This year we’re celebrating our tenth birthday. We’re so proud of all we have achieved together and of our Grow Your Idea programme which has supported over 40 people to try out their idea for group projects and engaged hundreds of people in a huge variety of group activities. To celebrate our 10th year, we’re […]
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Grow Your Idea: Moving Forward – Discovering what I can do!
In 2020, Chantraine Dance ran online seated dance classes at The Mill through Grow Your Idea and Milling About. The classes explored how Chantraine dance can energise bodies, minds and feelings. In April 2021, when lockdown restrictions eased, a group of dancers took their class outdoors. They danced in front of the William Morris Gallery […]
Grow your idea online or outdoors!
Do you have an idea for an online or outdoor group or activity that promotes wellbeing and brings people together? Grow Your Idea from The Mill could offer you support with planning and promoting your sessions and a grant for your work and materials. For an application form and more information contact kim@themille17.org or call […]
Philosophy Penguin Presents… Philosophy for 3 & 4 year olds
Picture this: a group of three and four-year-olds challenging the world through words and maximising their freedom through independent critical thought. That’s exactly what ‘Philosophy Penguin Presents …’ offers; an opportunity for young children to discuss what they think, why they think what they do and how what they think differs from others. Neil Wilcock […]
Announcing the Grow Your Idea 2 winners!
We are really pleased to introduce the Grow Your Idea 2 competition winners, who will all be organising activities at The Mill over the next few months. Rasheeqa and Yanire: The Herbalistic Journal Project A creative collaboration between an artist and a herbalist in Walthamstow, our project seeks to connect our wild green spaces with […]
Who dares wins!
Article featured in June 2018 Waltham Forest Echo Life without risk is life stuck in a rut. Sometimes taking a gamble can stretch and help me grow. On the flip side, fear of failure can be an obstacle that prevents me from taking that first step. I can worry about what will happen, if and […]