Threads Lab

Gatherings

Participatory sessions exploring place, memory, and belonging through making.

Open Tools

All facilitation guides, workshop kits, and evaluation tools are free to download and use.

Living Archive

An ongoing collection of stories from communities across the UK.

Where do you feel you belong?

Share a fragment, a place, a memory. All contributions become part of our living archive.

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Supported Cities

An open map of London built together. Participants share images and stories of care, belonging, and absence, while placed them on a shared map of the city.

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Poetics of Memory

A fill-in-the-blank poem becomes a portrait of where you come from. Participants write, share, and then build a collage that holds what words alone cannot say.

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Botanical Cosmologies

Participants forage, press botanicals onto cloth, and dye fabric with natural pigments. Making and waiting open space for unguided conversation, shared meals, and quiet presence.

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Facilitation Guide

Gathering Grounds

A comprehensive facilitation guide for running community workshops on belonging and place. includes session plans, facilitation notes, and discussion frameworks.

Workshop Kit

Poetics of Memory

A full workshop kit combining poetic writing exercises with somatic practices. includes facilitator notes, participant handouts, and prompt cards ready to print.

Evaluation Tool

Workshop Evaluation Sheets

a set of participant and facilitator evaluation forms to measure impact, gather feedback, and reflect on the workshop experience. includes quantitative and qualitative questions.

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