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Calendar of Events
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Wednesday Pop-up Cafe and Warm Space
Wednesday Pop-up Cafe and Warm Space
Join us at #Nottingham Sumac Centre for meals/snacks, unlimited hot drinks, free wifi (laptop available) and a warm space. Just £3 for food. Also radical book stall, #RainbowCentre Archives, community food hub for wholefoods & zero waste supplies, free share foods, informal meeting space with zoom & big screen facilities. Initially every Wednesday 1pm – […]
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Forest Fields Social Club – Sunday socials
Forest Fields Social Club – Sunday socials
Sumac Garden Bar & Cafe continues. Sundays: Brunch 11am - 2pm; Bar from 12noon - 4pm, a family-friendly time with games and bar snacks. Opening times are subject to the availability of volunteers. There are often events at the Sumac Centre, but members and their guests are always welcome during club hours. The FFSC is […]
DISCLOSURE: Unravelling the Spycops Files, with Kate Wilson
DISCLOSURE: Unravelling the Spycops Files, with Kate Wilson
Kate Wilson’s DISCLOSURE: Unravelling the Spycops Files (W&N, 29 May 2025), is both a memoir and a shocking exposé about the workings of Britain’s secret police. In 2003, in Britain, secret political police infiltrated a group of idealistic young environmental activists in Nottingham, forming sexual relationships and spying without warrant on hundreds of innocent civilians. […]
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Wednesday Pop-up Cafe and Warm Space
Wednesday Pop-up Cafe and Warm Space
Join us at #Nottingham Sumac Centre for meals/snacks, unlimited hot drinks, free wifi (laptop available) and a warm space. Just £3 for food. Also radical book stall, #RainbowCentre Archives, community food hub for wholefoods & zero waste supplies, free share foods, informal meeting space with zoom & big screen facilities. Initially every Wednesday 1pm – […]
Creative Arts & Makers Club . First Wednesdays
Creative Arts & Makers Club . First Wednesdays
The Creative Arts & Makers Club at Sumac happens on 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month. Activities include: Modeling and mark making using clay Looking at the principles of design Graphics, taking inspiration from illuminated manuscripts Scap/sketchbook keeping. Why do it, ideas and practice.
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Sumac Open Mic – First Friday monthly
Sumac Open Mic – First Friday monthly
Open mic returns to the the Sumac on a monthly basis (first Friday of the month). All welcome from beginners to pros.
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One Eye on the Road – Windsor to the Beanfields and Beyond
One Eye on the Road – Windsor to the Beanfields and Beyond
Now a long time Nottingham resident and social activist, Alan Lodge, ‘Tash’ comes from a free festival and traveller background. Living in old buses, trucks and caravans, he drove around the country on ‘the circuit’ with his family and friends. Since the late 1970’s he has been photographing events and the people around him, with […]
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Forest Fields Social Club – Sunday socials
Forest Fields Social Club – Sunday socials
Sumac Garden Bar & Cafe continues. Sundays: Brunch 11am - 2pm; Bar from 12noon - 4pm, a family-friendly time with games and bar snacks. Opening times are subject to the availability of volunteers. There are often events at the Sumac Centre, but members and their guests are always welcome during club hours. The FFSC is […]
Resistance Exhibition
Resistance Exhibition
Since the early 1980's the Rainbow Centre in Nottingham - now the cooperatve behind the Sumac Centre, has provided space, facilities and resources for a huge diversity of radical campaigns for positive social change. Our #RainbowCentre closely supported the emerging Road Alert network, @EarthFirstUK & later #ReclaimTheStreets, #ClimateAction Camps and more. Nottingham Rainbow Centre linked […]
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Wednesday Pop-up Cafe and Warm Space
Wednesday Pop-up Cafe and Warm Space
Join us at #Nottingham Sumac Centre for meals/snacks, unlimited hot drinks, free wifi (laptop available) and a warm space. Just £3 for food. Also radical book stall, #RainbowCentre Archives, community food hub for wholefoods & zero waste supplies, free share foods, informal meeting space with zoom & big screen facilities. Initially every Wednesday 1pm – […]
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Games Night at Forest Fields Social Club
Games Night at Forest Fields Social Club
Game Night at Sumac on 2nd and last Fridays of each month, with bar, 7-10pm. also now on 3rd Sundays monthly, during Sunday brunch & Forest Fields Social Club
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Forest Fields Social Club – Sunday socials
Forest Fields Social Club – Sunday socials
