We’re continuing our 2017 Gardens of Refuge project with local refugees and asylum-seekers with workshops during May and into June.Alongside that long-term project, we want to share three diverse and fascinating events in Tooting which celebrate refugees and migration: To celebrate Refugee Week in June: 1. Queens of Syria – free film Sunday 18th June […]
Read More →This post is a round-up of eight imaginative projects and developments that are happening now, in Tooting and beyond. It’s a selection of what we’ve spotted in the past month. My title comes from Paul Allen of Zero Carbon Britain at the Centre for Alternative Technology, one of the contributors to Playing for Time (see below). […]
Read More →I made a visit to the recently re-opened Work and Play Scrapstore in Blackshaw Rd this week. Running for over 20 years, the Scrapstore promotes the re-use of resources for environmental and community benefit and has a great collection of card, trimmings, fabric, plastics, carpet pieces and costumes. The Scrapstore is a registered charity and provides resources […]
Read More →During the afternoon of Sunday 30th June, lay down your trowels and spades and come to the Tooting Community Garden for a couple of hours of outdoor storytelling, music and cakes with Emily Duizend and friends. (Emily also took part in the Garden Open Day on June 9th). All welcome, and we’ll be collecting for […]
Read More →I’ll let the pictures do the talking: 48 hours of local creative activities by the Wandle, in the Community Garden, on Tooting Common. The ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ by the Wandle opposite the Ram Brewery ‘It’s a Wandleful Life’: opening the Wandsworth Arts Festival The climbing frame: freshly painted by Gatton School ‘Wish you were here’ […]
Read More →TTT’s last two monthly public sessions in Tooting have both been all about making – creating things, making time with other people, learning some new skills. SewVember was a great success, and here’s some pictures from last Saturday’s Reduce, Re-use, Re-Sparkle! crafts event run together with colleagues in the beautiful Tooting Library: You’ll see we made […]
Read More →Please join us on Saturday 15th December from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm for an exciting afternoon of Christmas making in Tooting Library, 75 Mitcham Road. This time we’ll be focusing on what we can do with paper: folding, cutting, glueing, decorating…All welcome: drop-in activities for all ages. No need to book. For flyer, please […]
Read More →Starting on Saturday 20th October, there’s an interactive installation developed by local school children and artists at Sprout Arts, 74 Moyser Rd. Details here. Come along this weekend if you would like to get involved with making and creating, and from Monday 22nd, this story of the Three Little Pigs continues as an exciting exhibition. Coming […]
Read More →Following the success of the Trashcatchers’ Carnival in 2010, and a strong arts and making presence at the yearly Foodival and in this year’s Treasuring Tooting wellbeing walk, Tooting is gearing up to discover and acknowledge just how important arts and making is to Tooting’s transition steps. Smart stands for Sustainable Making and Arts Tooting. We’re […]
Read More →At short notice, Peter Horton of Gaia’s Company is offering an extra night of his current cabaret tour of songs, sketches and curiosity. Transition Town Tooting is delighted to support Gaia the Cabaret at the Wheatsheaf in Tooting Bec next Tues 25th Oct at 8pm. Come along!
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