Every year, we get very excited about the Newport Pagnell Carnival – the biggest and longest-running carnival in the MK area. Our Craft Workshop has been working very hard on the costumes for the carnival again this year. The theme for 2025 is Carnival Tells a Story, and our team has thoughtfully selected several fairy...
Midsummer Place is again running its Christmas Tree Festival community initiative that gives local organisations a unique chance to sponsor their own Christmas tree on the mall to support charities. Shakespeare Martineau, one of our corporate partners, has sponsored one of the 20 available trees and asked our residents to make the decorations. Our clever and...
We welcomed artist Muna Ally to our first ‘art in residency’ program in July 2024. Muna graduated in Surface Design from the University of the Arts in London and is a photographer and ceramist. Muna delivered mono-printing sessions to our Pottery Workshop, and our participants explored different textures while making prints and created their own...
Well, that’s our Handmade Craft & Food Fair done for another year! We want to thank everyone, from visitors to stall holders, staff and residents, for such a fantastic event. This year, the Mayor of Milton Keynes, Councillor Marie Bradburn, opened the event, which raised £5200 to support our charity! This year, we had fewer...