Event Audience: Children
Love #reading and a good natter about #books?
Join our Hardbackers Book Chat! We’re a friendly group who meet on the first Wednesday of the month (mostly!) from 2pm to 3.15pm. We usually dive into fiction, but sometimes throw in a non-fiction gem for good measure.
You can join us in person at #Redbridge Central #Library or hop on via Teams — whatever works for you!
If joining us in-person at the library, you’re welcome to bring a drink in a covered cup – biscuits are provided.
Here are the 2025 dates and some of our exciting themes:
📅 8 January
📅 5 February – LGBT+ History Month
📅 5 March – Women’s History Month
📅 2 April
📅 7 May
📅 4 June
📅 2 July
📅 6 August – South Asian Heritage Month
📅 3 September
📅 1 October – Black History Month
📅 5 November
📅 3 December
Want more info or the Teams joining instructions? Drop us an email at library.information@visionrcl.org.uk and we’ll get you sorted.
Suitable for ages 16+
See you there!
Welcome to Wild Adventures, a bushcraft programme for 12-18 year olds, run by Tinder Sticks! Develop your outdoor confidence and skills by having fun at Hainault Forest.
Its cold and damp in the woods, how do we start a fire when all the wood is wet? Winter Survival skills at its finest!
Welcome to Forest Explorers, a bushcraft programme for 6-11 year olds, run by Tinder Sticks! Develop your outdoor confidence and skills by having fun at Hainault Forest.
Its cold and damp in the woods, how do we start a fire when all the wood is wet? Winter Survival skills at its finest!
To celebrate National Storytelling Week and LGBT+ History Month, join Cat & Hutch in this interactive storytelling of Oscar Wilde’s stories for children. Help the palace courtiers convince a Selfish Giant to let summer back to his garden, a Happy Prince deliver his jewels to the people of his city, and a Remarkable Rocket fly off into the sky, all in time for a very important royal wedding.
Cat & Hutch Storytellers bring children’s stories to life through interactive shows and workshops with the aim to encourage children to read for pleasure and use their imaginations to learn through play.
This event is part of our LGBT+ History Month celebrations.
Join author Robert Tregoning for a very special event about finding the bravery to be yourself and living in ALL the colours of the rainbow!
In Out of the Blue, Robert’s debut picture book, ONLY BLUE IS ALLOWED by Blue government demand. Anything that isn’t blue is banned. In a world where only one colour is allowed, will the boy in our story be brave enough to tell his dad he loves the colour yellow? And will they be able to defy the rules and create a world where EVERY colour is welcome?
Robert Tregoning studied at the Glasgow School of Art before leaping in to a career on the West End stage. He has appeared in stage shows including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes, and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda the Musical. As an LGBTQ+ writer, Robert hopes to help children and adults alike to accept and celebrate all that makes us uniquely ourselves.
Booking essential; tickets are free, or alternatively you can pre-purchase a signed copy of the book!
This event is part of our LGBT+ History Month celebrations.
Join picture book author Gareth Peter for a fun and interactive session based on his colourful and inclusive picture book My Mummies Built A Treehouse. He’ll be reading from his rainbow library of published books, and talking about his writing journey, family and dreams.
Building a treehouse is a big project. But when your mummies are there to help you, there’s nothing that can stop you!
Gareth Peter is the author of My Daddies! and Who Will You Meet on Santa Claus Street. He has written several musicals, including Bluebird, whose album has sold all over the world. He lives in Nottingham with his partner, two adopted children and two huskies.
Booking essential; tickets are free, or you can pre-purchase a signed copy of the book!
This event is part of our LGBT+ History Month celebrations.
Join us for an inspiring and creative goal-setting experience like no other! This Walk it Out Vision Board Workshop is your opportunity to:
🌟 Explore your ambitions
🎨 Express your creativity
💭 Visualise your best life
In the workshop, you’ll learn the basics of creating a physical vision board – a powerful tool to help you focus on your goals. With a collage of images, affirmations, and symbols, you’ll craft a vibrant representation of your aspirations, dreams, and desires.
🗓 Choose from two workshop dates
🖌 Most materials provided, but you can bring along any personal images or keepsakes to make your board uniquely yours!
👩🎨 Suitable for ages 16+
📍 Spaces are limited, so don’t miss out!
Let’s walk together towards your dreams!
About Walk it Out
Walk it Out is dedicated to empowering women and girls, helping them become the best version of themselves while boosting confidence and self-esteem.
Website: https://linktr.ee/Walk__it__out
Join us for a festive afternoon of Christmas enrichment making at Foxburrows Farm! Come along to make special “gifts” for our animals to enjoy on Christmas day. Using natural materials and treats, you’ll create exciting surprises for our furry and feathery friends to open.
No need to book – just drop in!
Join the Forest Education Ranger for a morning tour around Foxburrows Farm. Discover the animals that live here, and help our Farm Rangers by giving some of them their breakfast.
Starting before the Farm is open to the public, this tour will teach you about the animals that we have on the farm, including how some can help to manage the forest. There will also be the opportunity to feed some animals (please note that we cannot guarantee feeding specific animals)
The tour will last approximately 50 minutes. The tour will start promptly at 9am.
Visiting a farm is an enjoyable experience, but does carries a small risk of catching infection from animals or the environment, Particularly for those who are young, elderly, immunocompromised or pregnant. Health and safety information will be given at the start, or learn more here