Coming up in November

Urban greenery, a cornucopia of cloth and a cosy park café – coming up in November

Our monthly walk – a return visit to Canary Wharf

Saturday 9th November, 11.00. Meet outside the Jubilee Line entrance to Canary Wharf tube station

From Eden Dock, by the Eden Project, to new artworks, there’s all sorts for us to discover. Download the fabulous art map and guide here.

Plenty of lovely opportunities for coffee and snacks too.

Our monthly meeting – a talk by Sophie Rochester, CEO and founder of Yodomo

Thursday 21st November 7pm for 7.30 at our usual venue, St Margaret’s House, 21 Old Ford Rd, London E2 9PL, via the gate entrance. 

From its beginnings in wellbeing through craft, Yodomo has been interested in reuse and creative community. It's now an award-winning company working on textile waste, running workshops and stocking cloth pieces, yarn and other materials for makers at its textile reuse hub in Hackney Wick.

“We partner with industry to reduce waste, sell affordable materials to makers and create social and environmental impact by fostering a creative community and sustainable, circular economy.”

If you are coming to one of our meetings for the first time, please contact us for more details on access to our venue.

Our monthly coffee and catch-up – Riverside East in the Olympic Park 

Friday 29th November, 5 Thornton Street, E20 2AD, meet between 10.30 and 11.00

This month, we plan to try the newly refurbished Riverside East, in the Olympic Park by the ArcelorMittal Orbit, opposite the Aquatic Centre. 

Buses: 108/339 to the bus stop at the Aquatic Centre; the 388 and a walk across the park; or tube / rail / DLR to Stratford, take the Westfield exit, walk towards the Stadium and take a left to the Orbit.

Pictures: Canary Wharf by Christine; Yodomo and café by Lydia