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Fun Palaces workshops are this week! Join us to craft, connect and share stories. Submit your story to our Story FUNd campaign — one of our pro performers may create a bespoke audio recording. Book your spot: funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/s... #FunPalaces
October 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Only 2days to go until #FunPalaces and our #MedwayFunPlace trail maps have arrived. Join us on 3/10 across FIVE brilliant locations for FREE family arts & science fun!!

#Medway #Chatham #Arts #Science #STEAM #STEM
October 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Finish the week creatively—join our online Fun Palaces workshops to explore story, imagination and play. Sign up: funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/s...

Support StoryFUNd: send a story, have it performed and get an audio keepsake: www.speechbubbles.org.uk/storyfundsto...
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September 30, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Medway Fun Palaces Trail is just ONE WEEK away!
Nucleus Arts and our fantastic partners for a 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 day packed with art, science, creativity, discovery and hands-on fun

👉 Plan your Fun Palace trail and find out more: www.nucleusarts.com/fun-palace

#MedwayFunPalaces #FunPalaces #Medway
September 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Give people time and space to create—what happens? As part of our Story FUNd campaign, we’re teaming with Fun Palaces to offer free online creative writing workshops. Open to everyone, no experience needed. Sign up: funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/s... #StoryFUNd #FunPalaces
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JOIN OUR MOVEMENT 2 - 4 OCTOBER 2026
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September 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Yesterday while wandering in town, Eric tumbled into a Fun Palace. He expected lap dancing but instead learned how to cross-stitch, weave & develop his inner artist.

Today there is a seminar on 'Crochet Means Hook' so he'll no longer call the implement a crochet hook. #FunPalaces #NewAlanBennetts
October 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Ware's the Fun Palace went intergalactic for #FunPalaces weekend with an out-of-this-world pop-up planetarium! 🌍🚀🌌

This is what community-led culture looks like: playful, curious, and full of stars — both in the sky and among the Makers. 🌟
A close up photo of a n inflatable door. Above the door is some text reading: Stellar Portal Photo taken from inside the planetarium. Image shows a group of people looking up at Saturn and stars. A photo of the pop-up planetarium taken at a wide angle. It is situated outside in a green space. There is a small crowd of people of all ages huddled around the entrance. AN image of three painted pebbles. They all say 'Fun Palaces' on them.
October 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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🎉 Happy Birthday, Joan Littlewood! 🎉

Today we celebrate the incredible legacy of Joan Littlewood: radical theatre-maker, cultural trailblazer, and the original visionary behind the idea of #FunPalaces.

Here’s to Joan, the mother of modern theatre and the spark behind it all.
October 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Who says you can't have an evening #FunPalace? 🌙💃

Last night we visited Margate for the Ark Cliftonville Ceilidh — and what a night it was! So much energy, joy, and connection in one room. A true celebration of community and creativity!

Wishing all makers a wonderful #FunPalaces Sunday.
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October 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Fun Palaces Weekend 2025 is here! 🎉🎪

However big or small, your Fun Palace is already a success - in the ideas, laughter, and connections. ❤️

📍Find one near you: funpalaces.co.uk/find-a-fun-palace

Tag us & use #FunPalaces to share the joy! Have a brilliant weekend!
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October 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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🎉 #FunPalaces are popping up across #Cornwall!

🎨 Big Door, Bright Ideas: Help reimagine their door with colour and #creativity
🎶 Organised Atoms: Turn minerals into music
🖍️ Community Colouring For All: Add to a giant sheet

This is what Fun Palaces are all about: local people coming together ❤️
Map of Cornwall with three red pins. Red labels highlighting the Fun Palaces: Big Door, Bright Ideas Fun Palace, Organised Atoms Fun Palace, and Community Colouring For All. Fun Palace. At the top white text on a blue background reads Cornwall's Fun Palaces. At the bottom left is a red triangle with text reading 3-5 October 2025, and to the right is the fun palaces logo. Picture of a blue door with fading paint. Picture of a hand holding a rock in front of a board with an electrical circuit. Photo of a woman in the Cornish Life Museum holding an artefact demonstrating embroidered fabric which is framed.
September 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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10 days until the #FunPalaces Weekend 3 - 5 October 2025!! 🎉

All you need is a time and a place where you can share what you love with your local community - along with thousands of others across the UK. ❤️

Put your Fun Palace on the map now: funpalaces.co.uk/create

Photo credit: Helen Murray
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September 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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In just 2 weeks, the #FunPalaces Weekend 3-5 October 2025 will be here! 🎉

Join our movement. Create your own Fun Palace and connect with people in your area.

