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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:One ticket to see all the AIR Ritual artworks at University of Westminster and Northwick Park Hospital
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-exhibitions-4/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:One ticket to see all the AIR Ritual artworks at University of Westminster and Northwick Park Hospital
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-exhibitions-3/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Clinical Work Groups
DESCRIPTION:Join experienced Brent Centre Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists for a clinical discussion of your work with adolescents and young people.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/clinical-work-groups-9/
LOCATION:England
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SUMMARY:BCYP Presents - Adolescence: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Approach
DESCRIPTION:The Brent Centre for Young People presents a insightful series of seminars by our diverse range of adolescent psychoanalytic experts.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/bcyp-presents-adolescence-contemporary-psychoanalytic-perspectives-9/
LOCATION:England
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T160000
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – UNFOLD (Wondering Minds)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a session of screenings and discussions with Wondering Minds filmmakers\, exploring lived experiences of mental health\n\n\nAbout the event \nFilmmaking Project Showcases Stories of Mental Health Through Lived ExperienceWondering CIC & WCL Mind present a series of powerful community screenings across London \nWondering CIC\, in partnership with WCL Mind\, is proud to announce the first public screenings of UNFOLD\, a groundbreaking collaborative filmmaking project exploring mental health through lived experience storytelling and biographical film as a tool for therapy. \nRunning over 14 weeks between March and June 2025\, UNFOLD culminated in 11 filmmakers each creating a deeply personal autobiographical short film. Across 18 sessions\, participants developed filmmaking skills while using creativity as a therapeutic outlet. The films reflect resilience and identity offering fresh perspectives on mental health. \nThe project is part of Wondering CIC’s regenerative model\, where participants are supported to return the following year to mentor others and access freelance opportunities — creating sustainable pathways into the creative industries. \n \nThis event will take place in the Kodak Theatre\, University of Westminster Harrow Campus \n \nIMAGES \n1 – 3 – Images from Wondering Minds filmmaking workshops4 – 6 – Images from UNFOLD films \n \nAbout Wondering Minds \nWondering CIC is a community interest company using storytelling\, filmmaking\, and art as interventions for health\, wellbeing\, and social change. By putting cameras into the hands of people with lived experience\, Wondering CIC empowers individuals to own their stories\, build skills\, and create authentic films that shift perspectives on mental health. \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-unfold-wondering-minds-2/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – UNFOLD (Wondering Minds)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a session of screenings and discussions with Wondering Minds filmmakers\, exploring lived experiences of mental health\n\n\nAbout the event \nFilmmaking Project Showcases Stories of Mental Health Through Lived ExperienceWondering CIC & WCL Mind present a series of powerful community screenings across London \nWondering CIC\, in partnership with WCL Mind\, is proud to announce the first public screenings of UNFOLD\, a groundbreaking collaborative filmmaking project exploring mental health through lived experience storytelling and biographical film as a tool for therapy. \nRunning over 14 weeks between March and June 2025\, UNFOLD culminated in 11 filmmakers each creating a deeply personal autobiographical short film. Across 18 sessions\, participants developed filmmaking skills while using creativity as a therapeutic outlet. The films reflect resilience and identity offering fresh perspectives on mental health. \nThe project is part of Wondering CIC’s regenerative model\, where participants are supported to return the following year to mentor others and access freelance opportunities — creating sustainable pathways into the creative industries. \n \nThis event will take place in the Kodak Theatre\, University of Westminster Harrow Campus \n \nIMAGES \n1 – 3 – Images from Wondering Minds filmmaking workshops4 – 6 – Images from UNFOLD films \n \nAbout Wondering Minds \nWondering CIC is a community interest company using storytelling\, filmmaking\, and art as interventions for health\, wellbeing\, and social change. By putting cameras into the hands of people with lived experience\, Wondering CIC empowers individuals to own their stories\, build skills\, and create authentic films that shift perspectives on mental health. \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-unfold-wondering-minds/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T120000
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:One ticket to see all the AIR Ritual artworks at University of Westminster and Northwick Park Hospital
