Alongside our usual Stay and Play fun this week, we’re hosting a special Community Quilt Workshop in the sensory room with Hackney-based artist Aya Haidar as part of Refugee Week.

This relaxed, creative session invites adults attending Stay and Play to explore the question:

“What does community mean to you?”

Through conversation and simple textile techniques, you’ll be supported to design and stitch your own fabric square. The squares will be sewn together into a community quilt, created by participants across our weekly groups to be displayed in the hall upstairs.

🧵 No sewing experience needed

🧵 All materials provided

🧵 Children are welcome to join the conversation and play nearby — the making activity is just for adults

To help us manage numbers, please select “YES” on the booking form if you would like to take part in the quilt-making.

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About the Stay and Play:

A welcoming space for babies, children under 5, and their carers to play, connect, sing and share a meal together in our beautiful hall.

Every Wednesday in term time | 9.30am–12 noon

Free entry – donations welcome on the door

What to expect:

9.30am – Doors open: free play, tea & coffee, sensory area, and our children’s free shop

10.30am – Snack time for little ones

11.00am – Tidy-up, story and songs with Leila

11.30am – Freshly cooked free lunch (donations welcome)

We look forward to welcoming you for this special morning of creativity, reflection, and connection 🌈🧵🧸