Mycenae House & Gardens
January - June 2025
Kathryn Tickell
Chris Difford
Mississippi MacDonald
Tiptoes & Tappers
Children & Learning
Bo Peeps Pre-School 07935 373 239 9am-3.30pm
diddi dance 07973 982 790 10 & 11am
Sing and Sign singandsign.co.uk 10.30am
JK Performing Arts 07909 964 971 4 - 8pm
Irish Dancing 07775 943 723 4.30pm
Force 5 Taekwondo 07585 334 284 5pm
Junior Chess Coaching 020 8850 7866 6.30pm
Tiptoes & Tappers 07900 242 161 various times
Woodcraft Folk 020 8851 7591 call for info
Bo Peeps Pre-School 07935 373 239 9am-3.30pm
6 week Parenting Group ribalon.org/parent 1pm
Capoeira for children 07841 342 874 4pm
Tiptoes & Tappers 07900 242 161 4.45 - 8pm
Force 5 Taekwondo 07585 334 284 5.30pm
Bo Peeps Pre-School 07935 373 239 9am-3.30pm
diddi dance 07973 982 790 10am
Racket Rascals 07549 696 178 11am
PAC After-School Club 07864 827 745 3.45pm
London Eagle Karate Club 07506 311 454 4.30pm
Tiptoes & Tappers 07900 242 161 4 - 7.15pm
Bo Peeps Pre-School 07935 373 239 9am-3.30pm
Baby Sensory 07715 305 471 10 + 11am
JKPA Street Dance 07909 964 971 4pm + 5pm
Code Ninjas coding club 07476 151 907 3.30-6pm Contemporary Dance kids 07434 784 819 5.15pm
Bach to Baby (concert) bachtobaby.com view website
Bo Peeps Pre-School 07935 373 239 9am-3.30pm Tiptoes & Tappers 07900 242 161 10am
MON
TUES
Body Orchestra Pilates Plus
Tai Chi
Innerstillness Yoga
Baby Massage
Ballroom Burn
Tai Chi
Postural Yoga
Shadow Warrior Ninjitsu NCT Antenatal Class
WED
Barre Concept
Iyengar Yoga with Priscila
Mum & Baby Yoga
Mandy Brown Pilates (50+)
Mandy Brown Pilates
Zumba Gold (beginners)
Mandy Brown Pilates
Aikido
THURS
FRI
Iyengar Yoga for Adults
Contemporary Dance adults
Box Fit Class for Women
Shadow Warrior Ninjitsu
Greenwich Morris Men
Mandy Brown Pilates
Iyengar Yoga
Dance for Over 50’s
Pre & Post Natal Pilates
Aikido
Councillors Surgery monthly SAT
Carers Hub
Seated Exercise
Mycenae Music Club
Low Cost Music Lessons
Wellbeing Session & activities
Music & Poetry Group
Dementia Singing Group
Wellbeing
07966 741 296 10.30am
07507 475 493 12 & 1.30
07962 470 611 7.45pm
07849 412 539 call for info
07711 255 932 9.30+10.30
07507 475 493 12.30pm
020 8858 1991 2pm
07813 838 711 8pm 020 8752 9125 call for info
07769 942 869 9.30am 07947 124 252 9.30am 07833 497 949 11.30am
MON
Arts & Leisure
Mycenae Bingo Club 07956 558 515 2pm
Charlton Chess Club 020 8850 7866 7pm
Local History Group 07718 429 276 call for info
Blackheath Centre for Singing Choirs
TUES
WED
9.30am 07434 784 819 6.15pm 07703 810 996 6.30pm 07813 838 711 8pm 01322 515 450 8pm
THURS
07986 671168 9 + 10am 020 8690 3818 10am 07709 952 215 11am 07495 327 979 1 + 2pm FRI 07890 672 980 10am 020 8921 5047 10am (1st)
Projects
Mondays 11am-12pm Tuesdays 12.30-1pm
Last Tues/month 7.30pm Thurs/fortnightly 10am-1pm
activities Thursdays 1-3pm Fri/monthly 2-4.30pm Sat/monthly 10.30am
07986 582 844 call for info
Spanish For Fun 07812 081 360 10+11.30am
Short Mat Bowls 020 8858 3551 2pm
Italian For Fun 07812 081 360 6.30pm+8pm
French For Fun 07812 081 360 6.30pm+8pm
Spanish For Fun 07812 081 360 6.30pm+8pm
Aperture Photography 07973 231527 call for info
Botanical Art Class 07827 863 703 call for info
Blackheath Wine Club 07802 183 638 call for info
Blackheath Bridge Club 020 8319 1312 1.15pm
Spanish For Fun 07812 081 360 6.30pm+8pm
Italian For Fun 07812 081 360 6.30pm
