There’s so much to discover and take part in at St Margaret's House! Our programme will give you the chance to enjoy the arts and support your wellbeing. You can start something new or continue with something you have always enjoyed. Take your pick from arts workshops, wellbeing sessions, exhibitions, live events and more.
Every Tuesday, 6.30-9pm
This fun and inclusive workshop invites everyone to learn and sing Bollywood songs together before an open mic where you can share your talent or simply enjoy the performances, creating a joyful space for music, connection and community.
In the Mulberry Hall
Every Friday, from 6.45pm
Dive into the world of Collegiate Shag - the swift footed swing dance that set the 1920s on fire! Learn to dance fast without losing your cool with our expert teaching team and friendly regulars.
In the Mulberry Hall
Every third Monday of the month, 6.30-8.30pm
Join the SMH Book Club! We meet once a month and welcome all, from people wanting to start reading for fun to seasoned bookworms.
In the Anson Room
Fridays, 10am-1pm
A free workshop series using the skills and techniques of kantha embroidery, one of the oldest in the world.
Once a month, 11.30am-1pm
Repair, Reuse and Repurpose: A sewing workshop encouraging repair, up-cycling and remodelling of used clothes.
One Sunday a month, 10am-12.30pm
Whether you're completely new to cyanotype or looking to experiment with different materials, this is a chance to learn, create, and take home your own unique cyanotype.
In the Cabin
Twice a month
Word_Play is a workshop series run by a writer & arts therapist duo, exploring the stories we tell with our lives. Drawing on both therapeutic methods and artistic practice, themed sessions will bring participants together through discussion and creative exploration.
Last Sunday of the month, 2-4pm
Join Assemblage Collective and DeZiners to make zines in this latest Cut Out Club workshop. In these monthly workshops, we explore a variety of themes.
Monday 26th January, 6-7.30pm
This workshop is a playful and relaxed session using plants, flowers, experimental drawing techniques and colourful inks to create vibrant individual and collaborative nature-inspired artworks.
Wednesdays (five weeks), 6.45-8.45pm
If you haven’t written creatively before but always wanted to, or if you haven’t written for some time and want to kick-start your practice, then this low-cost, intensive course is for you.
Last Thursday of every other month, 7-9pm
Every other month, we choose a book written by a South Asian female author and bring together our community to celebrate these and discuss the wider themes these raise within our communities.
In the Anson Room
Saturday 31st January, 10am-1pm
Join us for our Repair Cafe where we'll help you mend and repair a range of items.
In the Mulberry Hall
Last Saturday of the month, 12noon-2pm
Join Porsha Hill for a hands-on introduction to natural dyeing—explore its history, techniques, and create your own unique design using plant dyes.
First Monday of the month, 6-8pm
Come along to our new knitting & crochet workshop: Crafting Is Connecting! Surplus materials are provided, but please bring your own knitting/crochet project to work on.
First Sunday of every Month, 11am-1pm
Sundial Art Club is a regular visual arts workshop celebrating creativity, community and nature connection.
Sunday 8th February, 11am-1pm
During this workshop, you'll learn how to carve a simple linocut print of your own design, whilst meeting a group of LGBTQ+ people in a relaxed and creative setting.
In the Mulberry Hall
Monday 9th February, 6-8pm
During this fun and creative workshop you'll be taken through a step by step process of how to emboss your own design using aluminium foil and card.
In the Cabin
Monday 23rd February, 6-8pm
During this workshop you'll be creating your own linocut design to print onto a tote bag. All materials are provided and you'll be taken through the process from start to finish.
Monday 9th March, 6-8pm
During this workshop you'll learn a printmaking technique which uses a single block of softcut lino to create a two tone print of your own design.
In the Cabin
Wednesdays (five weeks), 6.45-8.45pm
Inspire is the follow-on course for our entry-level course, Ignite. But you are very welcome if you haven’t completed Ignite too.
Tuesdays, 11am-12noon
Join us for our women’s wellbeing sessions, led by yoga practitioner Vimalamani. These sessions provide a welcoming and safe space to take part in gentle movement and meditation, helping to improve your mood, confidence, and feelings of wellbeing.
