There will be no BASE Cafe’s on Sundays during August.
Many people are away on summer holidays, have kids off school and are away working at, or enjoying festivals (and also it’s good to have a break and reset sometimes).
The next BASE Cafe will be on Sunday 6th September.
There will also be no BASE Bikes in August. The next session will be on Tuesday 1st September.
See you then!
💥 PLEASE HELP WITH THE BASE REPAIRS FUND 💥
(https://chuffed.org/project/base-repairs-fund)
BASE needs repair and maintenance work to the roof, stairs, ceilings and doors, which will cost around £15,000.
If this work isn’t completed then we risk structural damage to the building. Whilst we have some money in reserves to pay for this, we need to raise £10,000 to cover the excess. If you want to help the building stay upright for the next 30 years, please donate!
All donations are greatly appreciated.
Please contact BASE at basesocialcentre[at]riseup.net if you want to organize an event or have a prize for the raffle.
With much love, the BASE co-op x
Join us from 1:00-5:00pm on Sunday July 26 to help raise some funds to support critical building repairs at BASE.
This will include a vegan bake sale, a plant swap, badge-making and an open day for the public. We warmly invite new and familiar faces to stop by 🫶
The event is co-hosted by the Infoshop and Library collectives at BASE. We will be there to chat more about what we do, how we organise, and how you can get involved in our social centre.
Please get in touch if you’d like to contribute any vegan treats for the bake sale 🥧
To participate in the plant swap:
Bring plants (indoor or outdoor), cuttings, pots etc to swap. We will aim to start swapping at 2pm to give everyone a chance to arrive, label their plants and have a look to see what other people have brought. If you would like to swap anything then we suggest making a £5 donation towards the fundraiser.
To donate to the fundraiser online visit our chuffed page: https://chuffed.org/project/base-repairs-fund
Line up:
commoner
anarcho folk punk gobshite
CrowTheCollector
Ukulele Bastard
Barry Jitter
Anti Folk
@ Base Social Centre BS5 6JY
Doors Open: 19:00
Date: Friday 17/07
Suggested Donation: £5/10/15
No one Turned Away For Lack Of Funds
Raising funds for ‘Ben Raemers Foundation‘
Anarchy 102 is a 2-hour in person interactive workshop that explores the question ‘how do anarchists actually organise?’
We’ll look at some of the ways that anarchist organise and make decisions together, both within small groups and between groups on a larger scale. The workshop will be interactive with plenty of chance for participation, reflection and questions.
We hope the session will empower people to learn about themselves, how to put anarchist values into application and action and become agents of change.
Our first workshop in the series, Anarchy 101, focused on anarchist values and principles, and invited folks to recognise where these already show up their lives. It also introduced participants to affinity group organising. Attending Anarchy 101 is not a prerequisite for this workshop: we will recap the core elements at the start of this session
This is an entry level session with no dense theory or history and where questions and exploration are welcome.
This event is free (donations welcome) and open to all. Tea, coffee and water will be available, feel free to bring your own vegan snacks.
BASE Accessibility information here.
If you have any questions or additional access needs please email NoMasters@anarchyforall.com and we will do our best to accommodate you.
BASE Librarians will be in the library on Saturday 27th June 2pm-5pm.
Come check out the resources with help from the library collective, chill out and read, or help us with some library work!
The library is up a steep flight of stairs. We’ve booked the downstairs space as well, and are happy to set up a downstairs workspace and carry resources down as needed.
(Please note this means we will not be in the library on Friday 26th.)
