Plenty for kids over the Fun Palace weekend

Plenty for kids over the Fun Palace weekend at The Mill (4-5 October) –       Construct a Giant Elephant –       Make shadow puppet jungle animals and try them out, inventing your own stories in the Story Machine. –       Come and make costumes for a jungle parade – All creatures big and small. Don’t forget to bring them along for […]

The Fun Palace is for everyone – help make it happen.

Could you be part of our Volunteer team? Help Vanessa and Kate in the Children’s Room – making the Elephant Help artists in the Drawing Room Help the Memory Catchers in the Living Room Help record the weekend, take photos or collect feedback Help by making everyone feel welcome Help decorate The Mill Knitters needed […]

What’s On next week 8th to 15th September

Back at The Mill for the Autumn: Yoga for babies and adults returns on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesday plus English classes for ESOL on Wednesdays and Fridays. The first of our Older People’s Pop Ups: Memory Catchers starts Thursday 2-4pm (details here; Session 1 – led by Oral History Society). Saturday Seedlings Drama and Making […]

Do you want to train as a MEMORY CATCHER?

Age charities report that many people feel isolated and rarely talk to anyone. We are running a series of four sessions to enable people to train as “Memory Catchers”, to engage with older people and encourage them to share memories and reminisce over the Fun Palace weekend (and hopefully beyond at regular social events at […]