
Games & Craft Cafe

​​​For young people aged 16-30
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We play classic board games, strategic games, and table top role playing games including Magic the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons.
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On Tuesday 4 February and Tuesday 4 March we will also have a craft table. Join us for social sewing with Mika Sembongi and crochet with Jennie Caminada!
See booking below for more details.
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The Games Night is a social meet up suggested and led by some of the young people at 'Some Kind of Hack Space'.
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It is intended to be neurodivergent friendly and open to all young people to meet up and play games.
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Find us at The Hornbeam Cafe on Hoe Street, Walthamstow on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month from 7-9pm.
Book for Each Session Below
​When is it?
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Currently held twice a month on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from ​7pm-9pm.
See booking above for details.
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Where is it?
Hornbeam Cafe, 458 Hoe St, London E17 9AH
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Other Stuff
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It's free but if you feel able to make a donation we can buy games and book the venue for future sessions.
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Parents, carers, siblings and friends are welcome to come along, join games, have a cuppa. Whatever suits you.
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Please bring your own games, drinks and snacks. The cafe is not to the public or serving food when we are using it.
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We might keep the front door locked so only our games night group can come in, so please knock or wave to catch our attention when you arrive.
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A few details about the venue in case helpful
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It is on a busy main road and you can hear the traffic when inside.
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We will have exclusive use of the ground floor cafe, but occasionally people who work in the building may pop in.
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There is space for up to 20 people.
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There is a single toilet with a hand towel and no electric hand dryer. The extractor fan comes on when you turn the light on and makes a buzzing sound. (The light pull can be found just outside the toilet and has a block of wood painted yellow with a drawing of a lightbulb on it.
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Lighting is low because a few of the lights are broken!
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There may be some food smells as it's a cafe but everything is usually cleared away for our sessions.
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The kitchen appliances make fairly typical humming sounds.​​
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The cafe is based in a community run space with strong environmental values. They are working towards a connected, inclusive and sustainable community. You can find our more here.
The Venue


Partners

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2024: Some Kind of Hack Space is brilliantly supported by:
Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund, funded by Westfield Stratford City and delivered by Foundation for Future London
And The National Lottery Community Fund.
2023: Pilot project funded by Foundation for Future London as 1 of 17 Collaborative Commissions as part of the Connecting People & Places Fund, co-funded by City of London
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And a special thanks to local people who have seen the value in this project, volunteering their time and making donations. It's much appreciated.