Author: Orla Nicholls

Date: 06/11/2025 By: Orla Nicholls

Everyday Culture, Measured

Read all about a decade of Fun Palaces in the new Impact Report. Over ten years, Fun Palaces has evolved from a bold idea to a quietly radical national (and international) network.

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Date: 30/10/2025 By: chama

In: News

Communities – How Culture Connects Us!

Coming together through creative and cultural events has demonstrated time and time again that one of the most valuable ways to connect is sharing what we love with others. Fun Palaces are all about this, generating hubs of curiosity and creativity, where everyone’s invited to come together

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Date: 04/10/2025 By: amietaylor

In: News

Five Ways to Wellbeing

It’s Fun Palaces weekend!!! I’m writing this on a train to Rotherham, where I’ll be visiting Riverside Library Fun Palace. Then onto Blackburn, Preston and Lancaster to visit Fun Palaces and their Makers. This weekend,…

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Date: 29/09/2025 By: amietaylor

In: News

Bringing Communities Together

This weekend thousands of people will come together in their communities across the UK to make Fun Palaces, and it’s not too late for you to either. The Fun Palaces Weekend is a great excuse to…

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Date: 18/09/2025 By: Orla Nicholls

In: News

Tiny is mighty… It’s not too late to make a Fun Palace!

The Fun Palaces Weekend of Celebration is almost here and yes, you can absolutely still join in. Whether it’s a handful of neighbours round a kitchen table or a quick online skill-share through Whatsapp, tiny…

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Date: 05/09/2025 By: riapatel

In: News

One month to go – Join in on Fun Palaces Weekend

What are you doing on Friday the 3rd October? Or Saturday 4th or Sunday 5th? A month from now, we will be welcoming in the 12th annual weekend of Fun Palaces action. A free, nationwide…

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Photo of people gathering in a large room, wither sitting on sofas or standing. There's a person at the microphone. In the room is a chandelier, fairy lights, and love and care are written on the walls.

Date: 29/08/2025 By: riapatel

In: News

Convention on the Fate of Britain

Some Fun Palaces Makers, along with some of Fun Palaces Support Hub Team will attend the Fate of Britain Convention in London, which follows a successful first Fête of Britain gathering in Manchester in 2024.…

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Picture of Tamasin making an umbrella with arts materials in the foreground

Date: 12/08/2025 By: riapatel

In: News

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…

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Date: 05/08/2025 By: amietaylor

In: News

What happens after the Weekend?

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 –…

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Picture of Gemma and some visitors making protest banners at The Arcadia in Portrush

Date: 29/07/2025 By: amietaylor

In: News

Swell and the Creative People of Portrush

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…

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Date: 15/07/2025 By: amietaylor

In: News

Funding Your Fun Palace

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.…

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Date: 03/06/2025 By: amietaylor

In: News

Fun Palaces Workshops 2025

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…

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