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Past Workshops & Events

What We Have Learnt

  • MCC Annual General Meeting
    MCC Annual General Meeting
    Sat, 25 Nov
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    25 Nov 2023, 12:00 – 13:30
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    25 Nov 2023, 12:00 – 13:30
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    The event brings together Medway Culture Club’s Trustees, Committee members and amazing team of award winning Volunteers to celebrate their successes and the amazing work over the last year. 
  • Medway Culture Club Carnival 2023
    Medway Culture Club Carnival 2023
    Sat, 05 Aug
    Gillingham
    05 Aug 2023, 11:00 – 16:00 BST
    Gillingham, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    05 Aug 2023, 11:00 – 16:00 BST
    Gillingham, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    Medway Culture Club Carnival is a FREE Family Fun Day is a chance for us to get together and celebrate the diversity within our community.
  • FREE Wonder of Windrush Exhibition!
    FREE Wonder of Windrush Exhibition!
    Sat, 10 Jun
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    10 Jun 2023, 13:00 – 14:00 BST
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    10 Jun 2023, 13:00 – 14:00 BST
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush, which brought the single largest number of Caribbean migrants to the UK in June 1948. You are invited to join Medway Culture Club for a one-off Wonder of Windrush Exhibition!
  • Medway's Got Culture! Bus Tour
    Medway's Got Culture! Bus Tour
    Sat, 01 Oct
    Leaving from and returning to Woodlands
    01 Oct 2022, 10:30 – 13:00
    Leaving from and returning to Woodlands, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    01 Oct 2022, 10:30 – 13:00
    Leaving from and returning to Woodlands, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    Join Medway Culture Club for a completely bespoke guided tour of some of Medway’s untold histories.
  • Medway Culture Club Carnival
    Medway Culture Club Carnival
    Sat, 13 Aug
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    13 Aug 2022, 11:00 – 16:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    13 Aug 2022, 11:00 – 16:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    Medway Culture Club Carnival is a FREE Family Fun Day is a chance for us to get together and celebrate the diversity within our community.
  • MCC Carnival Creations
    MCC Carnival Creations
    Sat, 02 Jul
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    02 Jul 2022, 10:30 – 13:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    02 Jul 2022, 10:30 – 13:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    For the 5th annual National Windrush Day, we used performing arts-based activities to describe the migration of people arriving in the UK from Caribbean countries.
  • The Drama of Windrush!
    The Drama of Windrush!
    Sat, 11 Jun
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    11 Jun 2022, 10:30 – 11:37 BST
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    11 Jun 2022, 10:30 – 11:37 BST
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    For the 5th annual National Windrush Day, we used performing arts-based activities to describe the migration of people arriving in the UK from Caribbean countries.
  • Afro Haircare Workshop
    Afro Haircare Workshop
    Thu, 12 May
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    12 May 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    12 May 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    Struggling to care for yours or your child’s afro textured hair? Confused by the plethora of products available? Baffled by all the conflicting advice and tutorials online?
  • MCC T-Shirt Factory!
    MCC T-Shirt Factory!
    Sat, 07 May
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    07 May 2022, 10:30 – 13:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    07 May 2022, 10:30 – 13:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    Medway Culture Club transformed into an MCC T-shirt Factory, in preparation for the then fast-approaching Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
  • The BIG MCC Bake Off!
    The BIG MCC Bake Off!
    Sat, 02 Apr
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    02 Apr 2022, 10:30 – 13:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    02 Apr 2022, 10:30 – 13:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    Local restaurateur and owner of the Jerk Cafe in Strood teaches what goes into running a restaurant
  • Trailblazers: The Driving Force!
    Trailblazers: The Driving Force!
    Sat, 05 Mar
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    05 Mar 2022, 10:30 – 13:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    05 Mar 2022, 10:30 – 13:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    Welcome local trailblazers who inspire us with stories of how they have blazed a trail.
  • Untold Histories!
    Untold Histories!
    Sat, 05 Feb
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    05 Feb 2022, 10:30 – 13:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    05 Feb 2022, 10:30 – 13:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    Together we will step back in time to learn about multicultural Roman Britain including Severus Septimius.
  • Christmas: Treats and Traditions
    Christmas: Treats and Traditions
    Sat, 04 Dec
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    04 Dec 2021, 10:30 – 13:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    04 Dec 2021, 10:30 – 13:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    Medway Culture Club brings a fun and festive session and spreads a little Christmas cheer.
  • Let’s All Create – Samba!
    Let’s All Create – Samba!
    Sat, 06 Nov
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    06 Nov 2021, 10:30 – 14:30
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    06 Nov 2021, 10:30 – 14:30
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    Let’s All Create, an arts organisation who will deliver a high energy Brazilian Samba Drumming workshop. Working together, we will be creating a piece of Brazilian music, learning about different instruments and cultural traditions and having loads of fun at the same time!
  • Inspiring Creativity & Literacy!
    Inspiring Creativity & Literacy!
    Sat, 02 Oct
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    02 Oct 2021, 10:30 – 14:30
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    02 Oct 2021, 10:30 – 14:30
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    An interactive session with Kent-based, highly accomplished Children’s author Tolá Okogwu. Tolá has worked with the Medway Culture Club teachers to design a fun and fictitious session which includes storytelling, art & design, creative thinking and writing.
  • The Mother of Invention!
    The Mother of Invention!
    Sat, 04 Sept
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    04 Sept 2021, 10:30 – 14:30
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    04 Sept 2021, 10:30 – 14:30
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    An interactive session highlighting the achievements of some key innovators from the past and how their inventions still benefit us in the present day.
  • Medway Culture Club Carnival
    Medway Culture Club Carnival
    Sat, 28 Aug
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    28 Aug 2021, 11:00 – 15:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    28 Aug 2021, 11:00 – 15:00
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    Medway Culture Club Carnival is a FREE Family Fun Day is a chance for us to get together and celebrate the diversity within our community.
  • African Storytelling & Drumming
    African Storytelling & Drumming
    Sat, 03 Jul
    Woodlands Youth Centre
    03 Jul 2021, 10:30 – 13:30
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    03 Jul 2021, 10:30 – 13:30
    Woodlands Youth Centre, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham ME7 2BX, UK
    A partnership with the award-winning IROKO Theatre Company, who will deliver a traditional African storytelling and hands-on drumming workshop.
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