In The Canvas
Tuesdays, 7-8pm
This class is for anyone who wishes to practise gently and relax deeply. We begin with calming meditation and gentle breath-led movement to release physical tension before transitioning into some restorative postures and relaxation infused with the healing energy of sound.
In The Canvas
Wednesdays, 10am-1pm
Community Acupuncture offers gentle, ethical and affordable solutions to pain, stress and illness. Acupuncture can treat a very broad range of conditions, from the physical to the mental-emotional.
In The Canvas
Wednesdays, 2-2.30pm
Join a friendly group practising Qigong movements together with Truus every Wednesday. Qigong improves health, and to calm and heal the mind, body and spirit.
In The Canvas
Thurdays, 7.30-8.30am
This welcoming Vinyasa Flow class is designed to support beginners while offering options for more experienced practitioners.
In The Canvas
Every other Thursday, 6-7pm
This workshop is a supportive space for women to process grief through gentle movement, breathwork, sound, meditation and a restorative sound bath to release emotions, reconnect with the body and find healing calm.
In The Canvas
Fridays, 10am-1pm
The Massage Shala is inspired by the informal massage rooms of South East Asia. They enjoy working in a shared space as it creates a safe and open atmosphere, welcoming all and providing a container that establishes community, connection, and healing.
In The Canvas
Mondays, 2-6pm / Fridays, 2-7pm
The multibed clinic allows the treatment of a number of people in the same room while protecting your privacy, dignity, and confidentiality. Furthermore, it also provides the opportunity to offer treatments at an affordable rate.
In The Canvas
Saturdays, 9-10am
The perfect way to start your Saturday! Enjoy guided meditation and breath work surrounded by blissful music. Followed by dynamic movement and restorative stretching. Leave feeling connected to the body and breath! Sweating optional, smiling inevitable!
In The Canvas
Saturdays, 10.30-11.45am
The primary focus of this Pregnancy Yoga class is to support and enhance your pre-natal experience. The aim is to encourage a sense of relaxation and confidence all the way through your pregnancy up to, and including, labour.
In The Canvas
Sundays, 11am-12noon
A supportive mat Pilates class connecting mind and body to build stability, mobility and ease through low-impact movement.
In The Canvas
Mondays, 11am-12.30pm
Integral Yoga addresses the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of being: gentle postures followed by breathing practices, deep relaxation and an introduction to meditation.
In The Canvas
Mondays, 6.30-7.30pm
Qayyah's yoga classes are a smooth, continuous, playful flow of different yoga postures. The class is a 'dynamic vinyasa', which means linking movement to your breath.
In The Canvas
Monthly on Thursdays, 6-8pm
This women-only workshop offers a safe and supportive space to explore grief in all its forms through reflection, movement, breathwork, sound and meditation, guiding a gentle journey from loss towards healing and love.
In The Canvas
Last Thursday of the month, 7.30-9pm
Experience the immersive rejuvenating frequencies of a Sound Bath. Through the use of Himalayan Singing Bowls, Gong and Percussion, this session will help you feel more enriched, connected and in harmony with yourself.
In the Chapel
Sunday 1st February, 3.30-5.30pm
An afternoon of Gentle & Restorative Yoga for Rest, Refuge and Renewal
in The Canvas
Second Monday of the month, 2-3pm
In partnership with City and East London Bereavement Service we offer a monthly Grief Cafe for people to come together.
Sunday 15th March, 3.30-5.30pm
Celebrate the change of seasons and the approaching Spring equinox with this afternoon workshop of gentle movement, yin yoga and yoga nidra.
in The Canvas
Sunday 26th April, 3.30-5.30pm
During this afternoon workshop, you will spend time really slowing down, giving yourself space and time to simply be and finding a deep inner stillness in both the body and mind.
in The Canvas
Exhibition: Tuesday 18th November - Monday 23rd February, 8.30am-5pm
Andrew Lumsden was a pioneering gay journalist, activist and artist. This exhibition celebrates his still lifes, interiors, landscapes and portraits from over half a century of drawings.
