Alison and Mo from The Mill recently travelled to Berlin to celebrate Stille Strasse’s 10th anniversary celebrations, read on to find out more about their trip and this inspiring community organisation. It’s not every day that The Mill receives an invitation for two people to fly to Berlin for a long weekend, all expenses paid, […]
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FollowWell Being at The Mill
I have children and grandchildren but they don’t live here. This group gives me a chance to get out each week and see nice people. This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, which this year runs from 9 – 15 May 2022, and we’d like to highlight some of the work we do to support […]
Introducing Richard Bennett our new Chair of Trustees
We’re pleased to welcome Richard Bennett as our new Chair of Trustees at The Mill. Richard is taking over from Ingrid Abreu Scherer, who is remaining as a trustee. Richard has written a short blog to introduce himself to The Mill community. I’ve been a trustee at The Mill since mid 2019, it is a […]
The Mill is looking for new Trustees
The Mill, a well-respected community centre in Walthamstow, is aiming to recruit some new trustees. We’re looking for people who want to get involved and help create a strong local community, who can volunteer around 8 hours a month and get actively involved, and who together reflect the diverse community where we’re based. Although this […]
The Well-Being Wednesday Cookbook is here!
It’s here!! The Well-being Cook Book created by our Well-being Wednesday social group has been printed! It’s available to buy for £2 from The Mill or by sending a message to NBAM – info@neesha.org All fund’s raised go to support our work at The Mill! Well-being Wednesday is a social group which has been operating […]
The Children’s Room is open!
We’re really pleased to let you know that our Children’s Room has reopened at last! Our Children’s Room is a fun, free space for babies and toddlers to play with their parents and carers. The room is open to everyone during our public opening hours: Tuesday to Friday: 10am – 3pm Saturday and Sunday: 10am […]
Tales from The Mill Oral History Project
Tales from The Mill is a new project, funded by National Lottery Awards for All, to document and celebrate The Mill and the people involved with it as part of our 10th anniversary celebrations. Tales from The Mill will collect, explore, create and celebrate shared stories related to how The Mill started and its importance […]
Grow Your Idea for our 10th Birthday
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 […]
Tales from The Mill Project Manager – Call for Tenders
The Mill is seeking an experienced project manager and oral history practitioner to manage the Tales from The Mill oral history project during summer 2021. The Mill is a volunteer-led community hub founded 10 years ago by the local community in the old St James Street local library building in this diverse area of Walthamstow. […]
Children’s Room Update
Sadly, the Children’s Room is currently closed until we can reopen it safely in line with the guidelines. Supporting local parents and young children is a priority for us, so we’re looking at how we can do that in other ways, and reopening the Children’s Room as soon as we’re able to do so. We’ll […]