What’s On at The Mill this week Tuesday 14th – Sunday 19th April

The new exhibition at The Mill on view from Thursday is called If Not Now:  Award-winning photographer Michael Whelan captured images of older residents to commemorate 50 years of Contact the Elderly. The shots were taken at the charity’s  Waltham Forest events. It is hoped this project will act as a catalyst for more volunteers […]

Step Up @ The Mill – Call for Group Leaders

Step Up @ The Mill will enable four new creative activity groups to be established at The Mill community hub in Walthamstow targeting and benefiting more isolated members of the community, and significantly growing The Mill’s capacity to engage and benefit local people. After applying to become part of the project, each successful group will […]

If Not Now, When – on now

A series of photographs of some the most elderly people in our community by Michael Whelan: Award-winning photographer Michael Whelan is set to capture older residents from around the UK to form a major photography project to commemorate 50 years of Contact the Elderly. Whelan was inspired to work with UK charity Contact the Elderly […]

 Discover’s Story Feast

Sunday 29 March: 11- 4pm Join us for a foodtastic weekend for families including interactive theatre experience, Ready Steady Colour a pop-up colouring restaurant, order your bespoke poem from The Poetry Takeaway van, create & animate food sculptures, make a large food mural created by the pupils of Waltham Forest, listen to scrumptious stories, and enjoy a lovely cup […]

A New Sign

Sam Kennedy, designer and fabricator currently based at Blackhorse Workshop E17, created and installed new outdoor signage for The Mill in mid-January 2015. The Mill asked Sam about the project and his creative process: How did you come up with your final designs? When I first visited The Mill to talk about signage, I met […]