💻 Make a Fun Palace - it's not too late: funpalaces.co.uk/create

📸 Renoir Saulter at Manor Park Library Fun Palace with Iroko Theatre
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September 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Looking through the archives, we came across this article written in 2017 from Lancaster Fun Palace Maker, Aliki Chapple - it still resonates now: funpalaces.co.uk/15936-2/

❤️ "One way to fight hate is #FunPalaces...Local, grassroots, for, by, and about everyone. Radically inclusive. Neighbourly."
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As we approach Fun Palaces weekend – the office getting more and more frenetic, emails flying everywhere, people all over the UK and beyond working with their community to create together – we were…
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August 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Join our last free workshop of the year!

Learn how you can create a Fun Palace this October, put your community on the Fun Palaces map, and celebrate community-led culture. It's never too late to get involved!

🗓 Thursday 4 September
🕙 1 - 1:35pm
📍 Online
🎟️ buytickets.at/funpalaces/1...
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August 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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You can now make Tiny Fun Palaces with just a few neighbours, without giving your address away!

Exec Producer Orla Nicholls gave the Tiny Fun Palace a test run with her family, sharing her experience in our latest Maker story ❤️

Read her story at linktr.ee/funpalaces under “Fun Palaces Maker Story”
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July 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Glasgow friends!

Want to create a FREE community event that celebrates local creativity, science & connection?

Join our #FunPalaces Workshop 👇

Mon 7 July 6–8pm
The Pyramid at Anderston
Free & open to all

Book your free spot → www.tickettailor.com/events/funpa...

Image © The Pyramid
July 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Whether you’re:
• a first-timer,
• planning your fifth Fun Palace, or
• just wondering if you could make one (spoiler: yes, you can!) - this 35-minute session is for YOU.

Hear from past Makers and the Fun Palaces staff team. Get fresh ideas, top tips, and a big boost of encouragement.

#FunPalaces
June 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Back for their 3rd Fun Palace, Charlton House & Library is bursting with creativity and connection this October!

This is what #CulturalDemocracy looks like 🙌

Get more details here 🔗 funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/charlton-house-library-fun-palace-3

#FunPalaces
Charlton House Library Fun Palace
JOIN OUR MOVEMENT 3 - 5 OCTOBER 2025
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June 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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💻 Want to make a Fun Palace but not sure where to start?

Our FREE online workshops will help you dream big, plan well, share widely - and let your community’s creativity shine.

RSVP & full details: funpalaces.co.uk/1000-tiny/wo...

#FunPalaces
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Two people are sitting at a table looking at a laptop screen. The person on the left has short grey hair, glasses, and is wearing a dark jacket with a colourful lanyard and name tag. The person on the right has long brown hair with bangs, glasses, and is wearing a mustard yellow jumper with arms crossed. On the table are a laptop, an Epson projector, two reusable coffee cups with green lids, a large roll of blue paper towel, a smartphone, papers, and some cables. In the background are wooden beams, yellow plaster walls, a window with diamond panes, and various supplies.
June 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Meet others, spark ideas, and explore how to celebrate local skills and stories.

Book your place: httphttps://funpalaces.co.uk/1000-tiny/workshops/

#FunPalaces
June 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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During #RefugeeWeek, we’re remembering this beautiful Fun Palace from 2021 at @AthensComicsLibrary 💫

In their Baytna Hub, families came together to play, create, and celebrate community. A warm, welcoming space full of care and connection.

#FunPalaces #RefugeeWeek2025

Photo credit Dina Ntziora
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June 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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🎥 What is a Fun Palace?

Hear from the brilliant people making them happen - in libraries, parks, cafes, and communities like yours.

It’s about sharing skills, sparking joy, and building connection - no experience needed.

Make your own Fun Palace this 3–5 October! funpalaces.co.uk
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June 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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🎈 On this #InternationalDayOfPlay, we're celebrating the radical power of fun.

Play isn't a luxury - it's a force for connection, creativity & community change.

Read how #FunPalaces turn celebration into revolution → funpalaces.co.uk/from-celebra...
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People of different ages and backgrounds sit around a table playing and learning chess at a Fun Palaces event. A small sign on the table reads “Learn Chess.” There are chess boards, mugs, and a plate with a slice of cake visible. The atmosphere appears focused and welcoming, with shelves of books in the background.
June 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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📍 In #Sheffield? Want to bring people together through creativity and community?

Join our free Fun Palaces Maker Workshop with RivelinCo on Friday 13 June, 2pm - 4pm at Hillsborough Park Pavilion.

Everyone welcome—no experience needed!

More info → rivelinco.org/whats-on/fun...
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Fun Palaces Maker Workshop: North Sheffield – RivelinCo
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June 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM