Hosting a Climate-Friendly Fun Palace in Your Community
At its heart, a Fun Palace is a celebration of creativity, community, and culture, made by the people, for the people. This grassroots movement empowers everyone to share their skills, passions, and local knowledge in…
On that very first Fun Palaces weekend in 2014, no one quite knew what was going to come out of it; the invitation was to make a Fun Palace to celebrate Joan Littlewood’s centenary –…
Fun Palaces Communications and Marketing Manager – applications now open
We’re recruiting for our new Communications & Marketing Manager… If your answer to all these questions is yes – you are probably the person we need! We are looking for a Communications and Marketing Manager…
Creative Voices, Activist Voices exhibition on tour! 30 May – 1 June 2025 Fun Palaces producer Rachel travelled with Dr Katy Pilcher, a sociologist from Aston University and the Creative Voices, Activist Voices partner, on…
Fun Palaces don’t have to be big and shiny, perfect, polished or expensive. They’re not fêtes or festivals, they are tiny revolutions of connection between people (sometimes on a large scale), while sharing an activity.…
I remember, some 12 years ago now (back in my days as a Fun Palace Maker), the original Fun Palaces staff team heading out on the road to deliver Fun Palaces workshops up and down…
From Celebration to Revolution: When Fun Becomes a Force for Social Change
Ria Patel joined Fun Palaces as the co-ordinator in January this year. They are passionate about diversity, meaningful inclusion and fostering belonging. As Fun Palace Makers know, there is much more to Fun Palaces than…
What Our Communities Are Crying Out For: Voices from the Creative Riots
Across the UK, communities are speaking loudly – but is anyone listening? The recent local elections sent a clear message: people are voting for change (or not voting at all) because they feel unheard and…
Fun Palaces Director Amie Taylor writes about how Fun Palace events are getting more accessible. I’m writing this between two launch events, where we’re sharing all of the new things happening at Fun Palaces. It’s…
I’m sitting in the Fun Palaces office amidst bunting, boxes, posters and general chaos, which can only mean one thing – the Fun Palaces weekend is almost upon us. This is your annual reminder that…
Ahead of the Fun Palaces Weekend in October 2024, the team behind Make and Chat Mondays Fun Palace invited our Director Amie Taylor to join their planning meeting at the Telegraph Hill Centre, Southeast London. It’s…
In 2023, the Centre for Cultural Value awarded Fun Palaces a grant from the Collaborate Fund to explore the radical potential that cultural participation might unlock wider civic activism. We want to know if finding…