The Women’s Institute of Peckham are a group of women who get together once a month to have fun, make new friends, learn new skills, support the Peckham community and – most importantly – eat cake!

Held every 1st Wednesday of the month, the meetings are aimed at providing a varied programme for members including speakers on a variety of subjects, activities, craft lessons, and projects to support women in the local community.

Join us for an evening of creativity brought to you by Yam Collective.

BLACK PEN is a creative drawing event which merges art and culture.

This will be a still life drawing edition that will include a curated arrangement of objects to draw from, which are associated with or are symbolic of Black and Asian heritage.

Whether you're an experienced artist or just starting out, this event is for you. Grab your favourite black pen and let your imagination flow. Meet fellow artists, mingle, and create something amazing together.

Drinks will be flowing, alongside the sounds of DJ Sweettee to set the tempo. A selection of materials will be provided. Feel free to bring any specific equipment along with you as well. Don't miss out on this opportunity to unleash your creativity, see you there!

Yam Collective is an arts organisation committed to carving out space for Black and Marginalised creative people.

Get together to create new connections and get to know the work entrepreneurs are doing in Southwark.

The Southwark Business Showcase and community networking event is an opportunity to bring together entrepreneurs within the Hatch community and supporters of Southwark businesses and beyond, highlighting the business development support available to local businesses and showcasing the entrepreneurs who have been supported through Hatch’s programmes.

The event will include: 

• Business stalls for Southwark entrepreneurs to showcase their products and services

• Pitches from entrepreneurs who finished the accelerator programme to present their businesses to the audience

• An interview with a prominent local entrepreneur

• Networking between the Hatch Community

Unlock your potential and discover exciting job opportunities and connect with top companies.

Coding Black Females invites you to their tech Careers Fair, bringing us an empowering evening filled with opportunities to network, explore exciting tech career prospects, and boost your employability.

Do you wish you could have more of the kinds of conversations you have late at night where for some reason, you feel safe talking about the things you actually care about?

Bring your friends (or come by yourself) and spend your Tuesday night at an event where you know everyone else is there for the same reason.

Skip the Small Talk offers "big talk" conversational prompts to get you started, and structure it to make sure you actually talk to people and it's not awkward. Not feeling like answering a particular question? No worries, there are plenty to choose from, like, "When are you the happiest?" or, "If you were going to become close friends with me, what would I need to know about you?"

There are a few ground rules to make sure you feel comfortable and safe sharing as much of yourself as possible while still feeling in complete control of how much you divulge.

Check-in for this event will begin around 18:45. Please do your best to arrive before 19:00 so it can begin as close to the start time as possible.

CALLING ALL ASPIRING DJs! Our DJ workshop series in partnership with the team at DRTY Drinks and Voices Radio is BACK!

These workshops are for people who have never DJ'd before or have only practiced with the equipment a couple of times.

Lessons will cover the basics of how to DJ, getting you familiar with the equipment and learning the art of selecting. Our fantastic Voices Radio instructor will get you up to speed and ready to get practicing over the course of the evening.

This ticket covers a two-hour session, and includes 2 x cans of DRTY Hard Seltzer. Workshop applicants must be 18+.

Express yourself and connect with others who share the experience of grief in a supportive and fun collaging workshop this January.

The post-holiday season can be a challenging rollercoaster of emotions. This workshop is an opportunity for those seeking solace, connection, and a creative outlet to come together. Collage your way through your emotions, turning your feelings into vibrant, meaningful art.

"New Year, Same Grief" is more than just an art workshop; it's also a tribute to our dear friend, and talented artist who recently passed away, the epic Poppy Chancellor, who touched our lives and many others. We will be fundraising in her name, turning our collective creative energy into a force for good.

Remember, reflect, and honour loved ones, using the power of art to heal and connect. Embrace the new year together, using the magic of collaging to channel grief into something beautiful and meaningful.

Join Mohamed Gueye on this 4 hour Sunday afternoon Djembe drumming workshop at Peckham levels!

Spend the afternoon learning traditional West African Djembe rhythms in a fun and supportive environment, and enjoy a delicious Senegalese dinner afterwards from the famous Little Baobab restaurant (food not included in workshop price).

All levels welcome, beginners and advanced students will be challenged at their own level.

This Sunday, Dembis Thioung - mesmerizing master of the dunduns, the melodic and hypnotic West African bass drums - and London’s finest senegalese soul food restaurant Little Baobab present a full sensory experience at Peckham Levels.

Featuring inclusive musical performances from PENCHMI, a West African-based drum + dance circle, and Bene Tally Band & friends, and soul-nourishing Senegalese cuisine for an explosion of flavour, culture and fun. 

• 2.30pm - Doors open

• 3-5pm -  PENCHMI drum + dance portal with Dembis Thioung & Irineu Nogueira

• 5-7pm - Food and socialising with Little Baobab

• 7-9pm - Bene Tally Band & Friends

Come and unleash your creativity for a fun Afternoon of Painting, vibes and good music!

No experience needed! Throughout the session, you will be guided through each step by an experienced Artist.

All equipment is provided on the day, so all you need to bring is yourself and leave with a beautiful piece of art!

Tickets Include:

- Painting led by Artist (all materials provided)

- Live Music played by Dj

-20% off drinks at bar

-Fun games and group activities

Get creative with friends, or come solo and make new ones!

The Women’s Institute of Peckham are a group of women from Peckham in South East London who get together once a month to have fun, make new friends, learn new skills, support the Peckham community and – most importantly – eat cake!

