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 JULY
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Re:Create 2023 Launch of free business support programme
Creative United UK and Wandsworth Council are launching a second edition of their free Re:Create business support programme. Re:Create 2023 will offer 50 creatives and cultural businesses* in Wandsworth FREE mentoring from business coaches in the creative industries. As well as access to a complimentary e-learning course focused on business skills.
Come along to the breakfast launch event Tomorrow (Thu 29 June) at 9am at World Heart Beat to find out more, hear from inspiring panel members and network with other Wandsworth creatives.
Applications for the programme will open at the launch event tomorrow and the programme will commence in September.
*The mentoring and support programme is only open to creatives who have been trading for over a year. The e-learning courses are open to everyone.
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Wandsworth celebrates South Asian Heritage Month
Wandsworth Council celebrates South Asian Heritage Month from 18 July to 17 August 2023 with a programme of community-focused, cultural, arts and heritage-based activities and events.
In February 2023, the Arts & Culture Service launched a new fund for artists and cultural organisations to develop a local South Asian Heritage Month programme for the summer.
Four brilliant projects were selected, each receiving up to £2,000 to develop and deliver their ideas for the South Asian Heritage Month 2023.
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Let’s do this together! Wandsworth is going for London Borough of Culture 2025
Wandsworth is the first London borough to officially announce it is going to compete for the title of London Borough of Culture 2025.
Winning the title for 2025 would provide a high-profile showcase for Wandsworth’s communities, creativity and culture as well as attracting investment and job opportunities. It would also be a catalyst for long-term change and help to have a positive impact on local children and young people.
Launching the campaign, Wandsworth Council leader Simon Hogg said: “We’re delighted to be going for London Borough of Culture 2025 – it signals real confidence in a changing, modern Wandsworth. We can’t wait to show London and the world what our wonderful borough has to offer.”
Everyone is invited to work together and support the bid. Engagement sessions and consultations will be running over the summer and early autumn to hear the views of local people, schools, the community and voluntary sector, arts organisations and heritage societies, libraries, health and wellbeing sector and businesses.
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Happy Streets Festival 2023
Don’t miss the local family highlight of the summer – six hours of live performances on- and off-stage, pizza making, crafts and activities, wellbeing sessions, playspaces and information stalls.
Free and open to all, the Happy Streets Festival will take over neighbouring sites around the Thessaly Road area, SW8.
Festival-goers can explore performances and activities at the ROSE community centre, St George’s school playground and Ascalon Street ball court.
Sat 15 July, 12pm - 6pm
Nine Elms
Free
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Michael Mapp: Black Wandsworth Exhibition and Workshops
Black Wandsworth, curated by Michael Mapp, is an exhibition celebrating the contribution to culture and society by people from the African diaspora in Wandsworth.
Exhibition open until 7 July (Mon – Fri, 9am - 5pm)
Free art workshops will be available 6.30pm – 8pm, Friday 30 June and Friday 7 July. Using the exhibition as a stimuli, workshop attendees will create original surrealist/abstract contemporary works of art.
Doddington & Rollo Business Centre
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Big Screen Wandsworth
Wandsworth Town BID and Southside Wandsworth, in partnership with Urban Food Fest, is bringing the magic of the big screen to the heart of Wandsworth. Enjoy the biggest summer sports, including Wimbledon and the Women’s World Cup as well as family favourite films, like Grease and Frozen. J
Southside Piazza
29 June - 31 July
Free
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Enable Leisure: Battersea Park in Concert
This August bank holiday weekend, Battersea Park in London is set to host a three-day open-air concert series, featuring a selection of the greatest acts in classical, jazz and soul music.
Unpack your picnic, pop the fizz and enjoy some of the finest musicians around, including the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Gabrielle, The Ronnie Scott’s Allstars, YolanDa Brown plus more to be announced.
A Night at the Musicals: Sat 26 Aug
Proms in the Park: Sun 27 Aug
Gabrielle Live in Concert: Mon 28 Aug
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New Stagers: Blue Remembered Hills. A play by Dennis Potter from 1979, it's a deceptively simple tale that relates the activities of seven English children, played by adults, on a summer afternoon during World War II. In the woods, a field, and a barn, they play, fight, fantasize, and swagger. Wed 26 - Sat 29 July
Sound Connections: Wavey Nights | Wired4Music Open Mic. Wired4Music presents an open mic night like no other this July, where creativity knows no bounds. Come down and test out your new material in a safe and supportive space, or just sit back and take in the talent of our Wired4Music community! Mon 17 July, 7pm - 10pm (ages 16-25)
Putney and Wimbledon Brass Band: a FREE afternoon of music in the sunshine. PWBB are excited to be playing an afternoon of absolute BANGERS at the famous Clapham Common Bandstand. Sun 2 July, 2pm - 4pm
Seduced by Art & Roots to Change: The Big Reshape. Want to be part of The Big Reshape in how we address violence directed at women and girls and help build a fairer and safer Wandsworth for all? Come paint your vision of what this could look like!
Sat 1 July, 2pm - 5pm Caius House. People of all genders and all ages welcome.
