Join Stories & Supper to celebrate Refugee Week and contribute to a collaborative embroidery on the theme of home. Add a word, an image or just a stitch to help us reimagine what home means. Plus, enjoy pop-up poetry readings while you sew. This is a chance to get to know the Stories & Supper community of refugees, people seeking asylum and local residents, currently in residence at the William Morris Gallery.

All materials will be provided. Suitable for all ages (children must be supervised). No previous experience of embroidery necessary. All stitches, no matter how simple, are welcome!

A community feast for Refugee Week for refugees, people seeking asylum and the organisations and individuals who support them.

A collaboration with William Morris Gallery, Leyton Sixth Form, Citizens UK and other community partners.

Join us for a storytelling workshop about home and the value of community, as part of our E17 Art Trail exhibition. We’ll screen some of our new cookery videos and share stories about the importance of food for creating a sense of belonging.

Tickets £5 (free for under-16s)

Join us to celebrate the launch of our new series of cookery videos, showcasing the favourite recipes of our members, alongside stories of home, food and belonging.

View the films, meet the chefs, and take part in a recipe-sharing. storytelling activity.

FREE – donations welcome – refreshments provided

Plus, our books and aprons will be on sale.

This event is supported by Fat Beehive, London Borough of Waltham Forest and The Mill.

Thilini will be showcasing her Sri Lankan pumpkin curry at Age UK in Chingford. This is a live spin-off from our forthcoming series of cookery videos, supported by a Make it Happen grant from London Borough of Waltham Forest.

Laura will be sharing her empanada recipe with families at Leytonstone toy library, in a live demonstration spin-off from our forthcoming series of cookery videos, supported by a Make it Happen grant from London Borough of Waltham Forest.

A global supper club, celebrating our new cookery videos, our allotment harvest and our residency at the William Morris Gallery. Expect a menu that takes you on a journey around the home countries of the Stories & Supper community, including Sri Lankan pumpkin curry and a delicious quince dessert.