In 2020, Chantraine Dance ran online seated dance classes at The Mill through Grow Your Idea and Milling About. The classes explored how Chantraine dance can energise bodies, minds and feelings. In April 2021, when lockdown restrictions eased, a group of dancers took their class outdoors. They danced in front of the William Morris Gallery […]
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FollowMo Gallaccio retires from her role with Art Works
Mo Gallaccio has recently announced her retirement from her role as The Mill’s Art Works coordinator. Mo was one of the original Trustees of The Mill, and was an instrumental part of the team who campaigned to save the old St James Street library building and turn it into a space for the community. Her […]
Fundraising Thank You!
We’re really grateful to have received generous support from the Foyle Foundation, City Bridge Trust, Waltham Forest Council, St James Big Local and Tesco Bags of Help in the last few weeks. Their contributions will help us in our efforts to reopen safely and to keep supporting our community during this difficult time. We’d also […]
Welcome to Karen Hart our Build The Mill Project Co-ordinator
We’ve recently welcomed Karen Hart to The Mill team, she will be helping us develop the Build The Mill project. Hello. I’m Karen and I started working with The Mill as project co-ordinator for Build The Mill on 6 April this year. That was 16 days after the building closed, and so my groundwork has […]
Volunteer’s Week 2020 – Thank you!
1 – 7 June is Volunteer’s Week and we want to take the opportunity to thank all our volunteers for their hard work and support they give to our local community. The Covid-19 outbreak has meant we have had to change a lot of things at very short notice and our volunteers have been helping […]
Restarting The Mill
We’re thinking about how we’re going to reopen The Mill, and start doing activities again. We know that we will have to do things differently, and we’ve got lots of ideas on how to make it happen. We’ll be taking all the guidelines into account, but we also want to know what our users, volunteers […]
Philosophy Penguin Presents… Philosophy for 3 & 4 year olds
Picture this: a group of three and four-year-olds challenging the world through words and maximising their freedom through independent critical thought. That’s exactly what ‘Philosophy Penguin Presents …’ offers; an opportunity for young children to discuss what they think, why they think what they do and how what they think differs from others. Neil Wilcock […]
The Mill is deeply saddened by the loss of George Law
Everyone here at The Mill is deeply saddened to hear that our friend and supporter George Law has passed away. George was a regular and much-loved volunteer at The Mill for many years. He first visited in 2013 and quickly became an invaluable and creative member of The Coppermill Poets poetry group. He was soon […]
The Jokes On Us! exhibition story
Our exciting new participatory art exhibition, The Joke’s On Us! launches on the 11th April. It is part of the Waltham Forest Borough of Culture 2019, featuring work from the Government Art Collection, and potentially showcasing your finest joke… Display your joke next to a famous artwork We are asking residents and people from anywhere in the […]
The Joke’s on Us!
Take part in our new participatory exhibition, The Joke’s On Us, centring on Joke Stack by Peter Liversidge, part of the Government Art Collection. You can take home jokes originally written by British comedians… and leave your jokes for our walls! We’re making a dynamic, daring and… devilishly amusing contribution to Waltham Forest Borough of […]