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We The Free Bake Sale

A charity bake sale to raise money for We The Free solidarity day (a huge animal rights event in Birmingham at the start of August).

To help predict numbers optionally sign up for the Bake Sale here.

Feel free to bake your own cakes/biscuits etc to bring along (this isn’t essential though) everything must be vegan and please let us know if they contain any allergies.

We will also potentially show a film for those who want to watch it or people can just chat to others if they wish.

Sunday 12th July at Sumac Centre at 4.30pm.

 

Skills Exchange Social, People’s Kitchen and Fundraiser

Learn about timebanking and meet other timebankers. Featuring live music, poetry, food, bar, quiz and tombola. Everyone is welcome.
We welcome raffle prizes, please ask family and friends and local businesses for any new or as new items that are suitable.  Books, plants, ornaments, cosmetics etc. not tested on animals, drinks, games, toys and of course scented candles and wax melts.
We have a £100 shortfall in the money needed to pay for our insurance in June.
You can donate at the Social on June 6th or by BACS:
Lloyds Bank
Skills-Exchange-Nottingham
Sort Code: 30-90-89
Account Number: 35394768

Fundraiser for Big Ride for Palestine

Join us on FRIDAY 24th July at the Sumac Centre for an evening of music, poetry, vegan food and community spirit.

Featuring poets: Amer Yaks, Emma Sullivan, Panya Bojoko and Zohra

Featuring musicians: Jacob Holmes, Campfie Goblins, Eleanor Gail, and Dave Fairey

This People’s Kitchen meal for the Big Ride for Palestine supports the Nottingham to Sheffield Bike Ride for Palestine leaving  on the next day.

Raising funds for

* MECA https://www.mecaforpeace.org/
* Gaza Sunbirds https://gazasunbirds.org/

There will be music and poetry, vegan food, raffle and the Forest Fields Social Club Bar.

During Forest Fields Social Club events under 18s must be accompanied by an adult who remains responsible for them whilst on Sumac premises.

Everyone is welcome to this fundraiser for Big Ride For Palestine and Refugee Forum.

£5 for entry  . £5 for food . Plus raffle.

To support the event and help give an idea of numbers or simply donate to the fundraiser, at https://NightBeforeBigRIde.eventbrite.co.uk

Note that the Fundraiser event, organised in conjunction with the Sumac Centre, is on Friday 24th July, in advance of the Bike Ride leaving the next day.

Rift Valley Dates and Olive Oil

Veggies Catering Campaign now stocks products brought direct from Palestinian farmers by Rift Valley.

Come prepared to shop for solidarity!

Brinsley Animal Rescue Fundraiser – 18 July 2026

Another regular ‘Peoples Kitchen’ fundraiser for Brinsley Animal Rescue, at the Sumac Centre.

The animals suffering does not end, which means we do not stop our community fundraising meals

So come along, eat homemade delicious vegan food for a fiver, homemade cake for an additional cost.
Join in with the raffle, drink vegan drinks from the bar, socialise with your tribe, bring games too if you like. It’s your night, be creative, bring raffle prizes, and come and have fun and laughter, let’s keep the humor flowing….

All the proceeds are donated to Brinsley Animal Rescue – saving the animals from despair and suffering, we hear them, we see them, we care.

So come along, eat cheap food, laughter at cheap jokes, and have a cheap beer !!

Join us at 7pm

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Sparrows Nest Presentation for Sumac / Rainbow Archive

NOTE event moved due to the unprecedented scale and depth of the work in processing Sumac’s Rainbow archives. Now scheduled as part of the Sumac Centre’s 25th Anniversary Festival.

Sumac Centre Library covers a range of topics from anarchism, animal rights, political and social theory, race, gender and class, environment and ecology, activism, to journalism and history and more.

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The Sparrows Nest have adopted our huge wealth of pre-digital campaign resources from the 1980s & 90s. They will be storing our archives safely. Once catalogued many items will publically available and all will be maintained in perpetuity.

Support this project

We need to raise £400 for the next part of our archiving work.

Join us at this event at Sumac Centre.

  1. Exhibition of highlights from the archive
  2. Quiz: 40+ years of radical history
  3. Duplicates from the archive freely available.

If you can, please DONATE via https://sumac.org.uk/get-involved/donate/

For details of the 1500 #RainbowArchive items on the public catalogue, (as at July’26), search for “Rainbow Centre” and Rainbow archives detailed listing.

Rainbow Listings 1986 (Sparrows Nest Archive)

For the Public Catalogue search for “Rainbow Centre” and Rainbow archives detailed listing.