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-exhibitions-2/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual - Cameraless Animation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join experimental filmmaker Jacob Watkinson to create animations on 16mm film without using a camera\n\n\nAbout the event \nIn this hands-on\, cameraless animation workshop\, participants will be introduced to key Structuralist films before exploring the creative possibilities of 16mm film. You’ll have the opportunity to paint\, scratch\, and draw directly onto celluloid\, working with both archival home movies as well as clear film leader for direct animation. The session will culminate in a live projection\, showcasing the unique short works created during the workshop. \nNo prior experience with 16mm film is required—this workshop is designed to provide an accessible foundation for anyone interested in experimenting with film as a creative medium. \nMaximum number of participants: 18 \nThe event will take place in Blue Shed\, Harrow Campus\, University Of Westminster\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow HA1 3TP. Room announcement will be given nearer the time. \n \nAbout the artist \nJacob Watkinson is an experimental filmmaker and Arts Facilitator whose work explores the fragile materiality of celluloid\, pushing the medium to its limits and examining the creative possibilities of image manipulation. Inspired by the Structuralist movement\, his various films have screened at festivals and exhibitions worldwide. \nIn addition to his artistic practice\, Jacob works as Creative Director for an archival organisation dedicated to preserving and sharing personal and family histories\, helping individuals protect their memories while connecting them to a wider cultural narrative. \nHe also leads arts workshops focused on hands-on experimentation with celluloid as a creative medium. \n \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-cameraless-animation-workshop/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T120000
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Hack the World Around You
DESCRIPTION:Explore the world of physical computing in this hands-on workshop and turn everyday objects into interactive controllers\n\n\nAbout the event \nExplore the world of physical computing in this hands-on workshop delivered by students and staff from the BA Creative Media Arts at the University of Westminster. In this workshop you will learn how to turn everyday objects and materials — like fruit\, foil\, or even paint — into interactive controllers for triggering sounds\, games\, or animations. No prior coding or electronics experience is needed—just creativity and a willingness to experiment. \nThe workshop introduces key concepts of interactivity\, giving you practical insight into how technology can be embedded in the physical world. You’ll have the chance to design and build your own interactive project\, combining problem-solving\, creativity\, and technical skills. \nThe session is suitable for ages 16 and above.Maximum number of participants: 18 \nThe event will take place in Blue Shed\, Harrow Campus\, University Of Westminster\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow HA1 3TP. Room announcement will be given nearer the time. \nAbout the facilitators \nThe BA (Hons) Creative Media Arts is an exciting hands-on course that will see you produce art and make content including films\, photographs\, interactive installations\, immersive and digital media using creative technologies such as augmented reality (AR)\, virtual reality (VR)\, projection mapping\, 3D modelling and game engines. \nWith an ethos of ‘learning through making’\, you will be encouraged to experiment\, innovate and pursue your own creative interests. The course places you at the forefront of technological developments in the arts and creative sectors. \nThe course produces multi-skilled graduates capable of thriving in fast-moving creative industries. \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-hack-the-world-around-you/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T160000
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Asia Forum: Exploring diaspora narratives
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Asia Forum panel with Biennial artists Nikki Lam\, Quek Jia Qi\, Aaron Lam and Adeline Kueh\n\n\nAsia Forum: Exploring diaspora narratives and intersections of knowledge – panel with Biennial artists Nikki Lam\, Quek Jia Qi\, Aaron Lim and Adeline Kueh \nLaunched in 2021\, the Asia Forum for the Contemporary Art of Global Asia/s is a platform envisioned for discourse surrounding experimental art practices and research brings awareness to and contextualises the fast-developing artistic practices and contemporary geo-politics of Asia/s. \nAsia Forum council members John Tain and Annie Jael Kwan will be joined by researchers Dr Eva Li and Professor May Adadol Ingawanij\, in conversation with Biennial artists Nikki Lam\, Adeline Kueh\, Quek Jia Qi and Aaron Lim. Together\, they will first reflect on Lam’s exploration of the context of Hong Kong in relation to aesthetic and diaspora identity\, futuring nostalgia and geopolitical narratives. The second session invites the audience to engage with Kueh\, Quek and Lim’s invitational methodologies that centre knowledge exchange systems and relational intimacies. \nThis event will take place in the Auditorium\, University of Westminster Harrow Campus. \nArtworks by these artists are on exhibition in various spaces at the University of Westminster Harrow Campus between 17 – 24 October as part of Brent Biennial 2025’s AIR Ritual. More information at metrolandcultures.com! \nAll of the artists are running workshops during AIR Ritual – please book tickets here! \nIMAGES1/ Still from _2101\, 4K digital with sound\, 2021\, from Nikki Lam\, The Unshakable Destiny (2021-2025)2/ Quek Jia Qi and Aaron Lim\, A Mobile Library for Collective Knowledge (2025)3/ Still from Adeline Kueh\, One (and the same) \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nAbout the panellists \nAaron Lim is a spatial designer whose practice embraces cross-disciplinary and collaborative modes of making. He is interested in developing participatory methodologies that foster spatial agency and support the collective shaping of spaces and ideas. Centered around playfulness\, his approach invites participants to engage with his work through childlike wonder and curiosity\, encouraging reflection on their routines through the subversion of everyday objects and rituals. His works have been featured across a wide range of public spaces and festivals\, including Noise Singapore\, Singapore Art Week\, Singapore Night Festival\, Singapore Heritage Festival\, Park(ing) Day and the London Festival of Architecture. He has also designed sets and exhibition spaces for the National Gallery Singapore\, National Library Singapore\, Singapore Coffee Festival and Singapore Design Week. \nAdeline Kueh is a visual artist who makes installations and socially-embodied works that reconsider the relationship we have with things and rituals around us. Using drawing as a conceptual