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Together with residents, we’ve created the Chalcots Community Manifesto. It sets out how the Chalcots Estate could become a stronger, safer, more connected community where everyone’s voice is valued, and where residents have everything they need to look after their wellbeing and support each other. We'd love you to read it, share it and get involved!

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February 2020

Belsize Community Open Mic Night

28 February @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Belsize Community Library, Antrim Grove
London, NW3 4XP United Kingdom + Google Map

The popular Belsize open mic is held at the library every second and fourth Friday of the month. Performers sign up at 6.30 pm and the show starts at 7.00 pm. Each act gets two songs or a maximum of ten minutes. House piano and guitar available; poetry and spoken word welcome. £3 suggested donation includes a drink and light refreshments. Hosted by Dan Sandman. facebook.com/groups/belsize.open.mic/

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March 2020

Somali Rhyme Time

2 March @ 11:00 am - 11:30 am
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We run a friendly and welcoming rhyme time and story session for parents and carers of children under 2 years old. The rhyme time is in both English and Somali, and speakers of all languages are welcome! Arranged with the Manor Gardens Welfare Trust.

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Somali Parents’ Peer Support Group

2 March @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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Belsize Community Library, Antrim Grove
London, NW3 4XP United Kingdom + Google Map

A group for Somali speaking parents or carers of children aged 2 and under. Arranged with the Manor Garden Welfare Trust. Please join us for a chat! We are a friendly group who are happy to support you with your problems and encourage you in your successes. If you have a child under the age of two, we have plenty of groups, clubs and events for you to join. Manor Garden Welfare Trust are also able to arrange one-to-one support for…

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CRAFT-ernoon at Belsize Community Library

2 March @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Belsize Community Library, Antrim Grove
London, NW3 4XP United Kingdom + Google Map

Have you always wanted to know how to knit and crochet, but never had a chance to learn? Are you sure you used to know how to sew in the past, but somehow you can't remember how? Do you have a half-completed scarf or pair of socks that you just don't know when or how to finish? They say making things with your hands is good for your mental health (and your blood pressure!), but getting stuck in the early…

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Little Artists Club

2 March @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Belsize Community Library, Antrim Grove
London, NW3 4XP United Kingdom + Google Map

An arts and crafts club for young artists from 3 years up! Painting, drawing, and working in mixed media with volunteers from Belsize Community Library. Free, but donations gratefully accepted!

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The Winch Promise Work
My experience of Promise Work

It was around March 2013 when I first engaged with The Winch and met my Promise Worker. I was with the job centre and it was very bad at the time. I was frustrated, couldn’t keep control of my emotions and felt depressed and I wasn’t enjoying the courses which the job centre provided. It
A young person joins The Company

I joined the Company when I was 24 because I was trying to get work at the time, and I was with a Camden apprenticeships program and the Winch got in contact with them. The woman who was running the program at the time, Nina put me in touch with a (youth worker from The
A parent in emergency accommodation

My first contact with The Winch was one of the ‘Connecting Parents’ sessions that was nearly a year and a half ago. At the time I was in emergency accommodation. The coordinator of Homestart got in contact with Page (at) The Winch who introduced me to a session at Belsize Community Library. We did a