Workshops

Events

Fridays, 11am-1pm (3 July - 21 August)

Sundial Arts are excited to announce the return of Art in the Park - a 10-week series of free visual art workshops in Victoria Park.

In Victoria Park

Aug 3

Monday Morning Crafting

Mondays, 10am-1pm

Running for over 10 years, this community-led group meets at The Create Place every Monday morning.

In The Create Place

Aug 3

Crafting is Connecting

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.

In The Create Place

Aug 4

Woodwork for Wellbeing

Tuesdays, 4-6pm & 7-9pm

Relaxed woodwork sessions for adults, meeting weekly on Tuesdays to learn new skills.

In The Create Place

Aug 5

Explore Outdoors - Writing in Nature

Wednesdays, 10-11.30am (5 August - 2 September)

Join F. Zeeshan Choudhury for Writing in Nature - a 5 week series of free writing workshops in Victoria Park.

In Victoria Park

Aug 6

Beading and Jewellery Making

Thursdays, 10am-1pm

Running for over 15 years, this community-led group meets at The Create Place every Thursday morning.

In The Create Place

Aug 6

Brown Girls Book Club

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

Aug 8

Natural Dye Studio

Monthly, on Saturdays, 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.

In The Create Place

Aug 8

Explore Outdoors - Mindful Nature Walk & Drawing Workshop

Saturday 8th August, 12.30-4pm

A mindful nature walk and creative drawing workshop for the LGBTQIA+ community in Victoria Park and St Margaret's House.

In Victoria Park and In the SMH Garden

Aug 17

SMH Book Club

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

Aug 26

Meet Make Take

Last Wednesday of the month, 10am-1pm

Join us for our free, monthly Meet Make Take session on the last Wednesday of the month. This drop-in morning arts and crafts activity gives members of our community a supportive space where they can relax, do some arts and crafts and connect with others.

In The Create Place

Sept 25

Nokshi Katha

Fridays, 10am-1pm

A free workshop series using the skills and techniques of Nokshi Katha, one of the oldest forms of embroidery in the world.

In The Create Place

Sept 26

Repair Cafe

Saturday 26th September, 10am-1pm

Join us for our Repair Cafe where we'll help you mend and repair a range of items.

In the Mulberry Hall

Sept 26

Ayoka Fashion Show Workshop

Saturday 26th September, 10.30am-1pm

A free workshop giving you the opportunity to make some second hand fashion for our Ayoka Fashion Show.

In The Create Place

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Wellbeing

Events

Jul 31

Health Tree Acupuncture

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

Aug 1

Saturday Morning Stretch - Hatha Yoga

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

Aug 1

Pregnancy Yoga with Sarah Burgess

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

Aug 2

Restorative Pilates

Sundays, 11am-12noon and 12.15-1.15pm

A supportive mat Pilates class connecting mind and body to build stability, mobility and ease through low-impact movement.

In The Canvas

Aug 3

Dynamic Vinyasa

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

Aug 4

Explore Outdoors - Mindfulness Meditation in the Park

Wednesdays (5th August - 2nd September) and Fridays (7th August - 4th September)

Join Damselfly and Lotus for this 5-week journey of exploring mindfulness practices and some of the basic underlying theory of the mind and body.

In Victoria Park

Aug 4

Gentle Yoga and Sound

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

Aug 5

ELM Acupuncture (East London Multibed)

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

Aug 5

Qigong Practice

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

Aug 5

Explore Outdoors: Reconnecting with Nature

Wednesday 5th August, 3-4.30pm

This 90-minute heart-led practice will guide you to reconnect with the living world around you through walking, breathing exercises and journaling in Victoria Park.

In Victoria Park

Aug 5

Explore Outdoors - Herbal Tea Tasting

Wednesday 5th August, 6-7.15pm

This workshop will teach you about the power of plants and invite you to an intuitive experience with herbs, guided by your own curiosity and instinct.

In the SMH Garden

Aug 6

Explore Outdoors - Lunchtime Slow Flow Yoga

Lunchtimes in Summer (Thursdays and Fridays), 12-12.45pm and 1-1.45pm

This 45-minute Slow Flow class on Thursday and Friday lunchtimes throughout the summer will connect your breath and movement through a creative sequence of poses.

In Victoria Park

Aug 9

Yoga to stay cool, calm, balanced and relaxed in the Summer

Sunday 9th August, 3.30-5.30pm

An afternoon of mindful movement, yin yoga, mudras and yoga nidra to balance your summer energy.

In The Canvas

Aug 10

Grief Cafe

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.

In The Create Place

Sept 14

Integral Yoga Gentle Restorative Class

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

Sept 17

The Body Remembers: A Grief Movement Session

Monthly, on Thursdays, 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

Sept 24

Mother and Baby Sharing Circle

Monthly, on Thursdays, 1.30-3.30pm

A welcoming monthly circle for pregnant and new brithing parents with babies to connect, share experiences and find support in a safe, friendly and confidential space.