tool\, she looks to cartographies\, craft and oral tradition to map out the historical trajectories across time and space through her use of found objects and new productions. As a co-founder of the Critical Craft Collective (Singapore) and the pan-Borneo/UK Serumpun Collective\, the centrality of craft in contemporary practice as well as the politics of care are the core foci in her research practice. In light of the ecological turn\, Adeline’s immediate concerns have shifted towards ideas around intimate labour\, and the politics and poetics of care. Presently a Senior Lecturer with the MA Fine Arts programme at LASALLE College of the Arts\, Adeline has exhibited internationally. She is currently a 2024-2026 Ewha Global Fellow (EGF) with Ewha Womans University\, South Korea. \nAnnie Jael Kwan is an independent curator and researcher based in London. Her work sits at the intersections of contemporary art\, archives\, and cultural activism\, with a focus on feminist/queer and alternative knowledges\, collective relations\, solidarity\, and spiritual justice. She is Director of Something Human\, the curatorial initiative that launched Europe’s largest Southeast Asia Performance Collection at the Live Art Development Agency (2017). She also leads Asia-Art-Activism\, an interdisciplinary and intergenerational network\, and is a founding council member of the Asia Forum for the Contemporary Arts of Global Asias\, co-launched with the Bagri Foundation at the 59th Venice Biennale and presented with Asymmetry Art Foundation at the 60th Biennale (2024). She currently serves as Curator of the Brent Biennial (2023–25) and is a TECHNE scholar at CREAM\, University of Westminster. \nEva Cheuk-Yin Li (she/they) is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Media and Cultural Studies in the School of Arts at Lancaster University. Her research explores fandom and audience participation\, gender and sexuality\, and Hong Kong media and culture. Her work has been published in edited volumes\, encyclopaedias\, and peer-reviewed journals including Media\, Culture & Society\, European Journal of Cultural Studies\, Feminist Media Studies\, and Sexualities. Her recent projects include queer media in Southeast Asia and social media consumption among Hong Kong migrants in the UK. \nJohn Tain curated Of Mountains and Seas\, the third edition of the Lahore Biennale\, in 2024. As Head of Research at Asia Art Archive (2017-2023)\, he played a lead role on projects including AAA’s contribution to documenta fifteen (2022); Art Schools of Asia (2021-22); the exhibition “Crafting Communities” (2020)\, devoted to Thailand-based Womanifesto; and MAHASSA (Modern Art Histories in and across Africa\, and South and Southeast Asia\, 2019-2020)\, a collaboration with the Dhaka Art Summit and Cornell University. He serves as an organizer of Asia Forum\, a collateral event at the Venice Biennale\, and previously worked as a curator at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. \n \nMay Adadol Ingawanij is Co-director of the Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (CREAM) and Professor of Cinematic Arts at the University of Westminster. \n \nNikki Lam is an artist-curator and filmmaker based in Narrm/Melbourne and Hong Kong. Working primarily with moving images and text\, their work contemplates time\, memory and impermanence. Nikki is interested in the complexity of migratory expressions\, fragmentation and relations. Nikki’s work has been shown\, published and screened internationally. Their latest work The Unshakable Destiny (2021-2025) is a modular moving image trilogy on Hong Kong cinema and its spectres\, exploring diaspora art making as a witness to the slippery political context of a homeland from afar. Nikki is currently co-director of Hyphenated Projects\, an award-winning artist-led network that nurtures practice in Asian diasporas\, and co-founder of Slow Burn Books. Nikki is a PhD (Art) candidate at RMIT University. \nQuek Jia Qi is an artist and educator whose socially engaged practice bridges community and learning through storytelling. Working at the intersection of art and pedagogy\, she collaborates with people across disciplines and walks of life. Her work unfolds through site-specific installations\, public programmes\, and performances that create space for connection and dialogue—inviting new ways of learning\, relating\, and being together. A recipient of the Social Art Award in 2017\, Jia Qi has exhibited her work internationally across the US\, UK\, Europe\, and Asia\, including at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Singapore\, Raven Row and 5th Base Gallery in London\, Whiteconcepts Gallery in Berlin\, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum in South Korea\, and Framer Framed in Amsterdam\, Netherlands. Her work has also been presented at public festivals such as the Singapore Night Festival and Singapore Archifest\, and in public spaces across Singapore\, London\, and New York. Grounded in reciprocity\, care\, and curiosity\, her practice explores how art can be offered as a gift—expanding modes of exchange and nurturing meaningful relationships. \nAbout the organisers \nAsia ForumThe Asia Forum for the Contemporary Art of Global Asias is a platform envisioned for discourse surrounding experimental art practices and research that produce hopeful new worlds beyond the North Atlantic. The Asia Forum will bring awareness to and contextualise the fast-developing artistic practices and contemporary geo-politics of Asia/s. Its interdisciplinary approach and reflexive work will reveal and explore deep histories of exchange and flows\, and overlapping concerns and heritages. It will engage a ‘public’ eager for discourse on urgent issues of climate\, democracy\, anti-racism\, and creative agency for addressing global anxieties through the lens and engine of “Asia/s’. Asia Forum was launched in 2021/22 with the generous support of the Bagri Foundation. \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-asia-forum-exploring-diaspora-narratives/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Into the Cave
