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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The Makers' Network...what's it all about and how can YOU get involved? This nationwide network provides a platform for Fun Palace Makers and people who work in the cultural and community sectors to address systems change and shape the future of our movement. www.tickettailor.com/events/funpa...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Want to know more about how to make events like Fun Palaces more accessible? You can now book a 30 minute 1:1 online with Faith, the Fun Palaces Access Consultant. To book please email hello@ funpalacesco.uk and put “Access Session Booking Request” in the subject.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Join us for the launch of 13th Fun Palaces Weekend Tue 14 Apr 2026, 9.30-10.30am Church St Library, 67 Church St, Edgware Rd, London NW8 8EU www.tickettailor.com/events/funpa...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The Fun Palaces Makers’ Network is your space to meet fellow Makers and shape the future of Fun Palaces. The next meeting is exactly a week away. There are three ticket options available - Maker Day Rate Covered Maker Uncovered Community Sector Supporter www.tickettailor.com/events/funpa...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Creative Voices, Activist Voices is headed to Bromley (Kent) and this month, starting with the exhibition launch event this Saturday. You can meet the research team, take part in some creative activities, and express your own call for justice. Free refreshments. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-v...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

🔔🔔Get the ding of fresh news from Fun Palaces straight into your inbox every week! Opportunities, updates on where the Support Hub team will be, workshops, useful connections to other community organisations and more! Subscribe on the Fun Palaces website now funpalaces.co.uk/news/newslet... 📥

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Do you want a physical copy of the Fun Palaces Impact Report? 📖 Oder your copy and receive your copy in the post. 📫 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The Makers have taken Fun Palaces up and down the UK and back again. 🗺 In all manner of venue - including online, the Makers have truly created a national campaign! Where have you attended a Fun Palace?? Read the full Fun Palaces Impact Report - funpalaces.co.uk/wp-content/u...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Fun Palaces Executive Producer (and Luton Fun Palace Maker) Orla Nicholls breaks down findings from the Fun Palaces Impact Report and the Centre for Cultural Value’s report on measuring cultural vitality in the UK. Read the full blog: funpalaces.co.uk/everyday-cul...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Grants For Community Organisations To Cover Essential Costs The Boring Fund helps small non-profit organisations (based in the UK) cover some of the boring costs that keep them running. Applications opened on November 2025, all grants are worth £200. www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund

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Boring Fund | Christina Poulton

Applications now open! £200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Everyone really is an artist. Through case studies, stories, research and more, the Fun Palaces Impact Report highlights the impact the Makers have had on the creative lives of their neighbours, friends and families. Read the full report - funpalaces.co.uk/wp-content/u...

Two people look are painting on a table. Text on the image reads: "Unlocking Creativity"

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

🚩 Fun Palace Alert! The Joy Studio: Exploring Creative Play for Adults Fun Palace 📍 Coventry 📆⌚ Thu 13 Nov, 12pm-3pm 🏰 Allesley Park Library, Whitaker Road, Coventry, UK . An open, creative space for adults to reconnect with their sense of play and imagination. funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/t...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

10 Years of Stories, Facts and Figures. Read the Fun Palaces Impact Report 📖 📊 The Impact Report 2025 shares the stories, facts, figures and, most importantly, the impact of the Makers, Ambassadors and partner organisations and the legacy YOU have built. funpalaces.co.uk/everyday-cul...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

NEW BLOG! Communities – How Culture Connects Us! - By Rachel, Fun Palaces Producer Read the full blog now funpalaces.co.uk/communities-... Photo credit Roswitha Chesher

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

JOIN THE FUN PALACES TEAM! Applications are still open for the DEI & Anti-racism and Accessibility Consultant roles with the Fun Palaces Support Hub team. Applications close on 7 November. funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palaces-... funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palaces-... Photo credit Roswitha Chesher

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Creative Voices, Activist Voices is headed to artsdepot on 17-31 October 2025, a collaborative project between Fun Palaces and Dr Katy Pilcher of Aston University. www.artsdepot.co.uk/exhibition/c...

White text on a red background reading: Creative Voices, Activist Voices. Exhibition open 17-31 October at artsdepot.

A person looks at boards from the Creative Voices, Activist Voices exhibition.

A person, looking side on, studies a board from the Creative Voices, Activist Voices exhibition.

Many people look at a wall of research findings, art work and images from the Creative Voices, Activist Voices exhinition.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

📢Fun Palaces Are Hiring! Applications are open for an Access Consultant and an DEI and Anti-racism Consultant. 📅The application deadline is Friday 7 November. Full job details are available on the Fun Palaces website funpalaces.co.uk/news/ Photo credit Sean Pollock.

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Red text on a white background explaining the basic terms of the Access Consultant role.

Red text on a white background explaining the basic terms of the DEI and Anti-racism Consultant role.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

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.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

🎉 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.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

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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Photo taken from the back showing a group of people dancing. In the middle of the photo are two men wearing vibrant kilts and matching shirts - one blue and one bright yellow.