Sumac Garden Bar & Cafe continues. Sundays: Brunch 11am - 2pm; Bar from 12noon - 4pm, a family-friendly time with games and bar snacks. Opening times are subject to the availability of volunteers. There are often events at the Sumac Centre, but members and their guests are always welcome during club hours. The FFSC is […]
Games Brunch, 3rd Sundays monthly
Games Brunch, 3rd Sundays monthly
Game Night is also now on 3rd Sundays afternoons monthly, during Sunday brunch & Forest Fields Social Club
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Wednesday Pop-up Cafe and Warm Space
Wednesday Pop-up Cafe and Warm Space
Join us at #Nottingham Sumac Centre for meals/snacks, unlimited hot drinks, free wifi (laptop available) and a warm space. Just £3 for food. Also radical book stall, #RainbowCentre Archives, community food hub for wholefoods & zero waste supplies, free share foods, informal meeting space with zoom & big screen facilities. Initially every Wednesday 1pm – […]
Creative Arts & Makers Club . Wednesdays at Sumac
Creative Arts & Makers Club . Wednesdays at Sumac
The Creative Arts & Makers Club at Sumac now happens every Wednesdays. Activities include: Cloth mending, including darning, sewing patches. Card making. Up cycling, eg peg bags. Scap/sketchbook keeping. Why do it, ideas and practice. You ideas, inspiration, skills and requests very welcome
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Sumac Sisterhood
Sumac Sisterhood
A welcoming, safe and friendly place for activities from arts & crafts to discussion groups. Third Friday Monthly. Details from sumacsisterhood@gmail.com
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Forest Fields Social Club – Sunday socials
Forest Fields Social Club – Sunday socials
Sumac Garden Bar & Cafe continues. Sundays: Brunch 11am - 2pm; Bar from 12noon - 4pm, a family-friendly time with games and bar snacks. Opening times are subject to the availability of volunteers. There are often events at the Sumac Centre, but members and their guests are always welcome during club hours. The FFSC is […]
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Wednesday Pop-up Cafe and Warm Space
Wednesday Pop-up Cafe and Warm Space
Join us at #Nottingham Sumac Centre for meals/snacks, unlimited hot drinks, free wifi (laptop available) and a warm space. Just £3 for food. Also radical book stall, #RainbowCentre Archives, community food hub for wholefoods & zero waste supplies, free share foods, informal meeting space with zoom & big screen facilities. Initially every Wednesday 1pm – […]
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Games Night at Forest Fields Social Club
Games Night at Forest Fields Social Club
Game Night at Sumac on 2nd and 4th Friday of each month, with bar, 7pm -10pm.
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Forest Fields Social Club – Sunday socials
Forest Fields Social Club – Sunday socials
Sumac Garden Bar & Cafe continues. Sundays: Brunch 11am - 2pm; Bar from 12noon - 4pm, a family-friendly time with games and bar snacks. Opening times are subject to the availability of volunteers. There are often events at the Sumac Centre, but members and their guests are always welcome during club hours. The FFSC is […]
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Wednesday Pop-up Cafe and Warm Space
Wednesday Pop-up Cafe and Warm Space
Join us at #Nottingham Sumac Centre for meals/snacks, unlimited hot drinks, free wifi (laptop available) and a warm space. Just £3 for food. Also radical book stall, #RainbowCentre Archives, community food hub for wholefoods & zero waste supplies, free share foods, informal meeting space with zoom & big screen facilities. Initially every Wednesday 1pm – […]
Creative Arts & Makers Club . First Wednesdays
Creative Arts & Makers Club . First Wednesdays
The Creative Arts & Makers Club at Sumac happens on 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month. Activities include: Modeling and mark making using clay Looking at the principles of design Graphics, taking inspiration from illuminated manuscripts Scap/sketchbook keeping. Why do it, ideas and practice.
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Sumac Open Mic – First Friday monthly
Sumac Open Mic – First Friday monthly
Open mic returns to the the Sumac on a monthly basis (first Friday of the month). All welcome from beginners to pros.
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Forest Fields Social Club – Sunday socials
Forest Fields Social Club – Sunday socials
Sumac Garden Bar & Cafe continues. Sundays: Brunch 11am - 2pm; Bar from 12noon - 4pm, a family-friendly time with games and bar snacks. Opening times are subject to the availability of volunteers. There are often events at the Sumac Centre, but members and their guests are always welcome during club hours. The FFSC is […]
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Sumac exists to provides resources and a meeting space for groups and individuals working to promote social justice, environmental awareness, peace, and animal rights.
You can donate here to support us, towards running costs, maintenance, heating bills etc.