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a guest lecture from critically-acclaimed artist filmmaker Jesse Jones\, tracing two decades of her film practice\n\n\nAbout the event \nJoin artist Jessie Jones for an in-depth talk tracing two decades of her film practice\, from Spectre in the Sphere (2008) to her recent commission The White Cave for the Singapore Biennial. Through selected clips\, discussion\, and a special test screening of new work in progress. Jones will map the key principles guiding her films: feminist histories and suppressed voices\, with subjects that range from communist spectres\, witches and oysters . This event offers a rare insight into her evolving practice and future directions. \nThis event is co-organised by Brent Biennial and the Arts Communication and Culture Research Community (ACC) at University of Westminster. It will take place in the Auditorium\, University of Westminster Harrow Campus. \nYou will also have the chance to experience Jesse Jones’ sound installation\, The Spectre and the Sphere \, onsite at University of Westminster. The Spectre and the Sphere is a sound installation from 2008\, The work features “The Internationale” an international anthem that has been adopted as the anthem of various anarchist\, communist\, socialist\, and social democratic movements eerily played on the electronic instrument\, the theremin. This soundtrack by Lydia Kavina\, the celebrated musical protégée and great-niece of the inventor Leon Theremin\, will be installed at Westminster University as an unannounced intervention into the sonic ecology of the space. The spectre and the Sphere evokes the spectres of ideology and amplifies residual voices that haunt the cultural vessels of history. Playing this Marxist anthem through the building aims to blend these histories with everyday student life in an attempt to echo and evoke possible futures as well as haunted histories. \nImages:1/ Production still from The Spectre and the Sphere (16mm film\, 2008): Photo of Lydia Kavina by Dianna Caramaschi2/ Jesse Jones\, photo by Mark Duggan \nAbout Jesse Jones \nJesse Jones is a Dublin-based artist\, her practice is multi-platform\, working in film\, performance and sculpture through speculative feminisms and Myth. She studied sculpture in NCAD and IADT and has been making film for gallery installations since 2005. She has shown nationally and internationally with films made in Korea\, Los Angeles\, Ireland\, The UK and Australia. \nShe represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale 2017 with the film installation entitled: ” Tremble Tremble” whose title is inspired by the 1970s Italian wages for housework movement\, during which women chanted “Tremate\, tremate\, le streghe sono tornate! (Tremble\, tremble\, the witches have returned!)”. Her most recent work\, “The White Cave” will premier in October 2025 at the Singapore Biennale. \nShe teaches on Sherkin Island\, West Cork for TU Dublin and is an elected member of Aosdana. \nAbout ACC \nArts\, Communication and Culture (ACC) at the University of Westminster is a vibrant interdisciplinary research community dedicated to addressing the pressing challenges of our times. Our work spans critical issues such as systemic inequality\, democratic reform\, climate action\, care\, responsibility\, and the societal impact of technology. By fostering collaboration between researchers\, artists\, practitioners\, and communities\, we aim to bridge urgent real-world questions with innovative knowledge generated through the arts and humanities. Through this work\, we strive to cultivate spaces for dialogue\, reflection\, and collective action\, supporting new ways of living\, thinking\, and creating in a rapidly changing world. \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-into-the-cave/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T150000
DTSTAMP:20251017T204242Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – From Flat to Phat workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join University of Westminster’s Fine Art Mixed Media group for an exploration of inflatables – what happens when air is the main actor?\n\n\nAbout the event \nTake a moment to explore what happens to light\, ephemeral materials when air becomes the main actant. Ask questions of materials: How large can they go – how small and light could they be – can they float can they fly can they hold heavy objects? If lines are drawn on the flat materials what happens to lines when they become air filled objects. Can these potential objects be ‘performed’ to fill them with air? \nAbout the organisers \nUniversity of Westminster’s innovative Fine Art Mixed Media BA gives students the opportunity to explore and develop work across boundaries\, within the ever-expanding contemporary fine art disciplines. \n \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-from-flat-to-phat-workshop/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T180000
DTSTAMP:20251016T202932Z
CREATED:20251010T184318Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:One ticket to see all the AIR Ritual artworks at University of Westminster and Northwick Park Hospital
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-exhibitions/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T150000
DTSTAMP:20251017T204241Z
CREATED:20251001T171416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T204241Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Breathing Space
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an open and dynamic participatory dialogue exploring the vital intersections of art\, wellbeing\, and collective care\n\n\nBreathing Space: Art\, Wellbeing\, and Collective Care \nJoin us for an open and dynamic dialogue exploring the vital intersections of art\, wellbeing\, and care\, as part of the Brent Biennial AIR Ritual programme. This special session brings together researchers from Arts\, Communication and Culture (ACC) and the Creative Health Initiative at the University of Westminster\, alongside artists and members of Northwick Park Hospital\, to share experiences and collectively imagine new possibilities for creative health. \nIn collaboration with The People Speak\, using their engaging participatory format Talkaoke\, everyone is invited to take a seat at the table. Through conversation\, storytelling\, and speculative thinking\, we will explore how art can nurture wellbeing\, transform care environments\, and build meaningful connections between individuals\, institutions\, and