Held every 1st Wednesday of the month, the meetings are aimed at providing a varied programme for members including speakers on a variety of subjects, activities, craft lessons, where women in the local community can make new friends, learn new skills, and support the Peckham community.

ESEA Life Drawing honour Black History Month with an immersive life drawing event showcasing artists and life models from both Black and ESEA communities.

This month, up-and-coming artist Tasia Graham will be directing the stage with a rich spectrum of coloured light, illuminating the life models. Mia and Alyzon, newlyweds hailing from Filipino and Trinidadian backgrounds, will be welcomed back for another modelling session with us.

This relaxed, untutored workshop is suitable for all levels, including complete beginners.

Come and unleash your creativity for a fun Afternoon of Painting, vibes and good music!

No experience needed! Throughout the session, you will be guided through each step by an experienced Artist.

All equipment is provided on the day, so all you need to bring is yourself and leave with a beautiful piece of art!

Tickets Include:

- Painting led by Artist (all materials provided)

- Live Music played by Dj

-20% off drinks at bar

-Fun games and group activities

Get creative with friends, or come solo and make new ones!

The Women’s Institute of Peckham are a group of women from Peckham in South East London who get together once a month to have fun, make new friends, learn new skills, support the Peckham community and – most importantly – eat cake!

Held every 1st Wednesday of the month, the meetings are aimed at providing a varied programme for members including speakers on a variety of subjects, activities, craft lessons, where women in the local community can make new friends, learn new skills, and support the Peckham community.

Come draw with us during East South East Asian Heritage Month in a relaxing and untutored drawing workshop for all levels.

For their 1-year anniversary of hosting classes, ESEA Life Drawing are returning to Peckham Levels with artist Pei-Chi Lee, together with artist and aerialist Jenny Chiu who will be making their debut as a life model.

This relaxed, untutored workshop is suitable for all levels, including complete beginners.

Part of the official Southwark Design District 23’ programme for London Design Festival 2023. Southwark Design District celebrates local designers, makers & creators who live, work & play in the area through a diverse range of happenings.

How can a new typeface be designed to capture the flavour of a city? Join us for an inspirational talk that celebrates the incredibly rich connection between type and place. 

From road signs to shop windows, letters in the public space play a vital role in the perception of the identity of our cities. A new typeface can be inspired by the heritage of a place and its community, and in turn comes to represent their visual character to the eyes of the world. From vernacular to institutional, from physical to digital… through different languages and writing systems. 

With creative director Riccardo De Franceschi, we will look at selected project case studies that explore the relationship between type, place and culture, through Dalton Maag’s work both with place brands and retail.

Dalton Maag was founded in 1991, and designs high quality fonts and logos for its clients. With bases in London and Brazil, the company now employs 45 people from 25 countries, (speaking 14 languages) and handles a wide variety of projects with a range of budgets and timescales. With clients based and operating both locally and internationally, a speciality of Dalton Maag is an expertise in non-Latin scripts, including Devanagari, Arabic and Cyrillic.

Part of the official Southwark Design District 23’ programme for London Design Festival 2023. Southwark Design District celebrates local designers, makers & creators who live, work & play in the area through a diverse range of happenings.

Join type design studio Dalton Maag for an interactive session to unlock the power of letter forms.

‍This workshop is designed to provide an introduction to the world of typefaces from the point of view of the type design studio. It involves theoretical and practical elements around both type design and typography, based on Dalton Maag's experiences working with brands large and small.

How can we shape letter forms into a style that evokes the emotional reaction we want to achieve? How do scale and context impact design decisions behind accessible letter forms? The workshop will answer these and other questions, key to designing and choosing type.

You will be drawing by hand with pencil on tracing paper, in a group of design enthusiasts. You’ll be able to review and discuss with the Dalton Maag team, and your fellow attendees. No specific level of proficiency with drawing is required, other than a love for type.

Here at Dopereaders, one of our primary goals is ensuring Black and POC authors receive adequate resonance and distribution opportunities.

We do so by liaising with some of the best publishers and independent authors out there and working to help their voices be heard. 

We will be collaborating with Fatboys On Tour - a Black-owned dinner & Peckham Levels to hold The pop-up Black Book fair, with books from a variety of incredibly talented and versed authors, which we believe will bring a powerful insight into the experience and backgrounds of the Black and POC community.

Come with friends & family and take a look and note some of the awesome titles available.

We will also be holding a Q&A, and book signing with Celine Saintclair author of Sugar Baby from  5pm-6pm.

The Women’s Institute of Peckham are a group of women from Peckham in South East London who get together once a month to have fun, make new friends, learn new skills, support the Peckham community and – most importantly – eat cake!

Held every 1st Wednesday of the month, the meetings are aimed at providing a varied programme for members including speakers on a variety of subjects, activities, craft lessons, where women in the local community can make new friends, learn new skills, and support the Peckham community.

Hosted by Dembi Thioung, join us for a free West African Dundun Drum + Dance Workshop.

There will be delicious food available served up by our beloved Little Baobab. Expect to see traditional Dundun performances, then join in on the fun.

Children and families are welcome. All levels of skills welcome.

Ecstatic Dance is free-form movement that allows individuals to express themselves through dance without following a particular choreography or structure.

It is often done in a group setting with a ceremony facilitator, a DJ, or live music. It encourages individuals to let go of inhibitions and dance with full freedom and creativity.