A to-do list (updated 11 August 2022)
- Dropin support at Mildmay Community Centre — every Wednesday afternoon.
- Wednesday 17 August will be a second financial support afternoon.
How to find Mildmay Community Centre
Location
- Woodville Rd, Mayville Estate, N16 8NA
- Bus to Newington Green stop: 21, 73, 141, 236, 341, 476.
- Bus to Matthias Road stop: 236.
- Nearest bus stop is the Matthias Rd 236 stop.
- Nearest rail: Dalston Kingsland.
- Google map – Mildmay CC
Our street map
The blue blobs show the position of bus stops. The pink line shows walking routes from the bus stops.
Derek Prince at Thingy Café
From 2006 until overwhelmed by illness, veteran digital volunteer Derek was the phone and mobile tech guru for older people.
Derek passed away Tuesday 19 July 2022.
Help make a Derek Prince episode for the podcast
Friday 12 August, 2 – 3:30 pm, at Thingy Café
We will make time at the next Friday afternoon podcast session (12 August) for anything you would like to say or remember about Derek.
Full details about podcast sessions are on this page at Popup Friday in Hackney Wick.
Tuesday 16 August, 2 – 3:30 pm, at Thingy Café
This is a brief event for people who knew, worked with or were helped by Derek Prince. We will use a corner of the Arbeit Studio gallery and the podcast studio — not the main café area.
Where is Thingy Cafe?
- Thingy Café, E9 5LD
- The entrance is in Chapman Road.
- Google map shortcut – Thingy Café
- Bus: 26, 30, 276, 339, 388, 488
- Rail: Hackney Wick
Popup Friday 12 August in Hackney Wick
Tell us a short story –
Community Podcast Studio, Friday 12 August, 2 to 3:30 pm
Tell us a short story — something you have done, something you know, or something you have seen — something real, not an opinion — from your past or happening right now. Out there on the Internet is a bunch of people who will be genuinely interested in your life in your own words.
This is the world of internet radio and podcasting, of which we already have some experience, eg- the pandemic-interrupted podcast project. It’s digital participation — and you won’t need any digital skills at all.
This popup is about you
We can use the new community podcast studio at Thingy Café in Hackney Wick. What is the best way for you to use it? Help us find out next Friday afternoon.
This is what you will find …
- The podcast studio is a professional setup – more advanced than anything we have used before, but also easy to understand and use.
- It’s quite small, but the door opens directly into the Thingy Café and the garden outside. The door will never be closed while we are using the studio, so whatever is going on inside can be connected to the people in the café and garden.
This is what you can do …
- Tell the world something about your life –
- or respond to somebody else’s story –
- or learn how you could use the studio yourself –
- or all of those things –
- or an idea of your own –
- or just hang out in the garden.
The weather & refreshments
- The outlook for next Friday is pleasantly warm outside, and pleasantly cool inside Thingy Café.
- We are working on a scheme to offer free refreshments at this project when it takes off — and we are almost that stage. Meanwhile Thingy Café prices are typical for the area.
Tell us you are coming
- There is plenty of space in Thingy Café and the garden outside. So this is not an event you have to sign up for.
- But you can tell us you are coming in an email to popup@50pd.uk
When
- Friday 12 August, 2 to 3:30 pm
Where
- Community Podcast Studio,
Thingy Café, Chapman Road, E9 5LD - The podcast studio is actually inside Thingy Café (entrance Chapman Road)
- Google map shortcut – Thingy Café
- Bus: 26, 30, 276, 339, 388, 488
- Rail: Hackney Wick
By the way
- Popup Fridays are not managed by MRS – Independent Living.