communities. \nThis event takes place in the FORUM\, University Of Westminster\, Harrow Campus. \nPlease note\, there will be a break for lunch at 1:00pm\, and the session will resume at 2:00pm. \n \nAbout Talkaoke \nTalkaoke is a live\, television-style talk show format developed by The People Speak collective. It’s a great way to connect with strangers and find out about the latest ideas people are talking about! Talkaoke host sits in the middle of an illuminated round table while participants sit around the outside\, discussing whatever topics emerge. It’s completely non-hierarchical – participants set the agenda by grabbing the microphone and sharing their views. Conversations can be topical\, funny\, deep\, or surreal\, creating an unexpected journey from subject to subject. Participants are invited to drop by for as long as they want and contribute to the conversation or just listen. Don’t worry if your thought is not fully formed – we will complete it together in the course of the session. You don’t have to agree with everybody – we welcome difference of perspectives and explore commonalities. \n \nAbout the organisers \nArts\, Communication and Culture (ACC) at the University of Westminster is a vibrant interdisciplinary research community dedicated to addressing the pressing challenges of our times. Our work spans critical issues such as systemic inequality\, democratic reform\, climate action\, care\, responsibility\, and the societal impact of technology. By fostering collaboration between researchers\, artists\, practitioners\, and communities\, we aim to bridge urgent real-world questions with innovative knowledge generated through the arts and humanities. Through this work\, we strive to cultivate spaces for dialogue\, reflection\, and collective action\, supporting new ways of living\, thinking\, and creating in a rapidly changing world. \nThe People Speak are a collective of artists and creative communicators based in London\, collaborating with partners in the UK and Europe. We have 28 years’ expertise in helping people to understand each other and collectively process the complexity of the world. We develop creative\, fun and engaging communication tools to repair the damaging impact of polarisation in society in a live – unmediated by AI\, technology way. For us\, conversation is a creative medium that leads to new ideas – not just means to share information\, knowledge and opinions. Creativity is a powerful and rebellious force necessary in areas that are not typically associated with creativity: science\, academic research\, public decision making\, community engagement. \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-breathing-space/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T193000
DTSTAMP:20251016T074451Z
CREATED:20250812T235932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T074451Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry in Wembley: The Language of Care
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy an evening with two award winning poets\, Caroline Smith & Erica Hesketh.\n\n\n Poetry Readings by two award winning poets\, Caroline Smith & Erica Hesketh.  \nPoetry about the end of life and the beginning. These poets write powerfully and movingly about the challenges of dementia and early motherhood. Their poetry finds the heartache and joy that will resonate with all those caring for loved ones.  \nBycatch by Caroline Smith is published by Nine Arches Press in Autumn 2025. \n‘In Bycatch Caroline Smith has created a remarkable journal of care and its complex narratives\, composed throughout with striking clarity of image and compassionate observation. These finely resonant poems show us how the worlds of capacity and apparent incapacity exist all in the same moment – her ageing parents’ house ‘like an unlocked church’\, generous and vulnerable; her father’s shoe\, unrecognised by him\, ‘like a tugboat guiding him through the fog’; and most joyfully of all his un-anchored language ‘high up in the roof of the cloud forest/ broken free of the ground.’ Jane Draycott \nCaroline Smith lives in Wembley. She is author of ‘The Immigration Handbook‘ which was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award and translated into Italian. Widely published in journals and the recipient of many poetry prizes\, she is a 2025 Hawthornden Fellow. \n \nIn the Lily Room by Erica Hesketh was published by Nine Arches Press in Spring 2025 \n‘Medical misogyny\, birth trauma\, postnatal depression\, joy and boredom – all of this and more are held in place in these lyrical\, image-drenched poems as Hesketh expands our ideas and perceptions around what it means to be a mother.’ Kim Moore \nErica Hesketh is originally from Japan and Denmark she is now based in London. Her poetry has been commissioned by the Royal Festival hall\, Spread the Word and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Poet and editor\, she was previously Director of the Poetry Translation Centre.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/poetry-in-wembley-the-language-of-care/
LOCATION:Wembley Library\, 32 Engineers Way\, Wembley Park\, England\, HA9 8TS\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T200000
DTSTAMP:20251016T142900Z
CREATED:20250623T151355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T142900Z
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SUMMARY:Kingsbury and Kenton Brent Connects Autumn 2025
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss this opportunity to join Kingsbury and Kenton Brent Connects meeting online and have meaningful conversations!!\n\n\nJoin us for the Kingsbury and Kenton Brent Connects meeting!\n \nIf you live\, work or are interested and passionate in all things Kinsgbury and Kenton and surrounding areas – join our meeting!! \nThese regular meetings are a great opportunity to stay informed about your neighborhood. Sharing your views and disscusing the issues that affecting your area can lead to possitive change and improvements. This is your chance to access\, influence council’s decisions and hear from speakers and senior leaders at Brent Council. We hope you can join us; everyone is welcome! \nMeeting will be chaired by your local ward councillors. \nDon’t miss chance to connect\, collaborate\, and create positive change!