Battersea Arts Centre: Chloe Petts & Pierre Novellie: Work in Progress Comedy Double-Bill. Fresh from her smash-hit Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre sell-out debut, Chloe Petts returns with her follow-up hour. Expect routines on Greta Thunberg, the Queen and calling you all a bunch of virgins. Pierre’s stand-up is observational comedy for people who think they don’t like observational comedy, but why? Thu 6 July, 7:30pm. Tickets: £12
Group 64 Theatre: Fantastic Mr Fox. The farms of Boggis, Bunce and Bean would be just like any others, if it weren’t for the fact their food keeps getting stolen by one Fantastic Mr Fox! Adaption of Roald Dahl's classic, performed by G64’s 7 – 18 year old members. Thu 13 - Sat 15 July. Tickets: £12/£8/£5.
Omnibus Theatre: It’s festival season! Beginning July with an electric lineup for AI Festival fusing technology, theatre and robots until Sun 9 July. Or even catch the chance to experience the best of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before anyone else, from Sun 16 - Sat 29 July. From comedy to robots, to new writing – Omnibus Theatre has got something for you this Summer season.
South West London and St George's Mental Health: Summer Street Party. An opportunity for staff, service users, carers and members of our local community to come together and celebrate the hard work that we do at the Trust. This year it is also an opportunity for us to celebrate the launch of Springfield Village, and to commemorate the 75th birthday of the NHS! Wed 5 July, 1pm - 4pm. Springfield University Hospital
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Women's 2023 World Cup Celebration
Decorate a team flag & design a football kit
With 32 incredible teams and the worlds best female football players all taking to the world stage, you’ll want to be ready to cheer on your team. Join us to make a team flag and design a football kit.
Thu 13 July, 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Portswood Space - 4 Portswood Place, SW15 4ED
All Welcome
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575 Wandsworth: 575 Ways to Create and Connect
575 Wandsworth Road will be delivering a summer of free creative workshops at Battersea Arts Centre for older people (aged 60+) in collaboration with Holistic Creative Therapist, Salvatore Circelli, aimed at fostering social connections and inspiring creativity at every age.
575 Ways to Create and Connect uses the theme of ‘everyday creativity’, with each session exploring a different creative prompt and medium linking to the story of the house (e.g. music, collage, poetry and drawing). They can be enjoyed as a one off, or part of the wider programme.
Every Wed morning in July and August, 10am-11.30am.
Battersea Arts Centre
Free
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Royal Academy of Dance: Mini Summer Series
Keep dancing with RAD Dance School over the Summer in RAD's Mini Summer Series.
RAD have classes in a range of styles for both children and adults.
Week 1 | Mon 31 July - Fri 4 August
Week 2 | Mon 14 - Fri 18 August
Week 3 | Mon 21 - Fri 25 August
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WIP Space: New artist studios available to rent from 1 July
WIP Space based in Wentworth House is a mixed use site that will house 16 studio spaces, a project space with two attached artist residencies, gallery space, communal rooms and a bookable community meeting room. They aim to create a community studio space with a diverse programme of events and exhibitions.
There are two studios available to rent from July 1st and more spaces will open by the end of the year.
Also keep an eye out from October 2023 WIP Space will start their public programming.
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Free Workshop - Social Prescribing and Creative Health Opportunities in Wandsworth
An opportunity to understand the local policy, structural and operational social prescribing framework, find out about funding opportunities and discuss how we can form a strong Community of Creative Health Practice in Wandsworth.
Wed 19 July, 1.30pm - 5pm
Wandsworth Town Hall
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QEST Funding Applications Open
The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) awards scholarship and apprenticeship funding of up to £18,000 to talented and aspiring craftspeople working in a broad range of skills, from farriery and jewellery design, to silversmithing, dry stone walling, glassblowing cheese maturing, sculpture and more.
Their next application round is open Mon 10 July - Mon 14 August 2023
In addition, they also have Emerging Maker Grants available. This new funding opportunity supports talented early-career craftspeople in their development. Makers with four years or less of professional practice, who have a strong connection to materials, technical skills and processes, can apply for up to £10,000.
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Bbodance: Job Opportunity - Receptionist. bbodance are looking for a reliable and friendly receptionist to join their team! 30 hours per week (4pm-10pm, Monday – Friday) £10.42 per hour - Deadline Mon 10 July. If you are interested, please email your CV and covering letter to Sandra.tuli@bbo.dance
Tara Theatre are embarking on a new project where your stories take centre stage. Fill in their survey to help them shape the future of this exciting phase of development (and chance for you to win £50!) - deadline Mon 3 July. Or, join them for an in-person consultation on Wed 19 July, 4pm - 6pm (refreshments and snacks will be served) please fill in this form here.
Wandsworth Music: Job opportunity - Music Service Business & Operations Manager. Wandsworth Music are seeking a highly motivated, organised and pro-active individual, this unique role provides an excellent opportunity for an experienced administrator looking to develop their skills and take the next step in their career. 37.5 hours per week. £38k - £42k Closing Date: Sat 15 July
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Are you a compassionate, caring an open-minded individual aged over 18 years? If so could you commit 1-2 hours a fortnight to volunteer as a befriender for at least a year? You do not need prior experience, personal qualities and values such as empathy, mutual respect and trust, acceptance of self and others, are more important.
Our aim is to offer befriending relationships to adults with experience of mental ill-health, promoting confidence in those we befriend to access opportunities and services within the community.
Training course dates:
Fri 2 September, 7.30pm-9.30pm
Sat 3 September, 10am-3.30pm
Sat 17 September, 10am-3.30pm
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