Join the makers of the Wonderful Women of Newham map, commissioned by The East End Women’s Museum for a tour of Canning Town, highlighting the stories of local women throughout history.

The walking tour tells the story of the women workers of Newham’s shops, docks and factories, as well as the role of Canning Town locations in important women’s right movements like the Suffragettes.

The guided walking tour starts at 1.30pm, and takes about 45 minutes. The meeting point is in front of The Gym on 1 Minnie Baldock Street in Canning Town. It is recommended to wear easy shoes and to bring an umbrella if rain is expected.

To book your spot please click here.

The walking tour will be followed by a free drawing workshop where you can get your hands dirty by celebrating women and their stories in charcoal. Click here to book for the workshop.

Please let sophie.crocker@culturewithin.org.uk know if you have any access requirements.

The East End Women's Museum & Modern Cockney Festival are pleased to present The Cockney Sikh, a short film by East London Woman Filmmaker Farihah Chowdhury.

The Cockney Sikh is a short film that depicts the life of Brick Lane born and bred Suresh Singh and his journey through life as a Punjabi Punk where he found himself constantly challenging the status quo and creating his own identity rather than being tied to societal expectations. Breaking boundaries, taking up space and doing so all in great style this film explores what it means to grow up in a city of multiculturalism and embodying authenticity as someone of dual identity.

Film Duration: 20 minutes.

Tickets £5, purchase here or on the door.

Complementary popcorn from Proper Corn.

As part of the Modern Cockney Festival Culture Mash Up Event which is also featuring:

12-6pm Crafty Market Stalls led by female entrepreneurs and makers connected with the East End Women’s Museum

6:20pm - Free community iftar. Open to all faiths. Booking required here.

Contact eastendwomensmuseum@gmail.com or follow us on Instagram for any questions or more information. Visit moderncockneyfestival.co.uk to learn more about the annual festival.

Join us for an afternoon of 'pop up' stalls and a community Iftar, as part of the Modern Cockney Festival Culture Mash Up Event. Discover local craft makers, creatives and feminist organisations, with stalls from:

Books and Zines by The Feminist Library and Farihah Chowdhury

Henna by Huq That

Art, cards & stationary by Natalie Byrne | Sweet 'Art | Wildsuga | Kamipaper

Knits from Handmade by Hafsa

Handmade Jewellery from All Ears by Jabin and Stone’s Craft Creations

Antique Ephemera from Dorian Ravenscroft

Walks and tours from Bring your Baby and Women from Hackney

MARKET STALLS from 12 - 6.15pm

SHORT FILM at 3pm (Click here for tickets, limited number also available on the door): The Cockney Sikh, Suresh Singh. By filmmaker Farihah Chowdhury. Film Duration: 20 minutes.

COMMUNITY IFTAR - join marketeers and local people to break fast for Ramadan afterwards in our community iftar, open to all faiths (from 6.20pm) Click here to reserve your spot.

Contact eastendwomensmuseum@gmail.com or follow us on Instagram for any questions or more information. Visit moderncockneyfestival.co.uk to learn more about the annual festival.

Join us for a fun filled Family Games Day that will give young people the chance to try tasters of sports, led by local coaches.

We will also be showcasing our exhibition ‘Ready, Set, Go! Newham Women in Sport’, where you can learn about historical Newham sportswomen as well as present day athletes in Newham.

Come along and be inspired to get involved in sport!

Part of Newham Heritage Month 2022.

Free, book tickets in advance at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-games-day-with-the-east-end-womens-museum-tickets-328263624337

Accessibility advice on the park can be found here.

COVID-19 Advice

Your safety is important to us. We recommend that:

• All attendees take a negative lateral flow test before the event

• You not attend if you have any Covid-19 symptoms

• Attendees wear masks whilst moving around communal areas

Join us for an insight into our Newham Heritage Month project, ‘Ready, Set, Go! Newham Women in Sport’. Hear from our paid project researchers about the stories discovered in the archives and contemporary women from Newham taking part in sports today.

Speakers

Mena Ogbuehi is a Master’s in Galleries and Contemporary Cultures student at the University of Westminster. She is interested in researching all things museum related from collection and research to exhibiting and curating.