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/kingsburykenton-brent-connects-autumn-2025/
LOCATION:England
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T200000
DTSTAMP:20251016T142859Z
CREATED:20250926T122857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T142859Z
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SUMMARY:Hate Crime Awareness Panel and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join Brent Council for an evening focused on hate crime exploring how we address this within our community.\n\n\nWe welcome Brent residents to join the Community Safety team for an evening to hear from our contributors who support our diverse community\, as we raise awareness around what hate crimes are\, the impact within our diverse community\, and how this is addressed.   There will be an opportunity to share your views and ask questions.  \nWe will be joined by MET Police\, Tell MAMA\, Stop Hate UK\, Prevent\, Stay Safe East\, who will also join our Q&A to close the event.  \nFood and refreshments provided.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/hate-crime-awareness-panel-and-qa/
LOCATION:Brent Civic Centre\, The Base (1st Floor)\, Engineers Way\, Wembley Park\, England\, HA9 0FJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T200000
DTSTAMP:20251015T074420Z
CREATED:20250927T051404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T074420Z
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with: Richard Langley & Mark Stein
DESCRIPTION:Former Professional Footballers Richard Langley & Mark Stein talk about the changes they have see over the years\, both on and off the pitch.\n\n\nFormer Professional Footballers Richard Langley & Mark Stein talk candidly about the changes they have see over the years\, both on and off the field. Providing insight into the unique journey both athletes have taken throughout their lives they will reflect on issues such as the impact of social media coverage on athletes\, equality and inclusion in sport\, the pressure and mental health support available. \nThe audience will have the opportunity to ask questions in an interactive Q&A with both former footballers \nAbout the Jason Roberts Foundation: \nThe Jason Roberts Foundation (JRF) is a sport for development charity delivering a programme of wrap-around support for 5 – 25-year-olds\, incorporating mentoring\, life skills\, education\, and training\, within our multi-sports activities providing opportunities and promoting exercise and team games to young people\, including those at risk\, and those with physical and learning difficulties and disabilities. \nThere is also a focus on health and wellbeing family interventions\, and intergenerational community projects and events. We collaborate with local voluntary\, public\, and private sector organisations\, and funding bodies to achieve our objective of ‘community first’ \nThis event is part of the nationwide project Our Freedom Then and Now\, exploring the legacy of VE Day and VJ Day. In Brent this takes the form of a dynamic community programme jointly delivered by Brent Libraries\, Culture and Heritage and the Jason Roberts Foundation.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/in-conversation-with-richard-langley-mark-stein/
LOCATION:Harlesden Library\, Craven Park Road\, London\, England\, NW10 8SE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T170000
DTSTAMP:20251015T142851Z
CREATED:20250926T122857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T142851Z
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SUMMARY:Disability Forum
DESCRIPTION:Let’s come together at the Disability Forum to discuss challenges\, share experiences\, and find solutions – see you there!\n\n\nBrent Council would like to invite you to the next Disability Forum meeting will be held on Wednesday\, 15th October 3-5pm. \nTopics on the agenda include a “Members Voice” session where people can share their views or concerns\, followed by an exercise from the forum Chair to gather ideas for future forum topics and speakers. \nAshford Place & Public Health will present on the Belonging Project\, which supports Brent adults experiencing loneliness and isolation by connecting them with important services and community services. \nAdult Social Care team will present on the newly updated Adult Social Care website\, which will show new tools to help residents better understand and access available services whilst providing update on work being delivered. EDI Team will deliver an EDI exercise to engage members in shaping inclusive practices.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/disability-forum-6/
LOCATION:Brent Civic Centre\, Engineers Way\, Wembley Park\, England\, HA9 0FJ\, United Kingdom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T140000
DTSTAMP:20251014T192618Z
CREATED:20250929T155932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T192618Z
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SUMMARY:Stitch Social
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the summer season of Stitch Social and enjoy a rich blend of storytelling and stitch art creativity. Funded by NLWA
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/stitch-social-30/
LOCATION:Sycamore Community Hall\, 27A West End Lane\, London\, England\, NW6 4NY\, United Kingdom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T123000
DTSTAMP:20251014T192618Z
CREATED:20250926T150130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T192618Z
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SUMMARY:Women Supporting Women: A New Social Club for Women in NW6 and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Join our new women’s group; share experiences\, build friendships & support each other. Launch 17 Sept\, 10:30am. All welcome!
