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Community Acupuncture - 19 July 2023

19 July 2023, 10:00 am
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12:15 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
Community Acupuncture offers gentle, ethical and affordable solutions to pain, stress and illness. Professionally registered practitioners John and Truus passionately believe that high quality, affordable healthcare should be accessible to Read more…

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Holywell Collective: Creatives Meet Up and Live Music At Holywell Studio

21 July 2023, 6:00 pm
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11:00 pm
Creatives gather again at Holywell Studio in Shoreditch for Holywell Collective’s monthly meet-up on Friday 21 July. With live acts including an open mic and live music, this is set Read more…

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Community Acupuncture - 26 July 2023

26 July 2023, 10:00 am
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12:15 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
Community Acupuncture offers gentle, ethical and affordable solutions to pain, stress and illness. Professionally registered practitioners John and Truus passionately believe that high quality, affordable healthcare should be accessible to Read more…

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Community Swap Shop

5 August 2023, 10:00 am
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3:00 pm
We are delighted to announce the launch of the East LDN Swap Shop and our first event. Join us in the fabulous Jungle Electric on the 5th of august for Read more…

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Midweek Meetup: Stitch In Hackney at Grow

24 August 2023, 10:00 am
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6:00 pm
Your organisation: Grow, Hackney
Introducing our monthly Midweek Meetup sessions! Inspired by our widely successful Join In January campaign, where we made Grow a free entry venue for the entire month and ran numerous Read more…

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Second Hand September: Repair Café at St Margaret’s House

9 September 2023, 10:00 am
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2:00 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
Join us at St Margaret’s House for our first Repair Cafe, as we celebrate Second Hand September! We’ll be using a number of spaces across our site to help you Read more…

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Community Swap Shop at Jungle Electric

9 September 2023, 10:00 am
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3:00 pm
We are back for round two folks! Grá mór (big love for our non-Irish speakers) to everyone who came down to our launch and to all our amazinggggg swappers for Read more…

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Open Studios and After Party at Grow

9 September 2023, 12:00 pm
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6:00 pm
Your organisation: Grow, Hackney
Join us for Open House Festival 2023 and help celebrate London’s housing, architecture and neighbourhoods. Each year, we join the festival to explore Grow’s history, heritage and contemporary context. This Read more…

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Manhood Through the Generations at Fragments Festival

1 October 2023, 12:00 pm
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4:00 pm
To kick off Black History Month, Fragments Festival and Prism of Black launch ‘Manhood Through the Generations: A Black Experience’, a curation of short films and introspective panels held at Read more…

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The Big C-omedy Night at Hackney Empire

10 October 2023, 7:30 pm
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10:00 pm
Your organisation: Hackney Empire
The Big C-omedy Night at Hackney Empire is a night of belly-laughs from some of the biggest names in comedy, all in aid of the breast cancer unit at the Read more…

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WomanEwer – Pop-up Exhibition Private View

11 October 2023, 6:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
Join us for the private view of WomanEwer’s pop-up installation in the St Margaret’s House Chapel, as part of International Girl’s Day. Join us from 6-6.30pm for a welcome drink Read more…

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Balkan Village Band

16 October 2023, 7:00 pm
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9:30 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
Join the Balkan Village band on 16 October for their Autumn gig at the Gallery Cafe, their ‘home’ venue. Expect apart from huge fun some dance tunes, quirky improvised solos, Read more…