Get Upcycling competition results + Win an upcycled chair

The winner’s of  Forest Recycling Project’s “Get Upcycling” have been announced and we have a competition to win one of the entries. To mark the end of the competition, Andrzej Jazdzewski has offered his traditional bent wood style chair, sanded down light beech wood with ‘astro-turf’ seat covering as a prize. It also has Snail […]

Milling Around Jubilee Special

God Save Our Gracious Queen: Coppermill Lane’s Milling Around magazine has gone all out to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in style. From memories of Silver Jubilee street parties to a glimpse below stairs at Buckingham Palace and some heartfelt poetry, Walthamstow residents have put pen to paper with royalist verve this month. Also, look […]

The Mill secures Comic Relief Funding

We are delighted to announce that The Mill has been awarded £10,000 funding from the Comic Relief Local Communities Fund. The award will begin in May 2012.  This funding will be used to keep our part-time administrator in her post, a role vital to keeping the building open and supporting all the community groups who […]

Milling Around wants your Olympic & Jubilee stories

The Mill’s journalism club wants to know how people are spending the Diamond Jubilee and Olympics: In preparation for two special editions, the Mill’s journalism club – which runs the online magazine Millingaround.co.uk – wants to find out how people in the area are planning to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic games. […]

Mill Designers set up shop in Walthamstow

The team of designer/maker/architects who did such an amazing job transforming The Mill into such a welcoming and inclusive space, have set themselves up as a business. Every Saturday from March the 31st they’ll be running a stall as part of the new “Saturday’s at St. James Street“ market hub at the St James St […]

January update

A short review of January at The Mill: The staff and volunteers of The Mill took a well earned break over Christmas, reopening in the New Year.  Our Children’s Art Competition results went on the wall, with some lovely pictures and prizes thanks to The Windmill local cafe and tapas bar.  Congratulations and thanks to […]

Bombs, Bloomers, Scrumping and Outhouses – Milling Around Magazine Remembers a Goldern Era in E17

The Mill’s very own journalism club has launched the second edition of its new online magazine “Milling Around“ this week. This month, the magazine throws the spotlight on the older generation and their incredible memories of growing up in and around Walthamstow. Meet “Big Len the Butch” the butcher of Walthamstow High Street, relive the […]

A special thank you to our volunteers

The building is taking on the character of our neighbourhood thanks to the help of our wonderful volunteers. This is Claire with the cushion covers she sewed to make the children’s room brighter and more inviting. Thank you Claire! If you want to get involved making soft furnishings for The Mill contact Ingrid at buildings@themill-coppermill.org    […]

New community newspaper “Milling Around” Christmas Special

Milling Around is a brand new online community magazine for the Coppermill Lane/Blackhorse Road area of Walthamstow, E17.< Created entirely by its residents, it features news, culture and lifestyle elements. It aims to entertain and inform while providing a platform for new writers and photographers. The paper was founded in the autumn as a club […]