Exhibition: Saturday 31st January - Sunday 1st February, 12pm-5pm
Opening Event: Friday 30th January, 6.30-8.30pm
This exhibition brings together work created in the Artist in Residence Studio by LJ Furner and Virginia Orr, two artists at the beginning of a period of change and transition in their lives.
In the Chapel
Second Tuesday of the month, 6-8pm
Join us for our monthly free art cafe of collaborative drawing in The Gallery Cafe.
Thursday 22nd January, 6-9pm
Onesixfour invites you to Tapestry, a new monthly live art series exploring collective creation, improvisation and shared experience. This first event marks the beginning of a three-part run of initial ‘tester’ evenings, offering space to experiment together, build community and explore how this format might grow sustainably.
Saturday 24th January, 2-5pm
Artists from the Pollination Residency (selected through our open call and hosted at BOLD Theatre) will be sharing excerpts of what they’ve been developing during the residency, and they are actively looking for feedback from creatives like you!
In the Mulberry Hall
Thursday 29th January, from 6.30pm
This is a chance for our regular open mic attendees to share and enjoy performances together, dine together and also offer each other supportive and friendly feedback on each other's performances. Whether you come along regularly to perform or enjoy the performances of others, everyone is welcome!
Last Friday of the month, 4-7pm
We’re excited to be collaborating with Remark's Community Team, to create an inclusive and integrated space for people to come together to have conversations using BSL, whether it is your first language, you are learning or want to increase your D/deaf awareness.
Saturday 31st January, 6-9pm
A docu-style short film by The Black Curriculum that exposes the absence of Black British history and the enduring legacy of colonialism in the UK’s national curriculum.
In the Mulberry Hall
Saturday 21st February, 3.30-5.30pm
We know how much you all love our charity boutique, Ayoka. This is your opportunity to see the clothes from Ayoka as you have never seen them before: on the catwalk!
In the Mulberry Hall
Last Saturday of the month, from 6.30pm
A cosy poetry, spoken word, music and discussion night on the last Saturday of every month. Open mic followed by discussion.
In the Chapel
Tuesdays, 3.30-4.30pm
Afterschool sessions for children to take part in a variety of games, from active drama, to board and card games.
Children in School Years 1-5
In The Canvas
Wednesdays, 3.45-5.15pm
Afterschool arts and crafting sessions for children to have fun, learn skills and be mindful.
Children in Reception to School Year 4
Saturdays, 9.45-10.45am and 11am-12noon
Saturday morning sessions for children to learn circus skills, developing communication and creative thinking.
9.45am: Children in School Years 1-3 (younger children can attend, accompanied by an adult)
11am: Children in School Years 4-6
In the Mulberry Hall
Monday 16th February, 10am-12noon, Tuesday 17th February, 2-4pm and Thursday 19th February, 10am-12noon
Free Half Term Circus sessions for children to learn circus skills, developing communication and creative thinking.
In The Tramshed
Saturday 21st February, 11am and 1.30pm
Flyaway Katie is an inspiring flight of fancy about the power of the imagination, based on the book by Polly Dunbar with music by Tom Gray from Gomez.
For children aged 2-7 years old
In the Mulberry Hall
Wednesday 21st January, 10am-1pm
Participatory Arts Freelancers! Join us at Grand Junction to meet organisations for whom you might like to work.
At Grand Junction
Thursday 22nd January, 4-6pm
Join us for a monthly gardening meetup to support your wellbeing, connect with your local community and help us with the upkeep of the SMH Garden.
In the SMH Garden
Saturdays, 3-5pm
St Margaret’s House have hosted Bender Defenders for many years for their weekly martial arts sessions. Join them at SMH for Muay Thai beginner and intermediate level sessions.
In the Mulberry Hall
Various times and dates
St Margaret’s House have hosted the Tower Hamlets u3a for many years. The u3a is a friendly group for people in their ‘Third Age’, no longer in full time work who love to learn, have fun and meet others.
Throughout St Margaret’s House
Third Thursday of the month, 7-9pm
St Margaret’s House have hosted the East End WI for many years for their monthly lively and friendly talks. The EEWI welcomes women of all ages, from all communities and all walks of life.
In the Mulberry Hall