In The Canvas

Sept 24

September Moving through Grief workshop: When the Body Grieves

Thursday 24th September, 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

Sept 24

Sound Bath with Dan Bilbrough a.k.a Sekrit

No sessions until September

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

Sept 30

Wrap a Hug Sling Library

No sessions until September

We are delighted to host Wrap a Hug Sling Library. They can support you on your babywearing and parenting journey, whether you are expecting, have a new baby, toddlers or preschoolers.

In The Canvas

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Exhibitions

Events

Jul 31

But, Still

Exhibition: Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd August, 10am-4pm

Opening Event: Friday 31st July, 6.30-8.30pm

An exhibition of landscapes, still lifes and street scenes on film from London-based photographers Alex Krook and Mischa Frankl-Duval.

In the C hapel

Aug 6

Watch&See

Exhibition: Thursday 6th August, 10am-5pm

Closing Event: Thursday 6th August, 6.30-8.30pm

The exhibition features young artists from London, New York, Chicago, and Athens, addressing notions of the digital, spectacle, gaze, voyeurism, death, surveillance, desensitisation, and the fetish of violence within the mutually inclusive quotidian and political spheres.

In the C hapel

Aug 7

2025

Exhibition: Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th August, 10am-5pm

Opening Event: Friday 7th August, 6.30-8.30pm

An exhibition of abstract drawing by Tamsin Spargo, exploring the theme of time and documenting one year in her life.

In the C hapel

Sept 4

Accidentally saying love you at the end of a phone call to your boss

Exhibition: Saturday 5th September, 10am-4pm

Opening Event: Friday 4th September, 6.30-8.30pm

An art exhibition by Jo Case exploring romantic dependency and self-definition.

In the C hapel

Sept 18

Making my Mark

Exhibition: Saturday 19th - Sunday 20th September, 10am-5pm

Opening Event: Friday 18th September, 6.30-8.30pm

Through intuitive abstract paintings rich in colour, texture, and spontaneity, this exhibition celebrates discovery, creative freedom, and the joy of embracing life's unexpected journeys.

In the C hapel

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Events

Aug 7

D/deaf Cafe

First Friday of the month, 4-7pm

We’re excited to be hosting a monthly D/deaf Cafe - an inclusive, integrated space where people can come together to have conversations using BSL, and enjoy a presentation by a D/deaf professional or someone working to support the D/deaf Community.

In The Gallery Cafe

Aug 11

Art Cafe

Second Tuesday of the month, 6-8pm

Join us for our monthly free art cafe of collaborative drawing and creating in The Gallery Cafe.

In The Gallery Cafe

Sept 12

SMH History Tours and Exhibition

Saturday 12th September, 11am-3.45pm

Join us to go behind the scenes at St Margaret’s House and experience a small exhibition about our history and our work.

In the Anson Room

Sept 24

Open Mic Night

Last Thursday of the month, from 6.30pm

Join us for our friendly monthly Open Mic night in The Gallery Cafe.

In The Gallery Cafe

Sept 26

Ayoka Second Hand Fashion Show

Saturday 26th September, 2-4pm

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

Sept 26

Extra Second London

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

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Young People

Events

Sept 22

Afterschool Games Club

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

Sept 23

Crafterschool

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

In The Create Place

Sept 26

Saturday Circus Club

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

Sept 28

Hilarity Academy

Mondays, 3.45-5pm and 5-6.15pm

Afterschool sessions exploring making people laugh, including creating sketches and stand up material and clowning.

3.45pm: Children in School Years 3-6

5pm: Young people in School Years 7-9

In the Chapel & the Mulberry Hall

Oct 3

EVENT: St Margaret’s House Fun Palace

Saturday 3rd October, 11am-4pm

Join us for a day of free activities for all the family. There’ll be crafting, games, gardening, circus and drama - a little bit of everything children can get involved in every week at SMH.

In the Mulberry Hall

Feb 20

The Elves & The Shoemaker

Saturday 20th February, 11am and 1.30pm

Join us for The Elves and the Shoemaker, a magical family puppetry show from Theatre of Widdershins, bringing the beloved classic tale to life with storytelling, music and beautifully handcrafted puppets.

In the Mulberry Hall

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More from us

Events

Jul 20

Freshly Squeezed

Next Scratch Night: Thursday 10th September 2026

Submissions Open: Monday 20th July 2026

Submissions Close: Friday 7th August 2026

Nov 26

Community Litterpicking

Whenever works for you!

We are a Cleanup UK Cleanup Hub! This means we have litter picking equipment that you can borrow to be a Green Hero and clean up your community.

In the local Bethnal Green area

Nov 27

Tower Hamlets u3a

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

Dec 9

Tower Hamlets Wheelers

Second Wednesday of the month, 7.30-9pm

St Margaret’s House have hosted Tower Hamlets Wheelers for many years. They are a local cycling campaign group bringing issues to the attention of the local council and other authorities.

In the Cabin

Dec 17

East End WI

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

Dec 19

Bender Defenders

Tuesdays 6pm (beginner only) and 7pm (beginner and intermediate) / Saturdays 3-5pm (beginner and intermediate)

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

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