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/women-supporting-women-a-new-social-club-for-women-in-nw6-and-beyond-3/
LOCATION:England
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T153000
DTSTAMP:20251014T142716Z
CREATED:20250926T122856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T142716Z
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SUMMARY:Hate Crime Awareness Workshop hosted by Protection Approaches
DESCRIPTION:For professionals working in Brent\, join the Community Safety team and Protection Approaches for this upcoming hate crime awareness workshop\n\n\nJoin the Community Safety team for a 3-hour workshop with Protection Approaches to gain a deeper understanding of hate crime—its causes\, impacts\, and how to support those affected. \nThis interactive session will help you: \n\nUnderstand what constitutes a hate crime\nLearn how to access support if you’ve experienced one\nExplore the different ways to report incidents safely and effectively\n\n \nWhether you’re looking to support others or empower yourself\, this workshop offers practical knowledge and tools in a safe and inclusive space.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/hate-crime-awareness-workshop-hosted-by-protection-approaches/
LOCATION:Brent Civic Centre\, Engineers Way\, Wembley Park\, England\, HA9 0FJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T120000
DTSTAMP:20251014T072917Z
CREATED:20250927T051402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T072917Z
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SUMMARY:Willesden Green Coffee Morning: The history of women's football in the UK
DESCRIPTION:Phil Vasili will discuss the rise of women’s football\, the fifty year suppression and re-emergence as the epitome of ‘the beautiful game.\n\n\nIf the history of women’s football in the UK were made into a film\, it might resemble a dramatic story: a powerful\, confident new train racing forward\, while anxious railway executives\, threatened by this emerging force\, desperately try to tear up the tracks ahead. \nThis talk will examine the factors behind the rise and success of women’s football in the UK\, highlighting the remarkable achievements of the Lionesses. \nAbout the speaker \nPhil Vasili has been researching and writing about the history of football since the 1980s. Two of his books have been the subject of BBC documentaries and a drama. His play ‘Tull’ was staged at the Octagon Theatre\, Bolton and the Bernie Grant Centre\, Tottenham. Another ‘The Beautiful Game’ was the first play staged the Brent Civic Centre in 2014. \n \nThis event is part of the nationwide project Our Freedom Then and Now\, exploring the legacy of VE Day and VJ Day. In Brent this takes the form of a dynamic community programme jointly delivered by Brent Libraries\, Culture and Heritage and the Jason Roberts Foundation.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/willesden-green-coffee-morning-the-history-of-womens-football-in-the-uk/
LOCATION:The Library at Willesden Green\, 95 High Road\, London\, England\, NW10 2SF\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T120000
DTSTAMP:20251013T185946Z
CREATED:20250926T150143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T185946Z
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SUMMARY:Kilburn Foraging Walks
DESCRIPTION:Learn about edible weeds and other plants growing wild in Kilburn on our guided foraging walks project\, open to everyone.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/kilburn-foraging-walks-3/
LOCATION:Varies\, Varies\, London\, England\, NW6 XXX\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251013T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251013T173000
DTSTAMP:20251013T135905Z
CREATED:20250926T122856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T135905Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Health Matters – Community Grants Support Session 2
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Brent Health Matters – Community Grants Support Session 2\, where we’ll discuss how to access funding for health projects.\n\n\nBrent Health Matters – Community Grants Support Session 2 \nWelcome to the first session of Brent Health Matters’ Community Grants Support! This online event is designed to assist individuals and organizations in navigating the grant application process. Whether you’re a newcomer or a seasoned applicant\, join us for valuable insights\, tips\, and resources to help you secure funding for your health-related projects. Our team of experts will be on hand to answer your questions and provide guidance every step of the way. Don’t miss this opportunity to boost your chances of success! Register now to reserve your spot. \nThese sessions will provide guidance on the application process\, eligibility criteria\, and how to develop a strong proposal. \nGrants of up to £10\,000 are available for Brent-based projects that aim to improve health and wellbeing in local neighbourhoods. We are particularly keen to support initiatives that: \n• Promote healthy living and raise awareness of health issues \n• Provide emotional and mental health support \n• Encourage early intervention and health screenings \n• Improve access to vaccinations \n• Engage children and young people in physical activity \n• Focus on specific groups experiencing health inequalities \n• Clearly demonstrate impact and outcomes \nWe encourage projects supporting children and young people\, and those working with disadvantaged communities. \nFor full details on the Community Grants Fund and how to apply\, visit: Community Grants Fund | Brent Council
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-health-matters-community-grants-support-session-2/
LOCATION:England
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251013T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251013T120000
DTSTAMP:20251013T135905Z
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SUMMARY:Hate Crime Awareness Workshop hosted by Stop Hate UK
DESCRIPTION:For professionals working in Brent\, join the Community Safety team and Stop Hate UK for this upcoming hate crime awareness workshop\n\n\nBrent Community Safety team welcome professionals from local organisations\, and council staff to attend this workshop focused on hate crime\, hosted by Stop Hate UK.  \nIf you would like to further your knowledge and insight to support residents\, improve your own professional and personal development\, this workshop will address what a hate crime is\, exploring online hate\, freedom of speech online\, being an upstander and scenario practice.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/hate-crime-awareness-workshop-hosted-by-stop-hate-uk/
LOCATION:Brent Civic Centre\, Engineers Way\, Wembley Park\, England\, HA9 0FJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251011T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251011T180000
