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It’s our first week of Summer programme at The P

It’s our first week of Summer programme at The Pippin! Today we have gardening club led by our brilliant artist gardener in residence, Deb! @msdmeanar
TOMORROW 👉👉 we have our continued project The Neighbourhood Pact, and this week, Kirrin will be joined by @nadinewilde_ as we embark on a collective banner to represent some key points from our Pact, our Ethos! Tomorrow, almost all of our team will work with neighbours, guided by Kirrin and Nadine!
(Swipe for some beautiful banner reference from Nadine!) 🌻🌞
A playful two-day workshop will use drawing, collage, and simple stitching techniques. With guidance from Kirrin, we’ll explore what helps us feel safe, welcome, and seen in our neighbourhood. Using colour and image-making, we’ll share our ideas and create individual patchwork pieces that will be joined together to make a large welcome banner for the new building!

Today we took a very special trip to the brick fac

🍽️ 🫑 Yesterday at Youth Club, our young pe

🍽️ 🫑 Yesterday at Youth Club, our young people met with chef Alex @nowtprint to begin planning the menu for their very first restaurant, PIP Kitchen!

Opening on 11th August, PIP Kitchen will welcome our Single Mothers United Together group from the neighbourhood for its first dining experience.

The team sampled a range of delicious foods, including some incredible infusions created by Alex, before getting stuck into designing a snack, starter, main and dessert. 🤫 No spoilers... but we can promise it's going to be absolutely delicious!

It was fantastic to see everyone so engaged and creative, experimenting with flavours while thinking carefully about guests who may not enjoy spicy food or who have different dietary needs. Most importantly, they wanted to create dishes that are fun, full of flavour, and celebrate their own cultural heritage.

We can't wait to share more as PIP Kitchen comes to life over the next couple of weeks.

👨‍🍳 #PIPKitchen #YouthVoiceMatters #Stoke

Here's what's on over the next fortnight at PIP! ☀️ We're looking forward to working with @msdmeanar and Deb Jackson on Saturday and to make some delicious cordials from natural plants and herbs! We've also had a visit to @ketleybrick this morning and started to plan the menu with youth club for our first PIP Kitchen restaurant with @nowtprint.

This Week:

🫑 Tuesday 14th July
🕓 4.00 - 5.30pm
PIP Kitchen Menu Planning at The Pippin

⛹️‍♀️ Wednesday 15th July
🕓 8.30am–12.30pm
Trip to Ketley Brick

🌱 Saturday 18th July
🕓 1 - 3pm
Gardening Club Cordial Workshop at The Pippin

🏀 Saturday 18th July
🕒 3.00–4.30pm
Sports at the Park

Next Week:

🌱 Tuesday 21st July
🕖 12pm - 4pm
HAF Gardening Club at The Pippin

⛹️‍♀️ Tuesday 21st July
🕓 4.00–5.30pm
Youth Club at The Pippin

🫟 Wednesday 22nd July
🕓 12 - 4pm
Ethos Mono Printing Workshop at The Pippin

🫟Thursday 23rd July
🕖 12 - 4pm
HAF Ethos Banner Making Workshop at The Pippin

🪑 Saturday 25th July
🕖 10am - 1pm
Upholstery Workshop at ACAVA

🏀 Saturday 25th July
🕒 3.00–4.30pm
Sports at the Park

Have a lovely week!