Citizens of the World Choir 07849 969 062 call for info
Blackheath Centre for Singing choirs 07986 582 844 call for info
Blackheath Bridge Club 020 8319 1312 6.15pm
French For Fun 07812 081 360 6.30pm+8pm
Poetry Workshop biweekly 0208 265 1408 7pm
Portuguese For Fun 07812 081 360 8pm
Ferrier Operatic Society 07957 626 189 call for info
The Seasons Art Class 020 8311 3185 call for info
Blackheath Wine Club 07802 183 638 call for info
Flamsteed Astronomy Soc 020 8312 6678 call for info
Flower Arrangers 07887 790 028 1pm (3rd)
Senior Citizens Friday Club 020 8858 1749 2pm (2ⁿd/4th)
B/heath Scientific Soc. 020 8854 3389 call for info
Update
Friends of Mycenae Gardens
Mycenae Gardens and the Dell are designated as an area of Special Interest for Nature Conservation. The Mycenae Gardens Friends group wants to celebrate it with a monthly Photo Competition. You are invited to send your pictures of park life to them at friendsofmycenaegardens@gmail.com.
Your photo could be shown in Mycenae House, on the notice board, and in the Westcombe News!
You Got A New Floor
This Christmas break was an opportunity for us to work on the building as usual and so we invited Just Wood Floors to install a new hardwood floor into Room 15. This room is a favourite for the pilates, yoga, dance and martial arts classes.
This seasons live music programme
January 24
January 31
February 21
February 28
March 6
March 14
March 21
April 11
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23
May 30
S.W.O.P
Icarus Acoustic Club
Her Voice
Kathryn Tickell
St Patricks Day
S.W.O.P.
Mustard Seed
Sonic Blue
S.W.O.P. Icarus Acoustic Club
Chris Difford
Mississippi MacDonald
Committed to the Development of Your Community
MycenaeHouseiseveryone’splaceforlearning,wellbeing,culture,supportandsocialising. Wehirehallsforcelebrationsandparties,forfamilygatherings,roomsforactivities,meetings,workshops, eventsandallmannerofthings! Wedevelopanddeliverourownprogrammeofinclusionandsupport throughourReachOutProjectsandweproduceourownprogrammeoflivecuturaleventsthroughour MycenaeSessionsLiveprogramme.WealsorunaverypopularCafeBar.Weareanotforprofitcharity andeverythingwedogoesintostrengtheningwhatwedoforthebenefitofthewholecommunity.
Hosted Activities : Reach Out Projects : Mycenae Sessions Live
New Stuff Welcome2025
Tuesday 1pm - Solution-Focused Parenting
Group
Find practical strategies, positive support, and a sense of community on your parenting journey with qualified facilitator A. Biba Georgieva ribalon.org/parent
Wednesday 11am - Racket Rascals
Full of engaging and fun activities, this Tennis themed class will develop your child’s fundamental skills in a safe and warm environment. tennis-together.classforkids.io/info/224
Thursday 5.15pm - Junior Contemporary Dance
Children age 7-10 will have the opportunity to improve technical dance skills, explore creativity and perform exciting and new choreography with Traceworks Dance. traceworks.co.uk/greenwich-juniors
Thursday/Friday/Saturday (Various times) - Code Ninjas
Kids learn to code through an engaging game-based curriculum that teaches teamwork, logic, math, and problem solving while having a blast. codeninjas.co.uk/blackheath-ldn-uk
Friday 1pm + 2pm - Pre & PostNatal
Pilates
These classes will leave you feeling balanced and empowered at every stage of motherhood.
