The Our Story So Far Exhibition took place during Summer 2018, it was our opportunity to celebrate The Mill. We took a step back to see how far we’ve come, consider where we are now, and took a step forward towards what the future could possibly bring. Our art producer was Alison Dunne. Alongside the […]
Latest News
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 […]
Help us create The Mill of the future!
Want to shape the future of The Mill? We’re looking for new Trustees. The Mill is a welcoming, positive, accessible and inclusive space in the heart of Walthamstow – we work with the local community to make things happen – and a registered charity. By becoming a Trustee of The Mill, you can help us […]
Thirsty? Refill at The Mill!
We’ve always offered free tap water, and hot drinks for a small donation of 50p, and you can now find us on the Refill app! Refill is a national, practical tap water campaign that aims to make refilling your bottle as easy, convenient and cheap as possible by introducing refill points on every street. If […]
Chase your dream – Waltham Forest Echo March 2018
Walt Disney once said: “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” Sharing a vision takes bravery because no-one wants to be laughed at or have their brilliant plan diminished. By taking the first step and speaking out aloud, it can lead to collaboration with supportive people who in […]
The Mall Charity Cares Thank You!
A big thank you to The Mall, Walthamstow for their support in 2017! We were delighted to be the Mall Cares Charity Partner in 2017. As well as raising over £4000 for our work, The Mall also gave us donations of much-needed equipment, publicity support, raffle prizes, and a new home for The Mill elephant. […]
The Mill is deeply saddened by the loss of Joyce McQuarrie
We are deeply saddened to hear that Joyce McQuarrie passed away in the new year after a long illness. Joyce was a close friend of The Mill. Along with her husband Jim, she was one of the first people to get involved in bringing the old library building back into community use, as soon as […]
Announcing our exciting new projects to build community skills
With thanks to funding from St James Street Big Local and match funding from The Co-op Local Community Fund we’re excited to announce two new projects at The Mill: Grow Your Idea 2 – a community competition to enable six new groups to start at the Mill, whilst supporting existing groups and their leaders. We […]
Christmas and New Year Closing
The Mill will closed for Christmas and New Year holidays on Wednesday, 20 December 2017 at 6pm, the Knitting Group will meet as normal that evening. We will reopen on Thursday, 4 January 2018 at our usual opening time of 9.30am. We would like to thank all our supporters in 2017 and wish you […]
Thank you for growing your tenners!
Huge thank you to everyone who donated to The Mill during our week long campaign! Localgiving, an online donations site, gave us the opportunity to take part in this exciting campaign. For every £10 or more that was donated to us, Localgiving match funded up to £10. We raised an impressive £355! If you’d like […]