Or newest trustee & Secretary Adele Tinman was cajoled into answering a few questions about her first month (March) as a trustee (and the Mill in general). What’s happened this month? What have you learnt this month? What’s been challenging this month? What are you proud of this month? Adele: Friday March 2nd – leafleting […]
Nesta Update
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 […]
February Update
Another busy month with some new activities and new partnerships. Beginners Italian is flourishing, Spanish for beginners has just begun as has Manenoki, a Japanese Book group. There is a big emphasis on Up-cycling , and Catherine West is helping her students create something new out of their old clothes – we had a small […]
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 […]
December Update and looking ahead to 2012
The Mill was bustling in December, with all of our usual activities going on, and special events to mark the season. The Christmas Craft Fair featured local people selling their knitwear, and other goodies, and also featured some of the E17 Designers selling their crafts, and of course, cakes and biscuits made by volunteers. The […]
November Update
November has been an activity-packed month. The older people’s club, Asian women’s support group, knitting group, homework club, gardening group, drawing group poetry group and other activities have gone from strength to strength while new activities are being started up all the time by keen local people, a number of them benefitting from support from our small grants.