“What on earth is a tweet!?” Stemmed from a growing interest in the use of social media, Small Works Victoria has began providing workshops on a regular basis. Every Thursday at 3pm, members from the community and within Small Works Victoria itself gather in the community space to learn about […] more »
Guerrilla Gardening
Some words from community foot practitioner and local resident Jennifer Hayden on her Guerrilla Gardening activity in Pimlico… First year after taking over this little space outside Pimlico Tube, near the C10,360 bus stop. Originally the box was planted up with lavender bushes and box trees.Sadly they didn’t do well […] more »
The Vauxhall Estate Easter Egg Hunt
We couldn’t shut up shop for the Easter bank holiday without a festive Easter Egg Hunt. Many thanks to the Victoria Easter bunny and the riddle put together by On Purpose’s, Kate for the children on the estate. Lucy and Patrick of Small Works, set out with the task to […] more »
London Football Journeys
During the Easter school holidays, we were very proud to host a London Football Journeys young ambassadors meeting in April at Small Works Victoria and look forward to giving them the space again in May to develop their creative ideas for this fantastic project for young people across the boroughs of London. Follow […] more »
St Patricks Day Celebration
Invitations went out in local supermarkets, libraries and on nearby estates for the St Patricks Day Ceili as they call it in the mother tongue, at Small Works on the afternoon of March 17th. In collaboration with SW1 Radio, we tuned in live to the St Paddys day show presented […] more »
Health and Well-being Awareness Day
In the spirit of New Year’s resolutions, our newest member to SWV, Hope from Fresh Perception Therapy, hosted a ‘Health and Well-being Awareness Day’ on Wednesday 19th February. The event offered local community members the chance to participate in a variety of free health related activities: yoga and acupuncture; mindfulness and meditation; cognitive behavioural and massage […] more »
Handcrafted toys for Vauxhall Estate children
SISK are an Irish construction company, who are involved in building 25 new affordable homes for Peabody and in the run up to Christmas they held an event at Small Works Victoria where they donated handcrafted timber toys to six children. This was the first time that Sisk has donated […] more »
Books for Brikama
AlaSan Gent Ceesay is a volunteer at Small Works Victoria and is currently collecting books and other supplies to send back to his hometown of Brikama in The Gambia. His inspiration for the collection stems from a visit to Brikama’s only library last year where he saw that they did […] more »
Here’s looking at you kid…
Small Works Victoria’s first black and white film night presented the 1942 classic Casablanca to residents of the Vauxhall Estate. Set in Morocco in the early days of WWII it delighted the audience with many twists and turns! Topped off with popcorn, cloudy pink lemonade and a selection of cakes […] more »