The Makers' Network...what's it all about and how can YOU get involved? This nationwide network provides a platform for Fun Palace Makers and people who work in the cultural and community sectors to address systems change and shape the future of our movement. www.tickettailor.com/events/funpa...

Want to know more about how to make events like Fun Palaces more accessible? You can now book a 30 minute 1:1 online with Faith, the Fun Palaces Access Consultant. To book please email hello@ funpalacesco.uk and put “Access Session Booking Request” in the subject.

Join us for the launch of 13th Fun Palaces Weekend Tue 14 Apr 2026, 9.30-10.30am Church St Library, 67 Church St, Edgware Rd, London NW8 8EU www.tickettailor.com/events/funpa...

The Fun Palaces Makers’ Network is your space to meet fellow Makers and shape the future of Fun Palaces. The next meeting is exactly a week away. There are three ticket options available - Maker Day Rate Covered Maker Uncovered Community Sector Supporter www.tickettailor.com/events/funpa...

Creative Voices, Activist Voices is headed to Bromley (Kent) and this month, starting with the exhibition launch event this Saturday. You can meet the research team, take part in some creative activities, and express your own call for justice. Free refreshments. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-v...

🔔🔔Get the ding of fresh news from Fun Palaces straight into your inbox every week! Opportunities, updates on where the Support Hub team will be, workshops, useful connections to other community organisations and more! Subscribe on the Fun Palaces website now funpalaces.co.uk/news/newslet... 📥

Do you want a physical copy of the Fun Palaces Impact Report? 📖 Oder your copy and receive your copy in the post. 📫 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Makers have taken Fun Palaces up and down the UK and back again. 🗺 In all manner of venue - including online, the Makers have truly created a national campaign! Where have you attended a Fun Palace?? Read the full Fun Palaces Impact Report - funpalaces.co.uk/wp-content/u...

Fun Palaces Executive Producer (and Luton Fun Palace Maker) Orla Nicholls breaks down findings from the Fun Palaces Impact Report and the Centre for Cultural Value’s report on measuring cultural vitality in the UK. Read the full blog: funpalaces.co.uk/everyday-cul...

Grants For Community Organisations To Cover Essential Costs The Boring Fund helps small non-profit organisations (based in the UK) cover some of the boring costs that keep them running. Applications opened on November 2025, all grants are worth £200. www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund

Everyone really is an artist. Through case studies, stories, research and more, the Fun Palaces Impact Report highlights the impact the Makers have had on the creative lives of their neighbours, friends and families. Read the full report - funpalaces.co.uk/wp-content/u...

🚩 Fun Palace Alert! The Joy Studio: Exploring Creative Play for Adults Fun Palace 📍 Coventry 📆⌚ Thu 13 Nov, 12pm-3pm 🏰 Allesley Park Library, Whitaker Road, Coventry, UK . An open, creative space for adults to reconnect with their sense of play and imagination. funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/t...

10 Years of Stories, Facts and Figures. Read the Fun Palaces Impact Report 📖 📊 The Impact Report 2025 shares the stories, facts, figures and, most importantly, the impact of the Makers, Ambassadors and partner organisations and the legacy YOU have built. funpalaces.co.uk/everyday-cul...

NEW BLOG! Communities – How Culture Connects Us! - By Rachel, Fun Palaces Producer Read the full blog now funpalaces.co.uk/communities-... Photo credit Roswitha Chesher

JOIN THE FUN PALACES TEAM! Applications are still open for the DEI & Anti-racism and Accessibility Consultant roles with the Fun Palaces Support Hub team. Applications close on 7 November. funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palaces-... funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palaces-... Photo credit Roswitha Chesher

Creative Voices, Activist Voices is headed to artsdepot on 17-31 October 2025, a collaborative project between Fun Palaces and Dr Katy Pilcher of Aston University. www.artsdepot.co.uk/exhibition/c...

📢Fun Palaces Are Hiring! Applications are open for an Access Consultant and an DEI and Anti-racism Consultant. 📅The application deadline is Friday 7 November. Full job details are available on the Fun Palaces website funpalaces.co.uk/news/ Photo credit Sean Pollock.

Ware's the Fun Palace went intergalactic for #FunPalaces weekend with an out-of-this-world pop-up planetarium! 🌍🚀🌌 This is what community-led culture looks like: playful, curious, and full of stars — both in the sky and among the Makers. 🌟

🎉 Happy Birthday, Joan Littlewood! 🎉 Today we celebrate the incredible legacy of Joan Littlewood: radical theatre-maker, cultural trailblazer, and the original visionary behind the idea of #FunPalaces. Here’s to Joan, the mother of modern theatre and the spark behind it all.

