Community Takeover Celebration Event

Community Takeover 2024. Photo: Nosa Malcolm

Join us to celebrate our Community Takeover with a special closing event!

Take part in workshops and activities led by the Confucius Institute, The United Voices of Africa Association (TUVAA) and Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group (SWVG).

Practice your chopstick skills, learn about Chinese tea, try Ethiopian coffee, taste authentic food from around the world, and much more!

All activities are free, just drop in, no need to book!

Full programme and times below:

• 11am–1pm: Space to Create! (Child-friendly making activities)
• 11am–12pm: Chinese tea culture talk (Confucius Institute)
• 12pm–12.30pm: Food tasting with Cooking with Friends (SWVG)
• 12–1pm: Chinese tea wares and chopsticks (Confucius Institute)
• 1–2pm: Gambian platter (TUVAA)
• 1–2pm: Origami workshop
• 2–2.30pm: Ethiopian coffee culture (TUVAA)
• 2–2.30pm: Food tasting with Cooking with Friends
• 2–4pm: Child-friendly making activities
• 2.30–3pm: Chinese tea culture talk
• 3pm–3:30pm: Poetry readings
• 3.30–4pm: Ethiopian coffee culture
• 3–4pm: Chinese tea wares and chopsticks
• 3.30–4pm: Food tasting with Cooking with Friends

For more information about the day or any activity, please email [email protected].

We look forward to welcoming you and helping us celebrate three months of Southampton’s creative communities!

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