Tuesday 10th September 7.00pm – 8.00pm Free! Explore Polish migration to the area since the mid 1800s in this group session. The project will explore some of the origins of Polish migration, including around the Lebus Factory, which sat just on the borough’s borders from around 1840. It will also look at what Polish migration […]
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What’s On this week 27th August
Bank Holiday is over, but at The Mill all week, we are still getting arty-our latest art show is the Waltham Forest Arts Club Summer Exhibition-and on Thursday for children we have the last one of the summer holiday drop in art club. Make some arty stuff with Mo! Tuesday from 10 visit the ‘Job […]
Wednesday 21 August – Remembering Slavery family learning session
Remembering Slavery (Family Learning Session – suitable for all ages) Wednesday 21st August 10am – 12noon Marking the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade this session will take a look at Waltham Forest from the 17th century to the 19th century, the struggles to end slavery and the black community that lived […]
Star Wars Success at The Mill
Star Wars Day was marked in style at The Mill today, as two hundred local Jedis and Siths joined us to celebrate this Galactic holiday. Over sixty local children made light sabres and completed Jedi training, dozens of faces were painted and cakes consumed. Thank you to everyone who attended and to all our wonderful volunteers! Because […]
The Mill needs LEGO!
The Mill is looking for donations of LEGO to carry out community workshops (and to play with, of course!) Do you have too much of the stuff, or find that stray bricks lurk in the carpet to hurt your feet? We are looking for bricks, figures and any other components you can spare! Please drop your […]
12-20 – this is us!
In the celebratory year of 2012, with the London Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee, The Mill is working on a new project: 12-20 – This is Us! 12-20 is a project for local young people between the ages of 12 and 20, and will run from the middle of June. The Mill is working in […]
Free Website training: Sat 11th Feb
THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY PLACES LEFT ON THIS COURSE – MANY APOLOGIES Talk About Local are running a free course for anyone interested in learning how to setup and run a website, particularly one dedicated to our neighbourhood and to building local networks. Have you ever fancied running a blog or website for your […]
People power brings heating to The Mill
Finally, we are getting some heating for The Mill. At Monday’s High Street Ward Forum, popular demand persuaded the High Street Ward Councillors to crucially award £7,000 towards the cost of installing heating at The Mill. We needed nearer £9,000, however public donations, and support (like room hire) for The Mill have been so generous […]
Opening up our doors
As we mentioned last week, we finally picked up the keys to The Mill, and threw open the doors to the public on Sat 16th April. After the building has lain empty for so long, it seemed a bit unreal that we now had the keys in our hands, so the best way to […]