Who says you can't have an evening #FunPalace? 🌙💃 Last night we visited Margate for the Ark Cliftonville Ceilidh — and what a night it was! So much energy, joy, and connection in one room. A true celebration of community and creativity! Wishing all makers a wonderful #FunPalaces Sunday.

Phew - what a Saturday! Lloads going on across the country - from hula hooping and community tapestries to morris dancing and community cafes - makers everywhere are sharing their skills and passion with their local communities. Find a #FunPalace near you: funpalaces.co.uk/find-a-fun-p...

Fun Palaces Weekend 2025 is here! 🎉🎪 However big or small, your Fun Palace is already a success - in the ideas, laughter, and connections. ❤️ 📍Find one near you: funpalaces.co.uk/find-a-fun-palace Tag us & use #FunPalaces to share the joy! Have a brilliant weekend!

Nearly there!!! Good luck to all you amazing Fun Palace Makers this weekend. From our small (and cardboard-filled) HQ, we’re sending love + luck your way ✨ You’re brilliant for saying YES - we’re cheering you on every step of the way! Have a fabulous weekend, Amie, Orla, Ria, Rachel & Chama

TOMORROW the Fun Palaces Weekend begins! 🎉🎪❤️ From singing to science, storytelling to sewing, Fun Palaces Weekend 2025 is nearly here and they’re everywhere! Wherever you are, you’re part of something joyful, local and national. 💥 Let's do this!
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2 days to go until Fun Palaces Weekend 3-5 October 2025! 🎪 We’re nearly there and the buzz is real! 🎉 Fun Palaces are all about you sharing your skills, connecting with others, and celebrating what’s already great in your community 📍 Find one near you and drop in: funpalaces.co.uk/find-a-fun-p...

The Fun Palaces Weekend 2025 is THIS weekend: 3-5 October, and what wonderful Fun Palaces there are across the UK and beyond! 📍 Take a look at the map and visit a Fun Palace near you: funpalaces.co.uk/find-a-fun-p... There's plenty of activities for everyone...👇🏽

Only 3 days to go until Fun Palaces Weekend! 🎉🎪 The countdown is on and the map is filling up fast ❤️ On the map there’s already community films, local history talks, a ceilidh, rushworking, a pop-up planetarium and so much more! 🔗 There’s still time to take part: funpalaces.co.uk 📸 Helen Murray

What an amazing Weekend Kick-Off Party!! 🎉🎈 Thank you to everyone who came along. We had an awesome time hearing about what's happening at YOUR Fun Palaces ❤️ Whatever happens on the day, you've already made the Fun Palace: it's the cups of tea, conversations and planning. Best of luck! 🎪

"Creating opportunities for us to come together, and be in person are one part of the puzzle in countering this polarisation." 💬 Our latest blog explores how Fun Palaces bridge divides & spark joy. It’s not too late to join in! 🎉 🔗 funpalaces.co.uk/bringing-com...

4 days to go until Fun Palaces Weekend 3-5 Oct 2025! 🎉🎪✨ From small spaces to big venues, Fun Palaces are being made across the UK, and the creativity is amazing! ❤️ There's still time to join in: 📍 Add your pin 🎨 Use the Toolkit 🤝 Celebrate local skills 🔗 funpalaces.co.uk

Now just 5 days to go until the Fun Palaces Weekend 3-5 Oct 2025!!! It’s so wonderful seeing all the Fun Palaces popping up across the UK! But it’s not too late to create a Fun Palace in your local area - why not make a Tiny Fun Palace? 🔗 funpalaces.co.uk 📸 Roswitha Chesher

Creative Voices, Activist Voices in Blackburn! ❤️ 📍 The Bureau Centre, Blackburn | 16 Sept–5 Oct | FREE Discover how creativity fuels social change through stories & objects from UK communities. ✊ Join us Sat 4 Oct, 1-4pm for placard-making. Come create & share your call for justice!