balancedbysteph.co.uk/book-online
8858 1749
The Reach Out Programme offers social and support activities for the community, particularly the isolated, vulnerable and disadvantaged sections of the community.
All sessions are free and accessible (upstairs rooms with stair lift access). Refreshments are available at cost in our cafe/bar area.
www.mycenaereachout.co.uk
Games & Gabber Group
Mondays 2pm-4pm
With Oxleas NHS’s Greenwich Community Mental Health Rehabilitation & Enablement Team
Mycenae Music
Last Tuesday of month 7.30pm
Discussing music albums, meet with Phill in Cafe/ Bar area. Buy own refreshments. Cafe/Bar (Ground Floor/accessible)
Seated Back Massage
Thursdays 1-2.30pm on 13th February 15 minute slots, for adults 18+ . No need to book
Main Hall (Ground Floor/accessible)
Greenwich Carers Centre
Mondays 11am-12pm (not Bank Holidays) Carers Hub providing advice for Carers. Just pop in, no need to book. Room 1 (Ground floor/accessible)
Thursdays 1pm-3pm
On 23rd Jan, 20th Feb, 20th Mar, 17th Apr, 22nd May, 26th Jun. No need to book. Main Hall (Ground Floor/accessible)
Wellbeing Session
Thursdays 1pm-3pm
For those who are isolated / lonely, or with poor physical / mental health. No need to book.
Main Hall (Ground Floor/accessible)
Monthly Bingo
Thursdays 1pm-3pm
On 30th Jan, 27th Feb, 27th Mar, 24th Apr, 29th May, with All Around Magic. No need to book. Main Hall (Ground Floor/accessible)
Thursdays 1pm-3pm
Main Hall (Ground Floor/accessible)
13th Feb & 13th Mar with a Hearing Link volunteer from Hearing Dogs for the Deaf, no need to book.
Monthly Seated Exercise
Thursdays 1.30pm-2pm
On 13th Feb, 13th Mar, 10th Apr, 15th May, 12th Jun, with personal trainer Darren Holness. Main Hall (Ground Floor/accessible)
Dementia Singing Sessions
Monthly on Saturdays 10.30am-12.30pm
Interactive music sessions with Eleanor Meynell on 18th Jan, 15th Feb, 15th March.
Main Hall (Ground floor)
Seated Boccia or Sosa Dance
Thursdays 1.30-2.30pm with Paul Fosu on
Music & Poetry Group
Ad-hoc on Fridays 2-4.30pm
On 14th February, other dates tbc Performers and others welcome to sit and enjoy. Room 10 (1st Floor, stairs/stair lift)
We’re always keen to add new activities within our Reach Out Programme via partnerships with external session leaders, could you run a session?
We welcome ideas, initiatives and donations to help support and fund the Reach Out work we do. Please get in touch if you’d like to help.
To get involved contact Deborah via 020 8858 1749 or mycenaeoutreach@gmail.com
As the 3 year anniversary of the war in the Ukraine approaches, this exhibition is a reminder that despite all the difficulties and hardship, Ukrainian culture survives and develops; that despite the ever more raging war, its people aim to remain resilient and positive.
Uniting through the Arts: talking meaningfully and developing together
Yaroslava Bespyanska Natalia Popravka Iren Turcanas Yana Turtsanash Olga Girymaslo - Smith
Xavier White
FOOTSTEPS
Imprints from a creative journey
EXHIBITION
March - April
Long term local resident, brain injury survivor and Outsider artists, Xavier White returns to Mycenae House with art works that evidences his creative and rehabilitative journey over the last 10 years.
