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Spring fun in Highgate with CREATE
Spring is in the air, and we’re thrilled to announce a fantastic lineup of FREE holiday activities for young people aged 8 to 18, in partnership with Home in Highgate ending with a family funday! Get ready for a couple of weeks packed with excitement and creativity, leading up to the opening of the Edge […]
Closer to the Edge
Thank you to everyone who made half term so special in Highgate! We’ve been busy getting “Closer to the Edge,” ready to reopen The Edge later this spring. CREATE (Creative Revolutionary Evolution @ The Edge), our amazing steering group of young people, has been at the heart of it all to develop a range of […]
Close to the Edge in Highgate
We’ve got an exciting programme of FREE activities in Highgate this half term for everyone! Please contact us as soon as you can to book your place – there’s loads of opportunities to get out and do something creative – especially for ages 8 to 18 years. Follow this link to register your place and […]
Happy New Year in Highgate!
‘We’ve had an amazing year ‘Home in Highgate in 2024, and next week we’ll be finalising plans for 2025! Join us at Stanhope Wellbeing Hub 1:45 Thursday 23rd January. It’s amazing to think what we’ve achieved together since we started back in June 2024 – check out some of our blogposts to catch up: Chandos […]
Get Together at Stanhope this Winter
Home in Highgate are running a drop-in event at Stanhope Wellbeing Hub on the 19th of December, 12pm-3pm. Come along to enjoy workshop activities, including green craft, and a small exhibition produced by Art Club. Catch up on what the Home in Highgate team have been up to by watching some films of the activities […]
Chandos finds what Community sounds like
Chandos Primary School, collaborative music-making led by Natalie Mason and Beth Hopkins (Multicultural Music Making) work with year 5 at Chandos Primary School, supported by found sound and interview work with Marcus Belben and Russell Green, explore what it means to be ‘Home in Highgate’. We introduced our giant map, ran interviewing workshops and walked […]
Indonesia Journal #1- Journey and arrival
We took off from Birmingham on Thursday afternoon, arriving at Jakarta airport at 6pm on Friday. It got a bit complicated getting through immigration, signage was confusing, and we joined several queues we didn’t need to, before finally realizing our pre-booked visas and UK passports allowed us to use the automatic gates and we sailed […]
Light into Night – Bringing New Hope
To celebrate the beginning of the dark nights we ran a magical event – ‘Light Into Night’. We all got together and made a fire in New Hope park for people to gather round. We lit the park with LED lights and candles and Glue Collective made shadow puppets while the children toasted marshmallows at […]
Join Our Board: Seeking a New Chair for Friction
We’re looking for a new Chair to join our diverse Board of Directors. We’re looking for someone who cares about art, community, the environment and social justice and has experience in leading organisations in the arts and non-profit sector. It’s a pivotal time for Friction as we head towards the re-opening of our refurbished and […]
Highgate Heats up – a summer of fun and creativity
This summer, we started our ‘Home in Highgate’ journey with local young people exploring and celebrating the vibrant community of Highgate. Through a series of activities and opportunities, young people had the opportunity to show us their neighborhood, share their stories and interview local people. The Summer programme led to a summer fete at New […]