1 week to go until Fun Palaces Weekend 3-5 October 2025 🎉🎪 There’s still time to get involved! 📍 Stick your pin on the map 👫 Connect with people near you ✨ Make a Tiny Fun Palace! Explore the Fun Palaces Makers Toolkit and join a movement of connection, creativity & culture. ❤️ 📸 Roswitha Chesher

The pre-weekend party is around the corner, but you’ve still got time to join in! 👇🏽 🎉 ❤️ 🗓️ Tues 30 Sept | 🕐 1:00 - 1:35 PM | 💻 On Zoom

🎉 #FunPalaces are popping up across #Cornwall! 🎨 Big Door, Bright Ideas: Help reimagine their door with colour and #creativity 🎶 Organised Atoms: Turn minerals into music 🖍️ Community Colouring For All: Add to a giant sheet This is what Fun Palaces are all about: local people coming together ❤️

If you're in #Sydenham, you have a wonderful #FunPalace at Sydenham Centre on Saturday 4th October! 👇🏽

10 days until the #FunPalaces Weekend 3 - 5 October 2025!! 🎉 All you need is a time and a place where you can share what you love with your local community - along with thousands of others across the UK. ❤️ Put your Fun Palace on the map now: funpalaces.co.uk/create Photo credit: Helen Murray

Did you know one of the original sites for Joan & Cedric’s 1960s Fun Palace was on the Isle of Dogs? 🎪 This year, Trapped in Zone One, brings a Fun Palace nearby!! Join their Alpona workshop, celebrating a traditional Bangladeshi art form. They have patterns to guide you, and space to create.

✨ Tiny is mighty! ✨ Thinking about making a #FunPalace but not sure where to start - or wondering if it's too late? Spoiler: it's not! 💡 Get inspired and find out how easy it is to get involved in the latest blog:
 funpalaces.co.uk/tiny-is-migh... ❤️ Make a Fun Palace: funpalaces.co.uk/create

In just 2 weeks, the #FunPalaces Weekend 3-5 October 2025 will be here! 🎉 Join our movement. Create your own Fun Palace and connect with people in your area. 💻 Make a Fun Palace - it's not too late: funpalaces.co.uk/create 📸 Renoir Saulter at Manor Park Library Fun Palace with Iroko Theatre

Fun Palaces are all about community, arts, sciences, and play - and Worksop Library Fun Palace is bringing all that and more on Saturday 4th October 2025, from 10am to 3pm! 🧪🎨 🔗 Find out more: funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/w... 📍 Put your Fun Palace on the map: funpalaces.co.uk/create/

🎉 Let’s kick off Fun Palaces weekend 2025 early... Join our Kick-Off Party: 🗓️ Tues 30 Sept | 🕐 1-1:35 PM | 💻 Zoom If your Fun Palace is on the map, this celebration is for you! 💫 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/funpa... 🗺️ Still planning your Fun Palace?
 Add it to the map: funpalaces.co.uk/create

🎉 Creative Voices, Activist Voices is now at The Bureau, Blackburn! 📍 5 Exchange St, BB1 7JN 📅 16 Sept – 5 Oct 🎟️ Free Entry Discover how culture creates change, through stories, photos & objects from Fun Palaces Makers across the UK: funpalaces.co.uk/about-fun-pa... 📸 Roswitha Chesher

It is (just under) 3 Weeks to go until the Fun Palaces Weekend! How’s it going? Who’s excited? Fun Palaces have been popping up on the map over the weekend. Is yours on there yet? If you’d like to create some positive ripples in your community this October, it’s by no means too late to join in!

If you're in #Swansea, you have a fabulous #FunPalace at Oxfam Castle Street on the 4th October. (And they have some other great stuff happening for #FairtradeFortnight - check it out!)

Newham Libraries Fun Palaces are back! 🎉 From eco crafts to henna, macramé, chess & stories, all libraries across Newham will be buzzing with creativity. Join the fun 3–5 Oct - create, connect, celebrate! 📍 Put your Fun Palace on the map & find your nearest one: funpalaces.co.uk

“It’s the moment where we (collectively) shout from the rooftops that arts, sciences and culture belong to us all, and can look how we want them to” 💡 Learn why Fun Palaces matter in our recent blog: funpalaces.co.uk/one-month-to... ❤️ Join in on the weekend: funpalaces.co.uk/create/

🎉 Fun Palaces are free local celebrations of arts, science & community. Anyone can make one! Share skills, connect, and have fun in a park, library, your front room or street. No experience needed. 🔗 Sign up: funpalaces.co.uk/create/ 💡 More info: funpalaces.co.uk/about-fun-pa...

There's one month to go until the Fun Palaces weekend 🎉 From 3 - 5 October (or whenever works for you), turn any space into a Fun Palace! 📮 Register and receive a free pack of promotional materials: funpalaces.co.uk/create/ 🔗 Discover how you can join in: funpalaces.co.uk/one-month-to...

Two amazing Welsh Fun Palaces are coming up during the Fun Palaces 2025 October weekend - and you’re invited! 1. Fairtrade Fun Palace: Learn about Fairtrade through creativity 2. Cwm Garw Fun Palace: Loads of fun for all ages 📍 Put your Fun Palace on the map: funpalaces.co.uk/create/