Summer activities 2026
Summer is here and we have hundreds of FREE activities to keep kids and teens busy throughout the school holidays.
Scroll down for upcoming events or view the complete schedule of activities.
Whether it's a photography workshop or music production lessons, swimming, canoeing, theatre or arts and crafts, there's something for everyone.
Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme
Thousands of children who are eligible for and claiming benefits-related free school meals will be able to access a free place at a holiday activity club over the school summer holiday.
Open to eligible children and young people aged 4 to 16 years, all HAF programmes include a tasty and nutritious meal, fun and engaging activities and opportunities to learn more about food and nutrition for children and their families.
Please visit our HAF page to see our full Holiday Activities and Food club listings, including booking information.
Upcoming events
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There are 21 events taking place this month
- Date
- 19/10/2026 (16:00-18:00)
- Location:
- Idea Store Watney Market 260 Commercial Rd London E1 2FB
- Description
- Join us for a screening of The People's Emergency Briefing, a compelling film that explores the causes and impacts of the climate and nature crisis.
- Categories:
- Green week
- Date
- 20/10/2026 (18:00-19:30)
- Description
- Join us for a screening of The People's Emergency Briefing, a compelling film that explores the causes and impacts of the climate and nature crisis.
- Categories:
- Green week
- Date
- 21/10/2026 (09:30-14:00)
- Location:
- Tower Hamlets Town Hall 160 Whitechapel Road London E1 1BJ
- Description
- Join us at the Green Week Sustainability Fair on 21 October 2026.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 22/10/2026 (09:30-17:00)
- Location:
- The Ecology Pavilion 125 Grove Road E3 5RP
- Description
- As part of Tower Hamlets Green Week 2026, join us for the Biodiversity & Growing Symposium.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 24/10/2026 (10:00-13:00)
- Location:
- Swedenborg Gardens Wellclose Street E1 8HP
- Description
- Our community planting day is free and open to everyone, including families.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 25/10/2026 (12:00-14:00)
- Location:
- Mudchute Community Food Garden 35 Pier Street E14 3HR
- Description
- Come and grow your own food and support healthy ecosystems in Tower Hamlets.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 26/10/2026 (12:30-13:30)
- Description
- Come along to UNISON's lunchtime webinar about how local government workers are affected by environmental misinformation.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 26/10/2026 (14:00-16:00)
- Location:
- Idea Store Watney Market 260 Commercial Rd London E1 2FB
- Description
- Celebrate Green Week with us by taking part in our collaborative art piece.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 26/10/2026 (15:00-16:00)
- Location:
- Idea Store Canary Wharf Churchill Place London E14 5RB
- Description
- Families, parents and carers please join us for Green Libraries week at Idea Store Canary Wharf for LEGO Build the Change
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 26/10/2026 (15:00-16:00)
- Location:
- Idea Store Chrisp Street 1 Vesey Path E India Dock Rd London E14 6BT
- Description
- Families, parents and carers please join us for Green Libraries week at Idea Store Chrisp Street for LEGO Build the Change: Bengal Tiger.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 26/10/2026 (15:00-17:00)
- Location:
- Bethnal Green Nature Reserve Middleton Street E2 9RR
- Description
- Step into a playful climate-mystery roleplay and interspecies assembly set in Bethnal Green Nature Reserve.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 27/10/2026 (10:30-11:00)
- Location:
- Idea Store Watney Market 260 Commercial Rd London E1 2FB
- Description
- Families, parents and carers please join us for Green Libraries week at Idea Store Watney Market.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 27/10/2026 (15:00-16:00)
- Location:
- Idea Store Bow 1 Gladstone Place London E3 5GT
- Description
- Families, parents and carers please join us for Green Libraries week at Idea Store Bow.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 27/10/2026 (15:00-16:00)
- Location:
- Idea Store Watney Market 260 Commercial Rd London E1 2FB
- Description
- Families, parents and carers please join us for Green Libraries week at Idea Store Watney Market.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 27/10/2026 (16:00-17:00)
- Location:
- Bethnal Green Library Cambridge Heath Rd Bethnal Green E2 0HL
- Description
- Families, parents and carers please join us for Green Libraries week at Bethnal Green Library. Build, Imagine, Save!
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 28/10/2026 (15:00-16:00)
- Location:
- Idea Store Watney Market 260 Commercial Rd London E1 2FB
- Description
- Families, parents and carers please join us for Green Libraries week at Idea Store Watney Market.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 29/10/2026 (11:00-12:00)
- Location:
- Idea Store Chrisp Street 1 Vesey Path E India Dock Rd London E14 6BT
- Description
- Families, parents and carers please join us for Green Libraries week at Idea Store Chrisp Street.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 29/10/2026 (14:00-15:30)
- Location:
- Idea Store Whitechapel 160 Whitechapel Road London E1 1BJ
- Description
- Families, parents and carers please join us for Green Libraries week at Idea Store Whitechapel
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week
- Date
- 29/10/2026 (14:30-16:00)
- Location:
- Idea Store Bow 1 Gladstone Place London E3 5GT
- Description
- Families, parents and carers please join us for Green Libraries week at Idea Store Bow.
- Categories:
- Free to attend, Green week