Deadline for submissions 18 June 2025

We are thrilled to announce this year’s theme of St Margaret’s House Summer Open Exhibition – Light and Dark. The exhibition will be shown in the Gallery Cafe between 22 July and 8 September.

Exhibition: Tuesday 13th May - Monday 16th June, 8.30am-5pm

Hidden Talents offers an opportunity for our team to showcase their creative sides. A wide range of work is displayed from mixed media, sculpture, collage, photography to film and video.

in The Gallery Cafe

Exhibition: Saturday 31st May - Sunday 1st June, 9am-6pm

Opening Event: Friday 30th May, 6.30-8.30pm

A series of graphic portraits by Gleb Skubachevsky, exploring the tension between microscopic threat and visual allure. Deadly viruses and cellular forms are reimagined through delicate, ornamental linework — inviting viewers to confront the contradiction between fear and fascination.

In the Chapel

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

Every other Saturday, 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

Saturdays, 1.30-2.30pm

Join Aditi to release stress, connect with your body, and unwind. Through guided, intuitive movements, you'll learn to process and move through emotions, recharge your spirit, and rediscover joy.

In The Canvas

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. This month’s theme: Recovery.

In the Chapel

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, 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 Cabin & the Mulberry Hall

Mondays, 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

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

Mondays, 7.30-8.45pm

Based on a classical ballet training programme, these sessions support both emotional and physical wellbeing in fun, welcoming and beginner-friendly ballet exercise sessions.

In the Mulberry Hall

Tuesdays, 7.30-8.30pm

Yin yoga works deeply into our body with passive, longer-held poses for deep stretching and relaxation that targets the connective tissues of the body

In The Canvas

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, 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

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

Wednesdays, 3.30-5.30pm

Afterschool arts and crafting sessions for children to have fun, learn skills and be mindful.

Children in Reception to School Year 4

In the Cabin

Wednesdays (five weeks), 7-9pm

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.

In The Create Place

Thursdays, 12.15-1pm (from 5 June to 11 Sept)

The perfect midday pick-me-up to leave you feeling energised and refreshed, our 45 minute Thursday Foundations Flow will connect your breath and movement through a creative sequence of poses.

In Victoria Park

Every other Thursday, 6.30-8.30pm

Join us for an evening of cosy and relaxed life drawing every fortnight at the Canvas, to practise your sketching and view bodies in a neutral appreciation of form and figure.

In The Canvas

Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th June, 10am-6pm

A collective exhibition exploring belonging, memory, and identity across the MENA dispora.

In the Chapel

Firday 6th June, 6-10pm

Join us as we launch the exhibition with a special evening of food, drink, and community.

In The Gallery Cafe

Saturdays, 9.15-10.15am and 10.30-11.30am

Saturday morning sessions for children to learn circus skills, developing communication and creative thinking.

9.15am: Children in School Years 1-3 (younger children can attend, accompanied by an adult)

10.30am: Children in School Years 4-6

In the Mulberry Hall

Tuesdays, 1-2pm & 2.15-3.15 (from 10 June to 8 July)

In this workshop, you are invited to connect with your inner fluidity, creativity, and the nourishing and healing qualities of water through a walking meditation and mindful colouring of water art.

In Victoria Park

Second Tuesday of the month, 6-8pm

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

In The Gallery Cafe

One Sunday a month, 11am-1pm

Come together to learn to express your inner musician! In these sessions you'll be working closely with producer and artist Dhruv Nathwani to learn about music production, creative praxis and how to turn your ideas into sound.

In The Create Place