Join us for the vibrant Polish And Eastern European Festival at Caldmore Community Garden, where cultures converge and diversity flourishes! Immerse yourself in a day filled with authentic Polish and Eastern European flavors, music, and traditions.
Food
Live music
Children’s Activities
Bouncy Castle
Candy Floss
Face-painting
Caldmore Community Garden, 12-5pm, free entry
Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and organised in partnership with Midlands Polish Community and People for People.
Caldmore Community Garden was started in 2011 by a local charity Caldmore Village Festival on a piece of derelict land in the middle of Caldmore, Walsall. With the continued support of landowners – Walsall Council and whg – and the hard work of volunteers, it was transformed into a vibrant community space that has become indispensable for local people.
We would not have been able to achieve all this without our funders over the years: Walsall Council, whg, Green Square Accord, Sanctuary Housing, Near Neighbours, The National Lottery Awards for All fund, the Arts Council England, Creative Black Country, People’s Postcode Trust, People’s Health Trust, Heart of England Community Foundation, Asda Foundation, Tesco Bags of Help, West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner, Comic Relief, CAF Bank, Children in Need, Millenium Point Charitable Trust, Black Country Touring, and West Midlands Combined Authority.
We are especially grateful to the Tudor Trust and The National Lottery Community Fund, “Reaching Communities”, for helping us grow and reach our potential, to open every day to the local community, and explore new exciting directions to support local people. It is thanks to their funding that we were able to make this video and document our project and all its achievements.
Thanks to Junction 15 Productions for the outstanding and inspiring work they did with this video and to Paul Turner at PT Aerial Photography for his professionalism and providing us with the amazing aerial footage of the Garden. And above all, we would like to thank the community of Caldmore for being a constant source of inspiration and all our wonderful volunteers involved in Caldmore Village Festival and Caldmore Community Garden. Look how much we have achieved together and how much potential we have for the future!
Film made with funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and the Tudor Trust and produced by Junction15 Productions. Visit them at www.junction15.com.
B’Opera Baby Opera features in the video at one of our events this year – they are absolutely amazing, visit them at www.bopera.co.uk.
Join us for a spectacular day of art, nature, creativity and performances brought to us by Black Country Touring!
2pm The Zoo that Comes to You by Scarlet Oak Theatre – A family show featuring puppetry and live music! Come and meet these eclectic animals as they discuss their life experiences and the challenges they face in a rapidly changing world. A joyous journey featuring puppetry, live music and playful characters, Scarlet Oak Theatre welcomes people of all ages to join the conversation about animal conservation.
12-4pm Where We Growby Black Country Touring – four short performances grown from community gardens across the Black Country have been spread around our garden. Wander around and enjoy each one!
And as always – arts and crafts, drinks, home-made cakes and refreshments at our community cafe!
Scarlet Oak Theatre
Jasmine Orchard and Lucia d’Inverno met when training at Circomedia: centre for contemporary circus and physical theatre. Both artists bring to the company their experience from working in a variety of educational settings; youth theatres, baby sensory classes, schools and home education groups. With their professional experience of acting, puppeteering, directing and producing they have come together to form Scarlet Oak Theatre, a company committed to making theatre that is equally accessible and engaging for children and their grownups.
Brought to us with support from Black Country Touring, The National Lottery Community Fund, West Midlands Combined Authority, Arts Council England, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and People’s Postcode Trust.
Come and join us for Street Games at Caldmore Community Garden – an inclusive and accessible fun day of street games, live music and dance with BSL Performance and Interpretation. You can expect games from around the world that everyone can get involved in, hosted by fabulous Game Hosts and party music sets from EIF Sound and Music.
The show is brought to us by Black Country Touring.
There will also be leather crafts with Walsall Leather Museum, nature activities for kids with Nature Makers, glitter tattoos, home-made cakes and refreshments at our community cafe!
Join us for a relaxed music concert tomorrow Saturday 11-1pm (11-12.00 making musical instruments, 12pm concert), bring a picnic and enjoy your time at Caldmore Community Garden. For children aged 0-5. See you tomorrow, everyone!
This Thursday we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of Windrush – join us for a community event organised at the Garden by Walsall Black Sisters Collective!
The event starts at 11am and finishes at 3pm.
There will be live performances, music, bouncy castle, cultural workshops, stalls, food and many more, everyone is welcome.
The event is organised with the help of Walsall Council and The National Lottery Community Fund.
We have teamed up with Autism West Midlands to deliver a Wellbeing Activity Session for Adults – join us for a free gardening and arts activity at the Garden on Monday 22nd May 12-2.30pm, free for Black Country residents. To book, please visit https://shop.autismwestmidlands.org.uk/…/wellbeing….
We would like to invite all our friends and neighbours to join us at the Coronation Party at Caldmore Community Garden from 12:00-14:00 on Monday 8th May!
Bring a picnic and come dressed up in your traditional clothes to celebrate this country’s diverse heritage.
There will party games, children’s crafts, scones with jam and cream, and of course samosas and cucumber sandwiches!
Discover how Eid is celebrated around the world at our free event at the Garden.
We have Nasheeds, an Islamic knowledge competition, arts and crafts activities, world foods, a BBQ, bouncy castle, face painting, mendhi and a fantastic family atmosphere. Everyone is welcome.
Immerse yourself in a day filled with authentic Polish and Eastern European flavors, music, and traditions.
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