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 […]
community grants
FollowGrow 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 […]
Warner Residents Get-Together
Thursday 14 July, 1.30-3.30pm Garden Room Free drop in session, no need to book. Aimed at long-term Warner Estate residents. Part of WE; the ex-Warner Estate in Waltham Forest ‘WE’ is a project exploring the Warner Estate in Walthamstow and Leyton. Originally started by Lucy Harrison and Katherine Green in 2014, the project has now […]
What’s On at The Mill next week Tuesday 19th – Sunday 24th May
Here at The Mill, Community Video Workshops continue on Tuesdays, they are fun and it’s free: learn how to make a short video! Also free next Wednesday: Hair, Beauty and Crafts workshops for Women, between 11am to 2pm, brought to you by East London Community Makers. Details of daily activities are in the What’s On […]
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‘At The Mill we believe that imagination and creativity can help people to see and experience things differently, express themselves and inspire other. Our exhibitions, workshops, and activities make a huge contribution to The Mill’s aims to reduce isolation and build social capital locally. Never too young!’ We want to create and develop a regular […]
Free: Community Video Workshops
There will be a series of free video workshops for up to 12 participants, aged 14 plus, on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30pm at The Mill starting on Tuesday May 12th for 8 weeks. The aim will be to learn the rudiments of video production while producing a short (ten to fifteen minutes) video […]
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 […]
What’s On 23 Feb to Mar 1st
Next week is the opening of our informative exhibition, Grow Your Idea, showcasing the extraordinary success of activities and groups hosted at The Mill which opened in 2011 to support ideas driven by local residents: Join us on Thursday 26th Feb 6-9pm for nibbles and Mill punch, talk to community competition winners past and present, as […]
What’s On 23 Feb to Mar 1st
Next week is the opening of our informative exhibition, Grow Your Idea, showcasing the extraordinary success of activities and groups hosted at The Mill which opened in 2011 to support ideas driven by local residents: Join us on Thursday 26th Feb 6-9pm for nibbles and Mill punch, talk to community competition winners past and present, as […]
New: Older People’s Pop Up
Join playwright Sonali for ‘Telling Tales Lounge’ at The Mill, a series of six oral storytelling sessions for retired people, on Thursday afternoons from 2-4pm, from 19th February to 26th March. The project will offer a space to relax, socialise, and reminisce. The culmination of the sessions will be a reading of a verbatim stageplay, […]