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On Thursday 6th August, our youth group and youth

Good morning from everyone at PIP, here's what we'

Good morning from everyone at PIP, here's what we've got on over the next couple of weeks.

PLEASE NOTE: There will be no Youth Club on the 11th August due to the PIP Kitchen event and no Sports on 22nd August due to Just So Festival.

We have partnered with the @hubbfoundation who have offered us a number of HAF (Holidays and Food) sessions across our summer programme. On Tuesdays and Thursdays only from the 21st July - 13th August, our sessions will include a free lunch provided by @theslamwichclub , Stoke, for every child who attends (up to 20 children and on a first come first served basis). Food will be served around 12pm. Because these are funded sessions, we will need to take a register of all attendees on the day.

Thank you @renton0 for the photographs used on this post 🙂

This week:

🥙 Tuesday 11th August
⏰️ 1 - 4pm
📍 PIP Kitchen Prep at The Pippin (HAF session with free lunch provided by Slamwich)

🥙 Tuesday 11th August
⏰️ 5 - 6.30pm
📍 PIP Kitchen Dining with S.M.U.T at The Pippin (limited spaces so book your place soon!)

🚒 Thursday 13th August
⏰️ 12 - 4pm
📍 Services Day at The Pippin (HAF session with free lunch provided by Slamwich)

🥳 Saturday 15th August
⏰️ 12 - 4pm
📍 Summer Party at The Pippin

Next week:

🌻 Tuesday 18th August
⏰ 1 - 3pm
📍 Gardening Club at The Pippin

🤾🏾‍♂️ Tuesday 18th August
⏰ 4 - 5.30pm
📍 Youth Club at The Pippin

🎉 Friday 21st August
⏰ Evening
📍 Just So Festival at Rode Hall Estate

🎉 Saturday 22nd August
⏰ All Day
📍 Just So Festival at Rode Hall Estate

🎉 Sunday 23rd August
⏰ All Day
📍 Just So Festival at Rode Hall Estate

#summerholidays #Stoke

On Saturday as part of Gardening Club led by our a

On Saturday as part of Gardening Club led by our artist gardener @msdmeanar we were excited to open the moth trap lit the night before. Young neighbour Emily led a creative session to document the moths as bead keyrings. Then we continued drawings towards our Portland Pattern! @katrinawilde worked with Rebecca to observe with neighbours and draw from our natural landscape, as we work with neighbours to generate illustrations celebrating Portland Street’s nature. The pattern we create will be screenprinted on textile and used by our upholstery group for stools, furniture and soft furnishings in the building 🌞🌱🐛

On Monday 27th July, our Gardener in Residence, @m

On Monday 27th July, our Gardener in Residence, @msdmeanar, led a community tidy-up of our secret garden. The hot summer weather has unfortunately taken its toll on the grass, while encouraging nettles and brambles to flourish. A thick layer of dried cleavers had also spread across the space like a carpet.

As Deb is making paper from nettles, we started by harvesting those. We then cleared one of the large planters at the back of the garden before turning our attention to cutting back the brambles, raking away the dried cleavers and creating clear pathways throughout the space. We also left a few "wild" islands to encourage biodiversity and provide habitats for wildlife.

After all our hard work, we enjoyed a well-earned chippy lunch together while admiring the transformation. We can't wait to start using this beautiful space for some of our activities!

A huge thank you to all the volunteers who came along and lent a hand, we couldn't have done it without you!