Communi-tea
free social, physical & creative wellbeing sessions for over 50s
Thursdays
2pm to 4.30pm
Good Shepherd Studios
5A Davies Ln, Bushwood,
London, E11 3DR
What to Expect
2pm Chair Yoga
Every week the afternoon is split into 3 x 1hr sessions, you can attend all or just some of the afternoon. Take a look below at the shape of a typical Thursday session.
Seated mindful movement to support mobility and mental wellbeing
3pm Tea Break
A chance to come together, relax and socialise over some hot drinks and refreshments,
3.30pm Creative Session
Each week our creative session offers something new, from singing and photography skills to art activities, film screenings, and musical performances.
Upcoming Thursday
Creative Sessions
16th April - Herbs with Elise
Make a very basic herbal preparation like an intuitive tea blend, infused oil, or medicinal blend
Sensory tea tasting (meeting a herb without knowing what it is and using our senses to connect), then discuss the plant, meet it, and learn and share stories
23rd April - Special Guest - BFI Archive screening and discussion
KEEP FIT
An exploratory and experimental compilation, Keep Fit takes the repetitive and mediative nature of the exercise class itself and presents a ruminative journey through 120 years of fitness and health in moving image. Dir: Jo Reid | 2025 | 21 mins
This event is supported by the BFI Screen Heritage Fund, awarding National Lottery Funding
2nd April - Short Film Cinema
Moving Pictures presented by WoFFF Short films about or made by women over 50. Sit back and enjoy the film’s wide range of submissions to the festival, no film is longer than 20 minutes, and we will have a little discussion about what we’ve seen.
9th April - Singing for Joy with Ava
Join Ava for a singing session to celebrate life. We will sing a mixture of popular songs and lesser-known songs that all share messages of love, strength, faith and interconnectedness.
When we get together to sing and enJOY, we can get a clearer feeling of what thriving might feel like…in our sense of creativity, well-being, and community connections. People have used songs to make meaning and form culture since. When we sing together, our breathing and heartbeats synchronise and we can experience a connectedness that goes beyond words.
7th May - Short Film Cinema
14th May - Singalong
21st May - Herbal Remedies with Elise
28th May - Drawing for Peace with Amanda
7th June - Short Film Cinema
14th June - Singalong
21st June - Herbal Remedies with Elise
28th June - TBC
Our Facilitators & Partners
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Jessica Green
Movement for Wellbeing Facilitator I specialising in Accessible Yoga and movement inspired by Hatha Yoga
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Ava Riby-Williams
Creative Facilitator, Artist and Wellbeing guide who celebrates diversity and finds divinity in all of life. She uses arts and healing based practises to bring community together.
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Women Over Fifty In Film
The first Thursday of each month we have a short film cinema presented by WOFFF.
The Women Over 50 Film Festival (affectionately known as WOFFF) champions and showcases the work of older women on screen and behind the camera.
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Zoe Purdy-Wood and Danielle Gilbert
It's not karaoke but it's not a choir, the session is led by professional musicians and singing teachers, lovers of song Danie and Zoe. We sing together and learn the words to our favourite songs, sing our hearts out, all levels welcome. We believe everyone can sing.
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Good Shepherd Studios
Our home, the Annex of the ground floor of Good Shepherd Studios.
The building (formerly known as The Good Shepherd Building) has a long history but was recently saved from being developed into flats - thanks to the activism of a group of local residents (thank you Our Pastures!).
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We Flock CIC
With a focus on creativity and wellness, We Flock CIC is seeking out people and groups to feed the creative appetites of Leytonstoners whatever their background or state of play.
We Flock CIC runs and facilitates regular events and projects with the aim of improving and celebrating the wealth of local talent in our community and beyond
Previous Sessions
Communi-tea is made possible with the generous support of our funders.
We are also grateful for donations, no matter how big or small.
You can even donate the cost of a hot drink for one of our sessions. For a small non-profit organisation like ours, every little bit adds up. So please consider donating here.
Every donation helps us continue
If you can, please consider making a small one-off or regular donation to keep our grassroots project going. It would mean so much to everyone involved.