This exhibition presents a selection of imprints from his many Journey Books that show his visual research, exploring the creative investigations of and recovery from brain injury sustained from a road accident whilst cycling. Since his accident Xavier has returned to Maudsley Hospital in South London, the site of his original rehabilitation where he has been given support to realise his ambition of an artistic residency at London South Bank University.
Xavier also has come under the Outside In artist umbrella which has seen his work tour the country, leaving footprints of his work in various special places (Glasgow Fire Station, University of East Anglia, Polkey Ward KCL, and this large Cohedia canvas remains on display in the Keyworth Building London Southbank Bank University).
Mycenae Sessions
A Mycenae Crew & Manouche Re-imagined Night
Movie Themes & Songs Movie Themes & Songs
Friday 21 February (7.30 - 10.30pm)
Do you like jazz, soul, blues, swinging, foot tapping & danceable jazz, latin music with a pro level house band of bass, drums, guitars, piano, horns and top line singers?
Open Mic Session: Maybe you are also a singer or instrumentalist looking for the chance to try out a couple of your latest feature numbers, backed by a pro level house band? ( Come early and register at the door to guarentee your spot) From SWING to BOP & more From SWING to BOP & more
Future SWOP dates
Friday 11 April
Friday 9 May
Friday 20 June
HerVoice for International
Womens Day
We are delighted to welcome South East Londons finest female voices to perform in celebration of International Womens Day and in support of the locally based Her Centre. All proceeds will support the ongoing work of this vital centre.
Thursday 6 March 2025 7.30pm
Marian Felder
Linda Moylan Jo Honey
Jade
Isobel Kimberley
Louise Hatch plus Rob Bartlitz ( honorary )
wegottickets.com/event/642912
Mustard Seed
Friday 25 April
7.30pm £10
plus Special Guests
Mustard Seed is a 4-piece band led by Dom Clark (guitar/vocals/trumpet) and named after his East London studio. The BandfeaturesguitaristAndresMiranda, ConorCotterill(bass),and Enmanuel Moreno (drums) and the sound has moved away from jazz rock into a more indie, funk and soul feel in their live shows.
Live, the band are known for electrifying extended jams led by Dom’s trumpet playing and have built up a loyal east london following playing venues such as O2 Islington and headlining the Leytonstone Festival. Mycenae House welcomes them south of the river in what will be a great night Mycenae Sessions
Friday 21 March
Ceilidh Band - Irish Dancers Poetry - Dancing - Singing
Delicious Traditional Meal, Irish Stew (meat or vegetarian), Colcannon, Baileys Cake. 7.30pm
Ticket price £24 including meal http://www.wegottickets.com
We are delighted to welcome the Squeeze legend to Mycenae House for this special event to mark the launch of a brand new album that has local significance.
"Chris grew up on the Combe Avenue estate in Westcombe Park during the 60s and 70s and has recorded a series of songs harking back to those times.
Drawing on his memories of life on a council estate, as a child and then as a young man, and with a little help from his friend John Barnes, Chris is putting together a Podcast, which should be available spring/summer 2025.
He is also in the process of writing a book on the subject."
For more information contact:
Kathryn : 07935 373239
kathryn.algar@btinternet.com
● 15 hour funding
● 30 hour funding
● Two year old funding
● Lunch cover
● Flexible sessions
“A rich and stimulating learning environment that will help nurture young people into capable individuals”
Mycenae Gardens are Your-cenae Gardens
The Friends of Mycenae Gardens
Everyone who uses Mycenae House will have noticed changes to the park at the back of the building. Mycenae Gardens is getting refurbished thanks to the Friends group and a score of volunteers, including neighbours, parents of Waldorf School students, and the wonderful Good Gym; and with kind grant support from Veolia and the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association.
