Understanding Culture and Creativity in Walthamstow
In Walthamstow there is an active cultural and creative scene, which is supported by the highest concentration of arts and cultural venues in Waltham Forest, mostly located around Hoe Street. The Council has actively contributed to enhancing this offer with investment into the refurbishment of Soho Theatre Walthamstow (former Granada Cinema), William Morris Gallery and Fellowship Square.
Building on the momentum gathered with its designation as the first London Borough of Culture in 2019, there is a strong agenda for cultural growth across the borough, with an exciting number of small, medium or large-scale cultural and creative projects being implemented or supported since then.
The Council is now considering opportunities to further strengthen Walthamstow as a cultural and creative centre for the Borough. Our aim is to better understand and support the cultural and creative businesses and networks already existing in Waltham Forest and facilitate the development of new ones.
As we recognise each place is unique and people experience culture in different ways, we would like to start by listening and learning from all those who live, visit, work and play in our town centre. There are exciting new opportunities to further develop and complement Walthamstow’s current cultural attractions and we invite you to check all the opportunities to participate and share your views by 28 November (now extended to 5 December):
- Complete the survey for those who live, work or visit Walthamstow to help us understand more about your experience with culture and creativity in Walthamstow
- Complete the survey for Walthamstow creatives and venues if you are involved in making culture and creative activities happen in Walthamstow
- Show us on the map what's here and what's missing
- Use the Ideas board to share your ideas to celebrate culture and creativity
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We want to support, promote and celebrate culture in Walthamstow. What’s the single most important way to do this?
Give us your best ideas or give a ‘heart’ to other ideas you support.
For example, it might be an enterprise or venue that needs more support, something that you’ve seen somewhere else that you’d love to see in Walthamstow, or something that would make it easier to access culture in the town for particular people or groups.Please also feel free to comment on the ideas of others.
© London Borough of Waltham ForestView All Ideasover 1 year ago
The London Hackspace london.hackspace.org.uk , a collective of makers, repairers and tinkerers, are looking for new premises.
Is there anywhere in the Borough (2 - 3000 sq. ft) available to rent?
over 1 year ago
Oslo's public library that offers something for everyone
A place where you can find books – 450,000 of them – but also other offers and activities. The entire 3rd floor is dedicated to not only music, movies, comics and fairy tales, but also offers a wide range of loan-tools like 3D- and large format printers, sewing machines and podcast production tools from the extensive on-site workshop and studios. The library offers instruments, DJ equipment and sound-recording spaces, as well as a CD- and LP collection you can enjoy while visiting. You can also view movies in the basement-level in-house cinema or book the mini-cinema for a private family viewing
over 1 year ago
William Morris Monument for LBWF
William Morris is the unofficial patron saint of Walthamstow but outside of the gallery we dont have any momuments to the man who's amazing art and designs are still popular to this day. What if we had a sculpture of William Morris in the borough? We have a 3d model of Mr Morrises sculpture from the William Morris Gallery and have made plywood sculptures before, Imagine a 2m tall sculpture made of slices of wood.