Woman in the dance floor by herself - wearing a bright purple dress. She is doing a traditional dance.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Phew - what a Saturday! Lloads going on across the country - from hula hooping and community tapestries to morris dancing and community cafes - makers everywhere are sharing their skills and passion with their local communities. Find a #FunPalace near you: funpalaces.co.uk/find-a-fun-p...

A person hula hooping in a mirrored room with wooden floors, surrounded by children and scattered items like chairs, bags, and toys.

A group of people seated around a table with a colourful patterned cloth, engaged in crafting activities using yarn and other materials.

Close-up of two pairs of hands working on a crochet project, with balls of yarn, needles, and supplies spread across the table.

Three people in matching white "Fun Palaces" t-shirts stand behind a snack table with fruit, crisps, and bottled drinks; a vending machine is visible in the background.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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!

Graphic with red and white triangles as the background. text reads 3-5 octane fun palaces. # Fun Palaces Fun Palaces . co . uk. There's a picture of three people: one white person holding a chicken, one brown woman in a blue hijab, and one black man talking with his hands open and gesturing.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Nearly there!!! Good luck to all you amazing Fun Palace Makers this weekend. From our small (and cardboard-filled) HQ, we’re sending love + luck your way ✨ You’re brilliant for saying YES - we’re cheering you on every step of the way! Have a fabulous weekend, Amie, Orla, Ria, Rachel & Chama

Selfie of the 5 HQ team in the office sitting round the table. in the background is a map of Cornwall and lots of cardboard.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

TOMORROW the Fun Palaces Weekend begins! 🎉🎪❤️ From singing to science, storytelling to sewing, Fun Palaces Weekend 2025 is nearly here and they’re everywhere! Wherever you are, you’re part of something joyful, local and national. 💥 Let's do this!  🔗 funpalaces.co.uk

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

2 days to go until Fun Palaces Weekend 3-5 October 2025! 🎪 We’re nearly there and the buzz is real! 🎉 Fun Palaces are all about you sharing your skills, connecting with others, and celebrating what’s already great in your community 📍 Find one near you and drop in: funpalaces.co.uk/find-a-fun-p...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The Fun Palaces Weekend 2025 is THIS weekend: 3-5 October, and what wonderful Fun Palaces there are across the UK and beyond! 📍 Take a look at the map and visit a Fun Palace near you: funpalaces.co.uk/find-a-fun-p... There's plenty of activities for everyone...👇🏽

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Only 3 days to go until Fun Palaces Weekend! 🎉🎪 The countdown is on and the map is filling up fast ❤️ On the map there’s already community films, local history talks, a ceilidh, rushworking, a pop-up planetarium and so much more! 🔗 There’s still time to take part: funpalaces.co.uk 📸 Helen Murray

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

What an amazing Weekend Kick-Off Party!! 🎉🎈 Thank you to everyone who came along. We had an awesome time hearing about what's happening at YOUR Fun Palaces ❤️ Whatever happens on the day, you've already made the Fun Palace: it's the cups of tea, conversations and planning. Best of luck! 🎪

Screenshot of a Zoom meeting with the HQ team and Makers, smiling and holding up red items.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

"Creating opportunities for us to come together, and be in person are one part of the puzzle in countering this polarisation." 💬 Our latest blog explores how Fun Palaces bridge divides & spark joy. It’s not too late to join in! 🎉 🔗 funpalaces.co.uk/bringing-com...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

4 days to go until Fun Palaces Weekend 3-5 Oct 2025! 🎉🎪✨ From small spaces to big venues, Fun Palaces are being made across the UK, and the creativity is amazing! ❤️ There's still time to join in: 📍 Add your pin 🎨 Use the Toolkit 🤝 Celebrate local skills 🔗 funpalaces.co.uk

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Now just 5 days to go until the Fun Palaces Weekend 3-5 Oct 2025!!! It’s so wonderful seeing all the Fun Palaces popping up across the UK! But it’s not too late to create a Fun Palace in your local area - why not make a Tiny Fun Palace? 🔗 funpalaces.co.uk 📸 Roswitha Chesher

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Picture of a woman with red nails holding up puppets that are in focus in the foreground.

Picture of a white man and a black woman in conversation whilst crafting. In the foreground are blurry buckets with fabric pieces in.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Creative Voices, Activist Voices in Blackburn! ❤️ 📍 The Bureau Centre, Blackburn | 16 Sept–5 Oct | FREE Discover how creativity fuels social change through stories & objects from UK communities. ✊ Join us Sat 4 Oct, 1-4pm for placard-making. Come create & share your call for justice!

Post with text reading Creative Voices, Activist Voices on a red triangle. Exhibition Open 16 Sept - 5 Oct. Logos of fun palaces, the bureau blackburn, Aston university, centre for cultural values, UKRI Economic and Social Research Council.