Yashmin Harun BEM is founder of the Muslimah Sports Association (MSA), and has been involved with sports her whole life. She founded MSA after struggling to find a safe space to continue to participate in sports while also aligning with her beliefs as a Muslim woman.

Laura Owen will be chairing the discussion. Laura is a freelance oral historian, project manager, and heritage consultant currently based in London, and is currently managing all things Newham Heritage Month!

The East End Women’s Museum is England’s only dedicated women’s museum, and preserves and shares stories of women from the East End. Newham women have played a huge role in sports, and we will be bringing these stories to you in this panel discussion. 

Sign up is free, book your tickets here!

Get creative with us in our 2 hour Zine Making Workshop with creator of grrrlzinefair, Lu Williams (they/them).

Explore the activist history of zines, learn about women in the East End, and get the chance to make your very own zine. Materials will be provided, but please bring old magazines and newspapers if you wish.

If you are unable to attend, please cancel your order on Eventbrite, or email us, so we can notify people on the waitlist.

Book a free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zine-making-with-lu-williams-tickets-310445570057

Join us for a 2 hour family-friendly feminist cross-stitching masterclass. We will teach you how to cross-stitch and supply you with all the tools you need to create your own fierce memento to take home.

If you are unable to attend, please cancel your order on Eventbrite, or email us, so we can notify people on the waitlist.

Book a free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-friendly-fierce-cross-stitching-tickets-310442139797

Back due to popular demand!

First a fishing and farming parish and then a market town, Barking continues to grow and change. Join local guides on this walking tour to hear about the incredible women of Barking, from the nuns at Barking Abbey to prison reformer Elizabeth Fry who was buried in Barking. 

Meeting point: Outside Barking Station

To book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-of-barking-walking-tour-tickets-296684901527

Join us for two hours of coffees, chats and feminist cross-stitching. We will supply you with all the tools you need to create your own fierce memento to take home.

Family-friendly, so please feel free to bring your children.

To book: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coffee-and-craft-morning-tickets-302575229657

Get creative with us at our FREE LGBTQ+ Zine Making Workshop with creator of grrrlzinefair, Lu Williams (they/them).

Explore the activist history of zines, learn about queer women in the East End, and get the chance to make your very own zine.

Materials will be provided, however, you are encouraged to bring old magazines and newspapers if you wish.

*Please note, in the interest of keeping this a safe space, we ask that only those who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community sign up to attend*

Register for a free ticket on Eventbrite : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zine-making-with-lu-williams-tickets-219992753247

COVID-19 Guidelines

TICKETS

We are carefully monitoring capacity at our events. We ask everyone to register their attendance through Eventbrite. You do not need to print out tickets.

 We will ask for your contact details when booking your tickets so that we are able to provide them to the NHS Test and Trace team should we be asked. 

CLEANING

We regularly wipe down surfaces and keep spaces clean at all of our events.

SOCIAL DISTANCING

Please be considerate of other visitors, staff and volunteers and keep a respectful distance from other groups where possible. We are carefully monitoring capacity at our events to allow for social distancing.

HAND SANITIZER

Hand sanitiser will be available at all of our events. Please use before, during and after our events. 

FACE COVERINGS

We highly recommend mask wearing at our events. Please wear one if you are able. Wearing a face covering helps protect the people around you. We will provide masks at our events.

Please do not attend if you display coronavirus symptoms or have been told to self isolate. 

The main symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are:

• a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)

• a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)

• a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

 Email eastendwomensmuseum@gmail.com if you need to cancel or reschedule.

Due to staff sickness, this event is now CANCELLED. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Create some family friendly games to play with your friends and family over the holidays. From ‘Who is she?’, a feminist take on Guess Who, and feminist Snap!

Due to staff sickness, this event is now CANCELLED. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Join us in our family friendly workshop and make your own three wise women cards with inspiring women of your choice to send to friends and family.

Join us in our family friendly ornament workshop inspired by amazing local women, from suffragette Adelaide Knight to socialist reformer Elizabeth Fry. Make your own ornaments to decorate your home or to give as a gift to the strong women in your life!

Get moving with artist Grace Duggan in our drama workshop, themed around women's history and our brand new museum building.

This is a 2 hour workshop.

Grace Duggan graduated from East 15 Acting School with a First Class BA Hons in Acting and Community Theatre. She is an East London based Director and Facilitator.