DTSTAMP:20251011T054623Z
CREATED:20250927T051346Z
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SUMMARY:Stories of Harrow Ciyaar Somali Community event
DESCRIPTION:Hadda waxaad ka warqabtaa sheekooyinka dadka reer Ciyaar ee Soomaaliyeed ee Harrow\, waxaadna ka wada shaqaynaysaa dadka kale ee Soomaalida k\n\n\nStories of Harrow Ciyaar Somali Community event \nCome join us at our in-person event where we will be sharing stories from the vibrant Ciyaar Somali Community. Immerse yourself in the rich culture and traditions of the Somali people. The event will be held at HA1 1YB\, so mark your calendars and don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with our community.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/stories-of-harrow-ciyaar-somali-community-event/
LOCATION:HA1 1YB\, Barons Mead\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 1YB\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251011T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251011T143000
DTSTAMP:20251011T133321Z
CREATED:20250926T122854Z
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SUMMARY:Repair Items for FREE - Willesden Repair Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Free clothing repairs\, small electrical fixes\, bike servicing\, a bike market\, and more!\n\n\nJoin this FREE event promoting repair and reuse in the community \n*Entry is free\, but please book a ticket. It’s first come\, first served and we cannot guarantee that everyone will be seen\, so please arrive early.* \nCome join us for a fun day of fixing! Bring your broken items and our skilled volunteers will help you repair them for free. Everything from a faulty alarm clock to a squeaky bike. Let’s reduce waste together and learn new skills in the process. See you there! \n \n\nTextile repairs with TRAID – Learn how to sew and repair your own clothes in a friendly workshop setting.\n\n \n\nElectrical repairs with the Restart Project – Repairers will help you troubleshoot and fix small electronic appliances. You are responsible for your device and any data stored on it. Please only bring one item per person.\n\n \n\nBike repairs with Peddle My Wheels – Cycle instructor mechanics will check your bike — wheels\, brakes\, gears\, racks\, pedals and saddles. Minor adjustments will be fixed on the day; for major repairs\, you’ll get advice on what to do next.\n\n \n\nBike market – Browse fully serviced\, affordable\, used bikes. You can also donate your old bike to Peddle My Wheels\, who are running the market.\n\n \nNEW: Electrical Repair Training Workshops with West Central London Fixers \nFor the first time\, we’re also offering two free hands-on workshops where you can learn how to repair small electrical items yourself. Each session runs for approximately 2 hours and is an opportunity to watch\, learn and participate in electronic repairs of anything from a laptop to a sewing machine. \nSession 1: 10:30am – 12:30pm \nSession 2: 12:30pm – 2:30pm \nSpaces are limited\, so please only book if you’re committed to attending for the specified time. If you can’t make it\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your spot to someone on the waiting list. \nLast entry to the main event is at 2.00pm. \nFor more information\, or if you require assistance or have any specific requirements to be able to take part in the event\, please contact: climateemergency@brent.gov.uk.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/repair-items-for-free-willesden-repair-cafe/
LOCATION:The Pakistan Centre\, Marley Walk\, London\, England\, NW2 4PU\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T200000
DTSTAMP:20251009T132850Z
CREATED:20250623T151355Z
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SUMMARY:Wembley Brent Connects  Autumn 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join Wembley  Brent Connects Autumn 2025 – an epic online event which  is bringing people together !\n\n\nJoin us for the Wembley Brent Connects meeting!\n \nIf you live\, work or are interested and passionate in all things Wembley and surrounding areas – join our meeting ! \nThese regular meetings are a great opportunity to stay informed about your neighborhood. Sharing your views and disscusing the issues that affecting your area can lead to possitive change and improvements. This is your chance to access\, influence council’s decisions and hear from speakers and senior leaders at Brent Council. We hope you can join us; everyone is welcome! \nMeetings will be chaired by your local ward councillors and as part of our ongoing commitment to the transparency of Brent Connects\, we will be recording meetings. Additionally\, this will act as an official record of the discussions held\, motions proposed\, and the decisions taken. \nDon’t miss chance to connect\, collaborate\, and create positive change!
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/wembley-brent-connects-autumn-2025/
LOCATION:England
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251008T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251008T190000
DTSTAMP:20251008T132611Z
CREATED:20250926T122852Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Private Renters Fair 2025
DESCRIPTION:Brent Councils Private Renters Fair is where you’ll find everything you need to know about renting  in Brent\,  all under one roof!\n\n\nBrent Private Renters Fair 2025 \nCome join us at the Brent Civic Centre – Grand Hall for a fantastic event being held for all private renters in the borough! This fair is the perfect opportunity to connect\, learn\, and get expert advice. \nThis fair will be a one-stop shop for everything our private renting community needs\, combining exhibits\, stalls and presentations\, the fair will: \n\nFind out what the Renter’s Rights Bill means for you\nProvide essential support and guidance on renter rights\, tenancy agreements\, and how to navigate challenging situations with landlords.\nEmpower renters with knowledge about their rights and responsibilities\, fostering a positive and respectful relationship between landlords and tenants.\nShowcase the benefits of renting privately in Brent.\n\nThe fair will also host informative guest speakers from across the housing sector covering a range of topics\, ensuring your questions get answered. \nDon’t miss out on this exciting event! Mark your calendars and join us at the Brent Civic Centre for an afternoon filled with knowledge\, connections\, and opportunities. \nPlease note: You don’t need a ticket to attend\, but booking one helps us get an idea of numbers. Feel free to just drop in on the day.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-private-renters-fair-2025/
LOCATION:Brent Civic Centre\, Engineers Way\, Wembley Park\, England\, HA9 0FJ\, United Kingdom
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