Upcoming Events and Workshops
Greening Ford Green
Anne and Rachel and the team will be at Bradeley Community Centre Friday 12th September 4-7pm for the gardening club.
Everyone is welcome to join in and meet the friendly group, tend the garden and plant for the summer. 🐦🪴🌤
If you'd like to know more about the group and the facilities available on-site please drop us a message or email kath.stanway@b-arts.org.uk for more information
Funded by The Tudor Trust
Climate Cafe
Our next Climate Cafe is Saturday 11th October 10-3pm!
This months theme is: Harvest
Climate Cafe activities this month will include; Clothes, toys and book swap (we kindly ask for no more clothes and books donations this month, we are accepting good quality toys only), Jewellery making & repairing workshop, soup making workshop, pickle workshop, knit and natter, live music & ukulele lessons, and more to be announced!
‘Pay what you can’ vegetarian community meal (vegan option available)
Thanks especially to #NationalLottery players for making our project possible. And to The Know Your Neighbourhood Fund, funded by UK Government and Historic England. Our project continues to run thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund.
Have you spotted the new mural on Hartshill Road yet?
As part of our Pockets of Paradise project, we were really excited to commission a new piece of street art to be the centre piece of the garden planned for this corner site in Stoke, by the brilliant artist @eloisegillow
The piece was inspired by a section of the nearby Hartshill Park - we wanted the artwork to celebrate the beautitful nature spots on our doorstep. We also wanted to celebrate the joy of being outside and playing in nature. To help us with this some local children and young people took part in a photoshoot with Eloise to test out ideas and inspire the final piece. Thank you so much to the intrepid young people who joined us!
We've been following Eloise's fantastic work for sometime and looking for the right wall for her phenomonal talent (thanks to the private landlord who agreed to let us use this one). Eloise who is orginally from Stone, Staffordshire, has work across Europe and we're so excited to have this mural right here in Stoke.
Do check out https://www.eloisegillow.com for more of her fantastic work and look out for the next step of the project where we'll be adding a garden to the site designed by artist and horticulturalist Su Hurrell.
The Pockets of Paradise project is part of the Stoke High Street Accelerator programme funded by the UK Government and Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
To find out more about the Pockets of Paradise project-bringing neglected sites back into use and how to get involved visit
https://www.b-arts.org.uk/pockets-of-paradise or contact Rebecca.frankenberg@b-arts.org.uk
Men Who Make Things
A weekly creative making and well-being space for men with B arts Studio Artists Dan and Rich
Wednesday evenings 6-8pm
Sessions continue from Wednesday 17th September 2025.
From carpentry, to metal work, to foam prop making, the B arts studio team will run various making sessions but they also want to hear from you, and what you’re interested in!
Find out more - b-arts.org.uk/b-arts-studio
B arts Studio, B arts, 72 Hartshill Road, Stoke, ST4 7RB
There is a bus stop right outside our building
Any questions, and to let us know you’re coming please email - menwhomakethings@b-arts.org.uk
Bread in Common Cafe and Community Pantry, every Friday 12-2pm
Pay as you feel Cafe. All dishes made using surplus waste food. 3 course meal, you decide what to pay.
Suggested donation £5, drinks charged separately.
Community pantry with surplus food through supermarket fareshare scheme - no referral needed.
A chance to meet people and connect with B arts