Suitable for ages 12-18.

Book a free ticket here

Description: Join us for a family friendly day of talks and activities. Discover fascinating Black women from East London, such as Phillis Wheatley, the first published Black woman poet, and Annie Brewster, one of the earliest identified nurses of African descent working in London, and share your own stories with us. 

Sew London Project will be running family friendly upcycling workshops during the day. Please bring your own old t-shirts to give them a new life. Workshops from 12-1 and 2.30-3.30. Booking required.

Free Tickets available through Eventbrite

East End Women's Museum is coming to Barking. Join us at our coffee morning to find out more about the museum, take a look at our designs with some coffee, tea and sweet treats. Share your own memories and tell us what you would like to see and do in the new museum.

Book a free ticket through Eventbrite

To celebrate the East End Women’s Museum coming to Barking, we are hosting a special tea party for local residents- grown ups only! Join us for some tea and parlour games and share your own memories. Tell us what you would like to see and do in the new museum. Hosted by Sadia Ur- Rehman. Booking in advance required.

Tickets can be booked through Eventbrite.  

Photo credits: Sadia Ur-Rehman

Toynbee Hall celebrates the 85th anniversary of this historic moment of community protest and solidarity. There will be archival material documenting the event, panel discussions and workshops that reflect on the Battle of Cable Street and what it means for the current struggles our communities face. Get a chance to meet other people, share food and spend time at Toynbee's historic halls.

EEWM will have a stall at the event to talk more about the women activists at the event, the museum's own beginnings on Cable Street and our plans for the new museum building

This event is free and open to the public but we do ask you to book in advance if you can.

Join us in our family friendly placard making workshop inspired by the unity and activism of local women, from suffragette Adelaide Knight to community-based anti-racist organisation Newham Monitoring Project. Design your own poster and tell us what you want to campaign for today!

Find us in the Oak Tent.

We’ll be at the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham’s 7th Annual Youth Parade Festival! The parade aims to celebrate young people’s contributions to the borough, as well as to inspire the next generation.

We will have a stall and would love to meet some of you, to talk more about women’s history, the representation of women and girls, and how we can best empower these voices.

Events and activities:

• line the streets and cheer on the parade

• join the celebratory event at Barking Park

• music and dance

• free inflatables and rides

• family fun and food

• find out about the groups, clubs and activities for young people in the borough

Founder and organiser of Newham Poetry Group, Sonia Quintero, gives a gentle introduction to poetry and creative writing. This workshop explores the power of words and images to re-create our inner world, with the emphasis in free verse.

Register for free tickets here.

Booking is essential. Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to remove participants who are found not to have booked a place for this session.

Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to remove participants who are disruptive to a session.

Join the museum team and architects, Manalo & White, in this online event to hear more about their exciting plans for the first dedicated women's museum in England.

In 2022 it will open in its first home, in Barking town centre, part of a new residential development between Barking Abbey and the River Roding. Barking and Dagenham is an apt home for the museum, with its rich history of remarkable women, including prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, last-living suffragette Annie Clara Huggett, and the Ford Dagenham strikers.

Over the course of the next year the museum will be working on designing and moving into this building, including researching previously hidden histories, establishing local partnerships, and asking people what they would like to see and do in the museum.

Tickets available here

Roundhouse Music Festival is part of the Becontree Forever programme, which celebrates the centenary of the Becontree Estate, the biggest housing estate in the UK. The event celebrates the rich musical history of the borough and the Roundhouse pub home to the Becontree Estate which has played host to some of the world’s most famous rock bands. It will include music, dance, exhibitions, international food stalls, tearoom, arena acts, family fun, rides and attractions.

Our project focuses on the Women and Girls of Becontree, as we explore women’s stories from past, present and future.

Come along and have a chat with us, and enjoy the festival!

Becontree 100 arts and music festival is part of the Becontree Forever programme, which celebrates the centenary of the Becontree Estate, the biggest housing estate in the UK. The festival promotes unity through the power of music and tell the story of the estate both past, present and future.

The free family event will include music, dance, exhibitions, international food stalls, tearoom, arena acts, family fun, rides and attractions.

Our project focuses on the Women and Girls of Becontree, as we explore women’s stories from past, present and future.

Come along and have a chat with us, and enjoy the festival!