Latest Events in Wimbledon(February Updated)

Welcome to Celebrate Nature’s Gifts: Earth, Water, Fire, and Air ! This is more than just a gathering; it’s an opportunity to celebrate, find balance, ground and connect with like-minded souls. Join Ann Thatcher and Steph Edwards in Nature Spend 4 blissful mornings celebrating one of the four sacred elements that bring life. Each week, we’ll honour one element, just as our ancestors did many moons ago, deepening our connection to nature and its gifts. Join us for a transformative experience as we prepare and savour the sacred elixir of ceremonial cacao. This event is designed to foster connection and meaningful conversation about the element celebrated. What to Expect: Cleansing Ritual: As we enjoy our cacao, we'll cleanse our energy with its healing properties, enhanced by the pure waters of Caesar's Well. Creative Expression: Engage in meditation and creativity each week, along with storytelling that inspires and connects us. Each Week we will celebrate an Element of Nature. Celebratesavour Of course Weather Permitting Our gathering will take place outdoors, allowing us to fully embrace the elements. Please dress appropriately for the weather and come ready to immerse yourself in the magic of nature!. Celebrate the wonders of our planet with us! Information Source: Steph Edwards Natural Therapist | eventbrite

“ The film can be heisty, larky and madcap. It also comes wrapped up with metaphysics, economics and grief .” (Financial Times) A haunting film, with a strong vein of anarchic comedy, about our connections to the past and how the living feed off the dead, financially and emotionally. It combines Italian neorealism and the Gothic in a manner distinctive of Alice Rohrwacher’s cinema. “ La Chimera is a film that utterly occupies its own fictional space; it expresses its eccentric romance in its own fluent movie dialect. I was utterly captivated by this sad, lovelorn adventure. ” (Guardian) Information Source: Wimbledon Film Club | eventbrite

“ brims with genuine feeling ” (NY Times) Two Danish sisters take a coach trip to Paris - one of whom, Rose (Scandi noir icon Sofie Grabol), struggles with her mental health. This compassionate and often very funny comedy-drama, based on the experiences of writer-director Niels Arden Oplev’s sister, was a big hit at the Danish box office. “ Sofie Grabol shines in a moving drama about mental illness, intolerance and the healing power of family ” (Times) Information Source: Wimbledon Film Club | eventbrite

This July, Refugee Tales is walking for 5 days in solidarity with refugees, people seeking asylum, migrants, and people who have experienced immigration detention. Together, we are walking from Southwark to Wimbledon via Hackney, Muswell Hill, Kenton, and Brentford. Each evening, we will join with the local community to listen to the stories of people who have experienced immigration detention and enjoy live music from around the world. Information about Refugee Tales, the Walk of 2025, and links to other Evening Events can be found below. Please note, everyone who has booked a Full Walk Ticket or a Day Walk ticket on this day automatically has a place at this evening event. You do not need to book an additional ticket to attend the event. If you are unable to join us, please let Lara know (lara@gdwg.org.uk) so that we can give the space to someone else. Wimbledon Evening Event: Sunday 13th July Time: 5 pm Location: Merton Art Space, 35 Wimbledon Hill Road, Wimbledon, SW19 7QD Host: Niamh Cusack Music: Metronomes Steel Orchestra Tale: The Refugee's Tale by Patience Agbabi In conversation: Seth Kaitey and Stephen Collis Travel information for this evening event: Wimbledon Station is a 3 minute walk from Merton Art Space. Accessibility: The premises are fully accessible and are regularly used by those with wheelchairs, mobility scooters and disability aids. Please let Lara Bligh-Caplan know if you have any further requirements (lara@gdwg.org.uk). About Refugee Tales Since 2015, Refugee Tales walkers have been embarking on small and large scale walks in solidarity with refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and people who have been held in immigration detention . This year we are celebrating our 10 year annerversary! We have been met with kindness and hospitality every step of the way. Working in collaboration with migrants and those who have experienced the UK asylum system - and taking Chaucer’s great poem of journeying as a model - established writers and people with lived experience of detention share their tales with local communities at evening events . We also enjoy live performances from renowned musicians which never fail to get us up and dancing! The tales we tell are published in five volumes by Comma Press . Some have been written collaboratively with authors such as Ali Smith, Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah, Kamila Shamsie, Patrick Gale, and Bernardine Evaristo. Others are first-hand accounts told directly by the people who experienced them. In sharing these stories, Refugee Tales gathers and communicates experiences of migration and the reality of immigration detention in the UK. As we walk, we create a space in which the language of welcome is the prevailing discourse . The Walk of 2025 To find out more about this year's walk please go to our Refugee Tales website . Or to buy tickets click here. Other 2025 Evening Events - Hackney - Wednesday 9th July An evening of tales and short films. Click here to book. Muswell Hill - Thursday 10th July An evening of tales and jazz. Click here to book Kenton - Friday 11th July An evening of many voices. Click here to book Brentford - Saturday 12th July An evening of world music. Click here to book Information Source: Refugee Tales | eventbrite