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More information on the Sumac Library, including it’s Rainbow Centre pre-history, may be seen at https://sumac.org.uk/get-involved/library-bookshop/

Vegan bake sale for educational workshops and elephant sanctuary Thailand

Join us at The Sumac Centre for a vegan bake sale to raise funds for Abbie’s trip to Thailand.
Abbie will be going to Thailand to do educational sessions with children and volunteer at an elephant rescue
The main fundraiser is here with only £600 to hit the target!! https://futuresensefoundation.enthuse.com/pf/abbie-stocker
This is happening alongside Veggies £5 Sunday Brunch, you won’t find a cheaper, tastier or more ethical brunch in Nottingham… maybe the whole UK? 🤔
So come along to the Sumac for brunch and a range of vegan and gluten free cakes to help her on her way!

Sumac 25th Anniversary Festival Weekend

Sumac Centre is 25 this year.

We relocated the Rainbow Centre, established in 1984, to the Sumac Centre in June 2001.

💥 *25th, 26th, 27th September*

Three days of peace, love and music at the  Sumac Centre

Friday 25th probably a *LGBTQ+ Night +Bar

Saturday 26th probably a whole day of activities including the Big Gig in the evening

Sunday 27th probably an Acoustic Community Garden Party with Sunday Brunch,  campaign stalls,. many local acts film screenings, Veggies Burger Bar, Forest Fields Social Club.

 

From Ned Ludd’s News, published from the Rainbow Centre in 2002, archived at Sparrows Nest Library (pdf)

Work on the new independent community, resource and centre at 245 Gladstone Street nears completion. Formerly the

BACK Events for Monday February 6th, 2023 – Sumac CentreRainbow Centre, the name ‘The Sumac Centre’ has now been adopted after a shrub in the gardens.

The former Sitch Ukranian Social Club was purchased by the Rainbow Centre collective in June 2001. Major reconstruction work was undertaken by NECTA (Nottingham Environmental Construction Training for All) and other local trades people. Since then volunteers from the local community have worked on, replacing floors, walls, ceilings, doors, windows, stairs, toilets, electrics and plumbing!

Finally the end is in sight. The newly plastered walls and refurbished toilets are being‘ painted, the community cafe is being built and the furniture fireproofed. Sufficient facilities are now completed for the centre to have hosted or booked meetings for local residents groups, animal rights conferences, training days, environmental/roads gatherings and more.

With a final push it is hoped that the new centre will be ready to open during June, after which work will continue for the planned Social Club.

With completion of this first phase so close supporters are urged to get involved, both with the final works, which continue on a daily basis, and with planning the activities and running the centre once opened.

As there has been so much more work to be done than expected, the opening date, and therefore opportunity to earn income, has been deferred several times. However the mortgage and other bills wait for no one, so the gap in funding continues to grow. We have been very encouraged by
the practical support, grants and donations received, but for long‘ term security we are very keen to invite investment by way of loans, with interest offered from 0% to 5%, repayable over I, 5 or I0 years.

If all goes to plan the official opening date is the 22″“ June.

 

Reserve this weekend for a series of events loosely based on the template of the Rainbow Centre 40th Anniversary Festival in 2024.

MAP (Medical Aid for Palestine) Fundraiser

MEDICAL AID FOR PALESTINIANS

With Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum

FUNDRAISER

Saturday December 13th 5pm – 10pm

Join us for:

Music & Poetry

Food & Raffle

Grab ya tickets here. 👇🧶

Entry: £6 (+fees)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/map-medical-aid-for-palestine-fundraiser-tickets-1972847213122

Organized in collaboration with Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone St, Forest Fields, NG7 6HX

FEATURING LOCAL ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS:-

Abid Baig musician

Adeeb Shaheen – author

Amer Yaks poetry & pop-up stall

Andrew Mzynox poet

Blossom musician

Cilente – poet

Dave Collins – musician

Eleanor Turner musician

Emma poet

Ian Clegg & Jack Scrimshaw musicians

Jacob Holmes – musician

Jayda – musician

poet

Joshua musician

Julian Giulio Nhorteo Batedo musician

Lyra May poet

Margaret Wilson – singer

Panya Banjoko poet

Pixie Styx musician

Zohra poet

Print and display the poster / flier

Refugee Forum poster

Basil Boys presents: A Very Basil Christmas!

A Christmas variety cabaret raising money for individuals from the Nottingham transgender community.

Come and join us and be delighted by an evening of  seasonal themed drag, burlesque, comedy, poetry and more!

General entry £10

Admission + Donation £15

Can’t make? Donation only ticket £5

For more information & to book tickets in advance please see event link to Fixr website below.

Doors open at 7:30pm for show starting at 8pm

Ticket requirements : Over 18’s only.

 

 

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