Arts and Crafts
64 Million Artists are holding the January 2021 challenge: 31 days of creative challenges for each day of the month. In 2020, 30,000 people took part and over 98% said that it had a positive impact on their wellbeing. Click here to join the challenge.
Henna Asian Women’s Centre are continuing their Art, Freedom and Creativity course by post and online. They are welcoming new members, so please get in touch with Beenish or Sajida if you’d like to join in. They speak English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. You can reach them on the numbers below:
Beenish - 07519 953460 - working days Mon-Thurs (9-4:30)
Sajida - 07835 519368 - working day Tues & Fri (9-4:30)
North London Cares create a monthly #AloneTogether activity pack with creative weekly tasks to keep us all connected. Click here to get involved and find out more.
The Tate Gallery’s PLAY WITH COLLAGE encourages you to follow along with the video to make a collage portrait using bold shapes. Click here to find out more. Although aimed at children, many of our members enjoyed it.
Theatres, music and opera
Join the wonderful Songhaven for virtual concerts
What's on stage access to Stage shows, musicals and opera you can watch online now for free
National Theatre are showing free, full length plays for free every Thursday.
Royal London Opera House are offering free access to TV and radio broadcasts that people can enjoy anytime.
The Berlin Philharmonic access to a free playlist.
The Southbank Centre - What’s on Cultural Mix
Connecting Culture with Health
The Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance is a national membership organisation representing everyone who believes that creativity and cultural engagement can transform our health and wellbeing.
Reading
Age UK Camden book club
The Book Group is led by writer and journalist, Emily Rhodes. We discuss a new book each month, seeing a community of readers coming together to share ideas and express opinions. You can be as involved as you like, and some of you may want to read the book without joining the discussion – that’s fine too! Click here to find out how to get involved.
Camden Libraries
There is a wide variety of free online reading available, the digital library has thousands of e-books, e-audio books, e-magazines and e-newspapers available to existing and new members. Click here to access these amazing resources for free!
Writing
Our friends at Holborn Community Association are continuing their creative writing group by post! They're happy to post out writing exercises to anyone who would like them. If anyone would like to receive fortnightly writing exercises in the post, they can call Hazel on 07980 083297.
Specifically for people living with dementia & their carers
Aromatherapy, Sensory Touch and a Musical Quiz for people with Late-stage Dementia and their carers from Care Visions Healthy Ageing.
Join the wonderful Songhaven for virtual concerts on their YouTube channel!
Museums and galleries
Virtual tours of amazing museums and galleries are available, click the links below to explore these cultural institutions:
The British Museum
Explore 58,024,364 artworks, artefacts, books, films and music from European museums, galleries, libraries and archives
Pitt-Rivers Museum Introductory Guides (to the Museum and its artefacts)
From ancient Chinese ceramics to Alexander McQueen evening dresses, take an incredible journey through 5000 years of human creativity with the Victoria & Albert Museum’s online collections
Imperial War Museum Online
London Transport Museum Online
Did you know you can watch the Aurora Borealis from literally anywhere in the world? Northern Lights Live Cam - watch the Aurora Borealis | Explore.org
The National Gallery of Art has a number of exhibitions online.
Cooking
Epicurious is launching “Cooking Through it”, a set of 10 recipes that can be riffed on to fit whatever you have in the house. Cooking Through It is a guide to cooking with what you have, and inspiration for people who don’t know what to cook next (and don’t want another bowl of beans).
Online courses
Future Learn offers free online courses from Universities all over Europe. A few members of our team have done courses on here before and find them of very high quality. It’s something nice to lend a longer-term commitment to! Click here to see the full range of courses - you’ll be amazed by the variety!
Singing
The Sofa Singers is a twice-weekly online singing event from James Sills and team that brings hundreds of people together from around the world to spark joy and human connection. It’s free and happens on Zoom. Click here to find out more and join.