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Saturday 4 October, 1-4pm free drop-in. There's a picture of a child's hand painting a poster with a bee, currently reading save. logos of fun palaces, the bureau blackburn, Aston university, centre for cultural values, UKRI Economic and Social Research Council.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

1 week to go until Fun Palaces Weekend 3-5 October 2025 🎉🎪 There’s still time to get involved! 📍 Stick your pin on the map 👫 Connect with people near you ✨ Make a Tiny Fun Palace! Explore the Fun Palaces Makers Toolkit and join a movement of connection, creativity & culture. ❤️ 📸 Roswitha Chesher

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The pre-weekend party is around the corner, but you’ve still got time to join in! 👇🏽 🎉 ❤️ 🗓️ Tues 30 Sept | 🕐 1:00 - 1:35 PM | 💻 On Zoom

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

🎉 #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 ❤️

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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.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

If you're in #Sydenham, you have a wonderful #FunPalace at Sydenham Centre on Saturday 4th October! 👇🏽

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

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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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Did you know one of the original sites for Joan & Cedric’s 1960s Fun Palace was on the Isle of Dogs? 🎪 This year, Trapped in Zone One, brings a Fun Palace nearby!! Join their Alpona workshop, celebrating a traditional Bangladeshi art form. They have patterns to guide you, and space to create.

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Picture of someone painting a vibrant print in orange, green and yellow, celebrating Alpona, a traditional Bangladeshi art form.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

✨ Tiny is mighty! ✨ Thinking about making a #FunPalace but not sure where to start - or wondering if it's too late? Spoiler: it's not! 💡 Get inspired and find out how easy it is to get involved in the latest blog:  funpalaces.co.uk/tiny-is-migh... ❤️ Make a Fun Palace: funpalaces.co.uk/create

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Fun Palaces are all about community, arts, sciences, and play - and Worksop Library Fun Palace is bringing all that and more on Saturday 4th October 2025, from 10am to 3pm! 🧪🎨 🔗 Find out more: funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/w... 📍 Put your Fun Palace on the map: funpalaces.co.uk/create/

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🎉 Let’s kick off Fun Palaces weekend 2025 early... Join our Kick-Off Party: 🗓️ Tues 30 Sept | 🕐 1-1:35 PM | 💻 Zoom If your Fun Palace is on the map, this celebration is for you! 💫 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/funpa... 🗺️ Still planning your Fun Palace?  Add it to the map: funpalaces.co.uk/create

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weekend early... Black text reads Weekend Celebration: Kick-Off Party. Tuesday 30 September. 1:00 - 1:35 PM. On Zoom. At the bottom in the centre is a digital drawing of a white man and a black woman djing. In each corner are splats and shapes, like squares and stars, in Fun Palace colours of blue, red, pink, green and yellow.

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🎉 Creative Voices, Activist Voices is now at The Bureau, Blackburn! 📍 5 Exchange St, BB1 7JN 📅 16 Sept – 5 Oct 🎟️ Free Entry Discover how culture creates change, through stories, photos & objects from Fun Palaces Makers across the UK: funpalaces.co.uk/about-fun-pa... 📸 Roswitha Chesher

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

It is (just under) 3 Weeks to go until the Fun Palaces Weekend! How’s it going? Who’s excited? Fun Palaces have been popping up on the map over the weekend. Is yours on there yet? If you’d like to create some positive ripples in your community this October, it’s by no means too late to join in!

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

If you're in #Swansea, you have a fabulous #FunPalace at Oxfam Castle Street on the 4th October. (And they have some other great stuff happening for #FairtradeFortnight - check it out!)

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Newham Libraries Fun Palaces are back! 🎉 From eco crafts to henna, macramé, chess & stories, all libraries across Newham will be buzzing with creativity. Join the fun 3–5 Oct - create, connect, celebrate! 📍 Put your Fun Palace on the map & find your nearest one: funpalaces.co.uk

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

“It’s the moment where we (collectively) shout from the rooftops that arts, sciences and culture belong to us all, and can look how we want them to” 💡 Learn why Fun Palaces matter in our recent blog: funpalaces.co.uk/one-month-to... ❤️ Join in on the weekend: funpalaces.co.uk/create/

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🎉 Fun Palaces are free local celebrations of arts, science & community. Anyone can make one! Share skills, connect, and have fun in a park, library, your front room or street. No experience needed. 🔗 Sign up: funpalaces.co.uk/create/ 💡 More info: funpalaces.co.uk/about-fun-pa...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

There's one month to go until the Fun Palaces weekend 🎉 From 3 - 5 October (or whenever works for you), turn any space into a Fun Palace! 📮 Register and receive a free pack of promotional materials: funpalaces.co.uk/create/ 🔗 Discover how you can join in: funpalaces.co.uk/one-month-to...

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Two amazing Welsh Fun Palaces are coming up during the Fun Palaces 2025 October weekend - and you’re invited! 1. Fairtrade Fun Palace: Learn about Fairtrade through creativity 2. Cwm Garw Fun Palace: Loads of fun for all ages 📍 Put your Fun Palace on the map: funpalaces.co.uk/create/

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