The Village is a community space dedicated to build collective resilience in the face of the climate & ecological emergency and social injustices in London.
16/10/2023
Why building collective resilience?
Because we're at a tipping point and rather than just mitigate, we need to adapt.
The Village is on a mission to prepare communities for the changes of a warming planet by designing and managing inclusive and welcoming spaces.
07/09/2023
📣 We are speaking at the “Climate Matters” symposium of the DGHE - David Game Higher Education college in Aldgate on Friday the 22nd of September at 5pm as part of a panel discussion on “What is Activism?” ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Our co-founders Arthur & Lola will share how their experience of activism has evolved over the years and how The Village can be a way to channel energies into building resilient neighbourhoods and communities 👥🤝🌱
📆 Save the date and come along!
👀 There will be plenty to see, such as thought-provoking art & artists - shout out to our curator friend Samuel Ivan Roberts and the 3rd edition of he’s exhibition Depictions of Living 💥
🙌 And plenty to do over the 2 days with brilliant talks & workshops to attend from Greenpeace Shoreditch, Extinction Rebellion Tower Hamlets and others on rewilding, foraging, screen printing and much more.
➡️ Book your FREE ticket here and in our Linktree bio :
https://shorturl.at/gltKM
21/06/2023
Here is to our first workshop with on redefining The Village's challenge statement. A brilliant day spent at with Hugo Jamson, Darren Evans and Carra Santos.
19/06/2023
📣 This week, we’ve started The Design Differently programme as part of the Design Council's new mission .
We’re extremely grateful to have been selected to be part of its 3rd cohort and are super excited to share the space with 5 other amazing organisations. Shout out to The Globe Foundation East London Waterworks Park HounslowCouncil The Bristol Rainforest and Essex County Council
Thank you! We can’t wait to get stuck in 🙌🌍💚
12/05/2023
We’ve been nominated for The Pineapples Awards! 🍍
The Pineapples Awards celebrate the very best in placemaking, recognising projects that make a positive social, environmental and economic impact in the UK 🤝♻️🌍
Alongside Notting Hill Genesis, we’ve been nominated in the “Community Engagement” category honouring our work in Acton and Hammersmith & Fulham, acknowledging the impact that the Village pop up in Factory Quarter had on the local community 🙌
Thank you all 💚
30/01/2023
📢 We want to hear from you! 📢
🗒 We are putting together our impact report and we would greatly appreciate your help. Please could you complete the survey below to help us measure the impact we've had at the Factory Quarter Community Hub? 📈📊📉
It only takes 5min to complete. Thank you so much 🙏💚
shorturl.at/lrsAV
05/01/2023
✨ Happy new year from The Village team!
May 2023 be filled with joy, fulfilling relationships, opportunities and exciting new adventures 🚀
🙏 We’re immensely grateful for 2022. The year that allowed us to test a great part of The Village business concept and treated us with amazing new connections.
👀 In 2023 we will be working hard at drawing the learnings from our past months experience and finding a new home to continue and improve our offering as well as our vision for a better future 🌍
We can’t wait to get stuck in! Bring it on 2023 ❤️🔥
📩 Subscribe to our newsletter for updates:
https://www.the-village.uk/newsletter
16/12/2022
After 3 months of operation and over 70 events, The Village team is saying good bye to the Factory Quarter Community Hub 👋
These 13 weeks have been amazing in terms of learnings and we hope our humble operation contributed to build stronger community resilience in the face of the climate emergency 🤝💪✊
👉 If you haven't filled in our survey, please do now and watch that space for our impact report!
https://shorturl.at/lrsAV
What should have been a 6 weeks trial turned into a 3 months pop-up full of life. The Hub quickly became a place to hang for a lot of people, helping fight loneliness and build stronger local ties, an organising catalyst for people to come forward and organise events for their neighbours, a place for young people to play, and for people to be without labels or expectations 👥🌸👥
It’s been a privilege, an honour and a real labor of love. We feel very grateful for all the connections, the experience and the warmth we’ve benefited from 💕
🙏 Thank you to all our partners for making this a reality and their continuous support: Notting Hill Genesis, Footwork, Hammersmith Hammersmith & Fulham Council and Friends of the Earth.
🙏 🙏 Thank you to all our facilitators and everyone who organised and event or activity at the space.
🙏 🙏🙏 And thank to the marvellous local & Factory Quarter community for your warmth, ideas and for welcoming us into your world.
We will definitely miss you! 🥺🧡🥰
The Village team
06/12/2022
After 3 months of operation and over 70 events & activities proposed for the community, The Village team will be saying good bye to the Factory Quarter Community Hub at the end of this weekend 👋
Come join us for a drink or two at our farewell party this Sunday from 5pm to 7pm 🥳
https://fb.me/e/2cqR5piNs
02/12/2022
Come play chess or checkers at the Hub today ♟🎲♟
As friends or as a family, the more the merrier 💃
30/11/2022
💎Jewellery Making Workshop 💎
Learn the craft of jewellery making and leave with your own pair of earrings.
Also enjoy a free jewellery repair station to repair your broken pieces of jewellery 🪛
💷 Price: £12.50 + Eventbrite fees.
🕐 When: On Sat 10 Dec from 10:30am to 12:30pm
📍Where: Factory Quarter Community Hub, Unit 3, Warple Way, London W3 7DQ
👉 Book your ticket here:
https://www.the-village.uk/fq-events/jewellery-making
29/11/2022
Thank you to all those who came to our Upholstery Workshop 🙌
And thank you to Hayley & Louise for running an amazingly fun and instructive class 🥰
Those footstool are 🤩
🪡🧵✂️ If you wish to attend one of Hayley & Louise's class, we're running another Upholstery Workshop on Sat 10 Dec from 1pm to 5pm.
👉 To book, visit:
https://www.the-village.uk/fq-events/upholstery-workshop-2