah@hotmail.co.uk – 07939522881
Wednesday 6 July
12pm-2pm – Laughter Club – Meets weekly and is for people to socialise and make new friends and enjoy pleasant company. Set up originally for people who are on employment support allowance on the work programme with SEETEC, but others are welcome. For more information contact Julie: julie.ayres@twist.co.uk or 07521 945 701
2pm-2.30pm – Mindfulness Training – Robert Beard has been training in mindfulness practice for over 30 years. He is offering a drop-in taster session on Wednesdays which consists of a lead practice called ‘bringing the senses home’. It lasts for half an hour with a prompt start time and a brief introduction to the nature of mindfulness. Attendance by donation (suggested minimum £5).
6.30pm-8pm – Knitting Drop-In – Suitable for experienced knitters or the complete beginner. Support and teaching where required. Everyone welcome for £1 donation. For more information email – or just come along.
6.30pm-7.30pm – Move the Body – Still the Mind – Enhance your life. This is a moving meditation class, in which you will perform gentle, natural movements based on Chi Kung and Tai Chi practices and principles. The classes are for any adults who wish to experience inner contentment and calmness. Age and mobility difficulties are no obstacle as the exercises are gentle and can be accommodated to any ability. Cost £9. For more information please contact Simone by email at simone@simonehealing.com, or by telephone: 07908 183703, or Julian by telephone: 07884 556596. Also see the website: www.simonehealing.com
Thursday 7 July
9.30am-12.00pm – The New Parents Social Drop In is an informal coffee morning for mothers of pre-crawling babies to get to know others who are also welcoming a new little person into their family. £1 donation to The Mill plus honesty box for tea/coffee. Open to parents of pre-crawling babies. Places may be limited by available space. Contact Jo at jobardsley@hotmail.com for further information.
12pm-1.30pm – Words, Conversation and Scrabble group – Come along to gain confidence in spoken English, or simply if you enjoy a good game of Scrabble to help improve your vocabulary. All nationalities welcome. For more information contact Adele Tinman: tinman.adele@yahoo.com
2pm – 7pm – Memories of Shops and Shopping Around St James Street – Are you interested in local history? Waltham Forest Oral History Workshop is giving free training to volunteers on our oral history project recording local people’s memories of how the shops and market stalls in St James Street and the lower High Street have changed over the years. The recordings are a contribution to the St James Street Heritage Regeneration Project, which aims to preserve and enhance the historic character of the St James Conservation Area and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Waltham Forest Council. As a trained volunteer you will record at least two short interviews between now and January 2017, with support from WFOHW. Contact Alice Mackay on 07985 962 975 or email wfohw.stjamesst@gmail.com.
3.30pm-5pm – Kids Art Club – Themed art activities for children aged 3 years and upwards. We often work with younger children from 3.30pm and the older ones from 4pm but we are very flexible. Children must be accompanied. Donation of £1 per child please. Be aware… it can be messy ! For more details contact: artworks@themill-coppermill.org
Friday 8 July
10.00am-1pm – Knitting Group – Suitable for experienced knitters or the complete beginner. Support and teaching where required. Everyone welcome for £1 donation. For more information email – or just come along.
1.30pm-2.30pm – Learn Urdu – Asima Baig is a qualified experienced Pakistani Urdu teacher. £1 donation to The Mill. For more information email: :asima76baig@yahoo.co.uk or ring 07450 282735
Saturday 9 July
10am-11am – Spanish for You – Español para usted. Classes run by a native Spanish speaker for beginners and improvers (of any age) The cost is £6 per session (6 week terrm payable in advance). You are welcome to come along to a class and try it out. For more information or to enrol please contact: Roxana – 07709937543 – roxanaspanish@yahoo.co.uk
11am-12pm – High Street Ward Councillors’ Surgery – You can call in to the Councillor Surgery to talk 
to one of the High Street Ward Councillors. If you can’t get to the surgery, you can find the Councillors’ details and how to contact them on the Waltham Forest website.
1.30pm-4.30pm –The Mill’s Fifth Birthday Party. This is the BIG one this week … everyone welcome to come to this community celebration. More information here
Sunday 10 July
10am-11.30am – Community Breakfast – Come and meet your neighbours at this 
monthly favourite! Note the earlier start time of 10am. Bring some breakfast food to share and use The Mill’s supplies of tea – including herbal – and coffee, hot water and milk (donation of 50p welcome). Enjoy some board games a chat with friends old and new …. Just drop-in, or email Adele if you would like more information : tinman.adele@yahoo.com
And, don’t forget …
Whenever we are open this week – Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10am-6pm – and Saturday and Sunday, 10am-2pm – you can just drop-in to:
- Use the honesty library (a great selection of books donated by local residents which you can take away to read, and then return or not … we don’t check!)
- View the latest art exhibition on the walls of our ‘living room’
- Make a cuppa (tea and coffee supplies are available for a small donation of 50p)
- Bring your little ones to enjoy all the toys in the Childrens’ Playroom, or
- Just come in for a chat – there’s always someone on the reception desk to welcome you.