Bringing communities together to make, connect and belong

COLLÉ COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS

For anyone who already shows up for each other

A creative wellbeing offering for care homes, university wellbeing teams, book clubs and standing friend groups across London.

We offer two community workshops:
Collé Gatherings and Collé Bound.

A group of people sitting around a long table engaged in arts and crafts activities, with various papers, magazines, scissors, glue sticks, and coffee mugs scattered across the table.

Most groups that meet regularly do the same thing, every time: talk. This is something else, made together, not just discussed.

Collé Gatherings

WHAT IT IS

The best friendships I know aren't built on saying the right thing, they're built on showing up, again and again, same time, same place. Collé Gatherings gives that showing up something to make together, not just something to talk through.

Best for: Book clubs, standing friend groups, community circles.

  • No experience needed, accessible to every member of your group

  • Something that marks the gathering, not just the conversation

  • Tailored to what actually brings your group together

WORKSHOP FLOW

1. Welcome and settling in

A short introduction, no experience or explanation needed

2. Curated materials, tailored to your group

Chosen around what brings you together a bespoke handout designed to bring the best out of your creative playful side

3. Making, side by side

Hands busy, conversation unforced, connection that isn't scripted

4. Something to mark the day

Leave with a piece, or pieces, that mark the gathering itself

DETAILS

  • Groups of 8–20 ·

  • 2 hours

  • London-based

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A woman working on a collage or craft project, surrounded by cut-out magazine images, glue sticks, a marker, and various colored paper on a green cutting mat.

Collé Bound

A slower kind of making, building a decorative book by hand

WHAT IT IS

Some of my steadiest thinking happens with my hands busy and nothing that needs saying out loud. Collé Bound is built from that: building a book by hand, fold by fold, page by page, in a world that rarely lets you slow down. Depending on your group, Sarah will guide you through lotus book, zine, or flag book construction, then help you fill the pages with whatever theme suits you.

Best for: Festival pop-ups, university library drop-ins, women's circles. No experience needed, accessible to every member of your group

  • A handmade book to keep, gift, or return to

  • A practice you can continue at home, long after the session ends

  • A genuine skill, not just a one-off piece

WORKSHOP FLOW

1. Welcome and choosing the fold

Lotus book, zine, or flag book, chosen to suit your group and setting

2. Learning the construction

Guided, hands-on, step by step, no prior bookmaking experience needed

3. Filling the pages

Collage prompts tailored to whatever theme suits your group

4. A book, and a skill, to keep

Leave with a finished book, and the ability to make another one alone

Two women smiling and holding colorful diamond-shaped paper craft decorations outdoors, with trees and greenery in the background.
A smiling young woman with blonde hair in a checkered sleeveless top and jeans holds a chain of colorful paper crafts outdoors with greenery in the background.
A woman with blonde hair making a craft on a cluttered table covered with pink, red, and floral Valentine-themed paper, scissors, glue, and markers.
Two men are sitting at a table, with one of them holding a long paper chain, both smiling and looking at each other, in a bright home setting.

DETAILS

  • Groups of 4–20

  • 2–4 hours, depending on book of choice (lotus & flag books 4 hrs, zine 2 hrs)

  • London-based

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