There are now three fenced off areas which are being planted with a range of shrubs and flowering plants. The Friends committee asks all users to respect those barriers. One area is for wildflowers, adding to the variety of food sources for pollinators. The others are for taller bushy plants and a more formal style of garden. Again, they are being planted with wildlife in mind. You should see the results from this spring, and over coming years as the plantings mature.
The Gardens also have a substantial area set aside for wildlife alone. This is marked out by ‘dead hedging’: piled up lines of branches form a line protecting the west side of the park and the even wilder Dell just below, to stop people from disturbing the birds and butterflies that are living there. The volunteers are adding to the dead hedge monthly, and as the lower parts break down and nourish the soil, the piles should continue to form a barrier. Mycenae Gardens and the Dell are a designated SINC, an area of Special Interest for Nature Conservation, and this protection of wildlife is one reason for that. The Friends ask that users stay out of the wildlife areas, and don’t let children or pets enter them.
This combination of welcomes for humans and for wildlife makes Mycenae Gardens unique locally. The Friends group wants to celebrate it with a monthly Photo Competition, so please send your pictures of park life to them at friendsofmycenaegardens@gmail.com. Your photo could be shown in Mycenae House, on the notice board, and in the Westcombe News!
Anyone who likes a bit of outdoor activity can volunteer on the monthly sessions. These will be held on the last Sunday of the month in January, March, May, and July and on the last Saturday of the month in February, April, and June. They start at 10:30, and go till 1:00. You don’t need prior knowledge, there is always a variety of tasks. Some may be more intensive and some calmer, but the sessions are always fun and a great way to meet Yourcenae neighbours and friends.
House & Gardens
‘An Exceptional Venue for Hire’ 16 flexible rooms for 2 to 120 people
‘Hiring a Space at Mycenae could not be easier or more straight forward’
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“Such a kind and professional team” 020 8858 1749
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Explore your event with on 020 8858 1749 or email info@mycenaehouse.co.uk
Mycenae House & Gardens
Mycenae House has its own welcoming, atmospheric and well stocked Café/Bar. It serves as the beating heart of this busy venue.
Visited by users of the house, and others, it is a place to catch up with friends, meet for business, or to regenerate after a session in one of the many rooms for hire. It is often at the centreofmanyoftheevents,concerts, wedding receptions and parties held at the house. Do drop by and feel the warm welcome of Mycenae House
It is also ideal for laptop based remote workers looking to enjoy our free high speed broadband whilst enjoying the yummy things on offer
RECENT REVIEWS
‘The cafe at this place is phenomenal! The staff are so friendly and helpful, even on busy days when the room is packed with after school kids, club-goers, and hot deskers. They’re open late in the summer, and on nights without noisy events it’s a really relaxing and quiet place to get a nice drink and do some work. Seriously could not recommend the charming and well-stocked cafe more!‘ Lee Rodgers
‘Honestly a pleasure to visit several days in a row and just wished I lived nearer to it to take better advantage of what is on offer.’ Nick Gazard (Google)
Mycenae Sessions
January24
January31
February21
February28 (Thurs)
March 6
BurnsNight-GFMAwithpipes,Ceiledh&Supper GulagVakation -UncleJosephsHolidayCamp
S.W.O.P. -MovieThemesandSongs
IcarusAcousticClub -WinterConcertfeat4acts
March 14
March 21
April11
April25
May2
May9
May16
S.W.O.P.-fromSwingtoBop MustardSeedplusSpecialGuests SonicBlue -FunkyR&B&rock‘n’blues
S.W.O.P. -fromSwingtoBop IcarusAcousticClub -SpringConcertfeat4acts
HerVoice -InternationalWomensDay with fulllineup KathrynTickell&AmyThatcher StPatricksDayCelebration-GFMAwithmusic&food
May23
May30
ChrisDifford -Squeezelegend’snewproject
MississippiMacDonald-Multiawardwinner
MycenaeHouse& Gardens
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