Each Child a Light

The Quadrangle is pleased to present a family fundraising day in partnership with Each Child a Light: a collaborative community-based arts project remembering the children killed in Gaza.

Please book tickets here: Adults £10, Children free.

Please feel free to bring a picnic and/or food to share. There will also be some food and drinks available as part of the fundraising.

All ticket sales will be donated to Gaza Great Minds, Hope and Play, Pal Music UK, Musicians Without Borders & The Zaynab Project – charities supporting children in Gaza.

Creative workshops 1pm – 4.30pm
1.30pm Design and make a decorative remembrance square for inclusion in the memorial quilt with artist Fiona Bailey.

2.30pm Music workshop with Alison Mathews and Seeds of Hope Music, a project bringing together a group of 22 renowned international composers with the aim of raising funds for music charities working with children in Palestine.

3.30pm Poetry, creative writing and kite making inspired by the book ”A Million Kites: testimonies of poems and from the children of Gaza”, edited by children’s author Leila Boukarim and illustrated by Asaf Luzon.

5pm – 7.15pm talks and music
5pm Performance from Seeds of Hope Music

5.45pm Author Amy Abdelnoor will read from her new novel Ever Land – a gripping and powerful novel that sheds light on the ongoing occupation of Palestine. A tale of belonging and identity, of devastation and displacement and – ultimately – of the enduring universality of humanity and love.

6.30pm Edie Bailey, Lydia Cochrane, Ted Gibbs and Theo Pedley play a short set of traditional folk tunes. Featuring viola, guitar, recorder, and concertina

All day:
Craft stall with Afon Mor, a collective of women in London stitching, painting and printing to raise money for the people of Palestine.
Zines from Gaza from Coastal Lines Press, a collective of writers in Gaza.

The Darent River, one of the Quadrangle’s most loved features, runs through the garden offering a rare connection to the natural landscape and a peaceful place for reflection, paddling, or, for experienced open-water swimmers, an invigorating wild swim.

For those who love to swim – please see below about access to the river.

*Please note that river access is part of the natural environment and is not supervised, managed, or provided as an organised activity by The Quadrangle. Conditions vary and any use of the river is at guests’ own discretion and risk.