Lots of new activities have started or are planned this summer at Small Works Hackney! This month, Rich Hearn, founder of GenerationHackney, joined Small Works Hackney and set up free workshops for residents seeking employment. By partnering up with local businesses to offer at-risk teenagers work experience, the organisation aims […] more »
St Patricks Day Celebration
Invitations went out in local supermarkets, libraries and on nearby estates for the St Patricks Day Ceili as they call it in the mother tongue, at Small Works on the afternoon of March 17th. In collaboration with SW1 Radio, we tuned in live to the St Paddys day show presented […] more »
Health and Well-being Awareness Day
In the spirit of New Year’s resolutions, our newest member to SWV, Hope from Fresh Perception Therapy, hosted a ‘Health and Well-being Awareness Day’ on Wednesday 19th February. The event offered local community members the chance to participate in a variety of free health related activities: yoga and acupuncture; mindfulness and meditation; cognitive behavioural and massage […] more »
Regent Estate Participatory drawing days and exhibition in March!
We are excited to announce that Small Works Hackney will be pioneering in London the participatory and global art event ‘The Big Laundry‘ (translation from french ‘La grande lessive’) on Regent Estate on March 28 & 29. And you are all invited to be part of it! WHAT? […] more »
Regent Estate orchard planting on February 1st. Save the date!
Our lovely Small Works Hackney members, The London orchard project, are on a mission to plant the first orchard on Regent Estate on this Saturday February 1st 2014 . And they need your help! Join this opportunity to learn about how to care for fruit trees and contribute to make […] more »
Winter celebration at Workshop 44
Before the well-deserved end-of-the-year holiday all the Workshop 44 crew celebrated winter at the Workshop with home-made mulled cider cooked by Lewis from the London Orchard Project, and some craft activities for kids and parents! A few residents from Regent Estate joined us for the celebration. Kids and grown-ups played […] more »
Handcrafted toys for Vauxhall Estate children
SISK are an Irish construction company, who are involved in building 25 new affordable homes for Peabody and in the run up to Christmas they held an event at Small Works Victoria where they donated handcrafted timber toys to six children. This was the first time that Sisk has donated […] more »
Pressing fresh Apple Juice in Workshop 44
The London Orchard Project held 2 ‘Juicing Day’ events on Oct. 26th and Oct. 31st, offering samples to passers-by and showing Regent Estate residents the benefits of having their own community orchard. This winter, the London Orchard Project will be facilitating the planting of several small community orchards around the […] more »
The Workshop 44 Halloween celebration at Marlborough Square
On October 31st 2013, residents of Regent Estate in East London were invited to celebrate Halloween with the Workshop 44 (Small Works Hackney) team at Marlborough square, and to bring this odd space to life for one night. This is what happened. >> For even more terror listen to this […] more »