SET Centre

900931
2025-02-07 00:00 - 2025-02-14 23:59 (Europe/London) | SET Woolwich, Riverside House, London, SE18 6BU, United Kingdom
900931Private View: Thursday, February 6 | 6-9 pmExhibition Open: February 7-14 | 12-6 pmWhat happens when human bodies are no longer conditioned to exist in the real world? The 900931 brain device was conceived as an solution to this question – a speculative intervention designed to reintegrate post digital bodies into physical existence. In a time where prolonged immersion in virtual environments erodes mobility, sensory perception, and interpersonal connection, this device proposes a staged return to reality.

Inspired by early interactive devices like Tamagotchi and Digivice, the 900931 requires physical interaction to activate and grow. It doesn’t function alone; it relies on bodily movement, environmental response, and human connection.

The exhibition showcases this process through six handcrafted models, ‘eAves’, fictional entities undergoing rehabilitation to restore their atrophied bodies for real-world function. Through muscle reactivation, sensory recalibration, and environmental interaction, they move from digital sedation to tangible reality.

By exploring speculative design, the 900931 asks if technology can bridge the gap between our bodies and the increasingly disconnected world. Can design restore the value of human presence in a digital age? Visitors are invited to reflect on these questions and witness a speculative future where re-embodiment becomes a radical act of adaptation.

Local Groups + Community Organisations Meet-Up
2025-02-11 18:00 - 20:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Community Meet-up / networking event:

This is an open invitation to a coffee morning / meet and greet taking place at SET Social, Peckham on Tuesday 11th February 6-8pm.

This an informal opportunity to meet like-minded organisations, groups and services in our area, make connections and see how we can work together and benefit each other in supporting our communities and service users.

Instant coffee, tea and biscuits will be complimentary. (other drinks will be available to purchase cheaply from our cafe and bar)

Write Your Valentine a Web Letter - HTML Workshop
2025-02-12 18:30 - 20:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
For this Valentine’s Day, let’s spend an evening session on creating personalised web pages for someone you appreciate, love, hold grudges to, or even to yourselves <3

This beginner-friendly workshop focuses on encouraging the participants to create more individualistic and poetic web pages on the internet! Also, don’t forget to grab a sticker from us 😉 The workshop is pay-what-you-can. All the money raised will go toward the planning of future workshops and exhibitions under the collective Cranberry Lemonade. Every little support helps!

Anticipation
2025-02-13 13:00 - 2025-02-27 19:00 | SET Ealing, 105-113 Broadway, London, W13 9BE, United Kingdom
Synonym Lab’s debut exhibition in collaboration with Knst Collective opens this February at SET Ealing. .

Anticipation explores the emotional pull between presence and change—moments of transition, intuition, and the thrill of new beginnings. Featuring immersive workshops and installations, this exhibition invites you to reflect on what it means to stand on the cusp of transformation.

More details on the public programme below:

-Private View 13th Feb 18.30-21.00

https://www.synonym-lab.com/event-details/opening-night-anticipation

– KNST Still life workshops (£16.50/pp, £12.50 for SET members)

https://www.knst-collective.com/event-details-registration/still-life-workshop-2025-02-15-14-00

– Break the Bread (Ticketed)

https://www.knst-collective.com/event-details-registration/break-the-bread

– Panel Discussions (Free Entry)

https://www.knst-collective.com/event-details-registration/panel-discussion-what-is-the-role-artists-play-in-raising-awareness-about-social-justice-issues

https://www.knst-collective.com/event-details-registration/panel-discussion-is-the-struggle-real-going-solo-in-a-world-built-for-9-to-5s

– Synonym Lab Mystery Workshop (£24/pp, £15 for SET members, use code “SET50” when check out)

https://www.synonym-lab.com/book-online

– Synonym Lab x Carl Smith Junk Percussion STOMP Workshop (£20/pp, £10 for SET members, use code “SETSTOMP50” when check out

https://www.synonym-lab.com/event-details/junk-percussion-stomp-workshop

SET Social Community Day and Valentines Market
2025-02-16 12:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Social is hosting our monthly community day and market.

The market and community day are free to attend, there will be workshops and activities, stalls, food and more!

SET Social DIY Community Garden - Sunday Gardening Sessions
2025-02-16 14:00 - 16:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Ever wanted to grow your own food, or just spend a quiet Sunday surrounded by green things and good people?The DIY Community Garden at SET Social is a shared space for planting, learning, and spending time together outdoors. Whether you’re watering seedlings, pulling weeds, sharing snacks, or simply sitting in the sunshine, there’s always something gentle and satisfying happening in the garden.

The garden is looked after collectively by SET Social members, local neighbours, and anyone curious enough to get their hands a little dirty. We grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers, and care for the space with curiosity, collaboration, and kindness at the heart of things.

Sunday sessions are open, informal, and pressure-free. No gardening experience is needed and there’s no expectation to stay the whole time. Bring yourself, a mug for tea, and if you like, a plant or cutting to share.

Want to get involved?

Drop by during one of our gardening sessions every Sunday 2-4pm. No booking or experience required.

You can also join the SET Garden WhatsApp group to hear about upcoming sessions, plant swaps, and ways to help out.

Follow along on Instagram at @set_social_community_garden for more updates and glimpses of what’s growing.

SHAPE - Homes for People Not for Profit - Banner Printing Workshop
2025-02-18 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-25 18:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
‘SHAPE’ Southwark Housing and Planning Emergency. Come and join SHAPE in making bannners with block printing techniques in protest of planned developments in Peckham.

Taylor Wimpytopia: A Panel Discussion
2025-02-20 18:30 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
7PM-9PM (doors 6.30PM), 20 February, SET Social, 55a Nigel Rd, London SE15 4NP

A property tycoon president poised to “drill, baby drill”. A government promising to “build, build, build”: The year of the YIMBY is upon us.

This event will slice through the spin and bollocks to get to the heart of housing. If we are to build 1.5 million new homes, what will make them good? What will make them affordable? Who will design them and what will stop crappy landlords gobbling them up so more hapless tenants must pay off more mortgages for more of the already rich? And how will all of this happen without wrecking the planet?

Speakers: @nshasore, James Binning of @assembleofficial, @harford_house, @nickatb, @deepikaupadhyaya. Series curated by @Phinharper and @lucalucalucasluca. The original Turncoats format was devised by @smithmordak and @phinharper with @robert_mull and @architecturefoundation

Turncoats is presented in partnership with the Future Architects Front and Architecture Foundation.

Tickets to the discussion start at £8 and are available here.

Panel Discussion
2025-02-21 18:00 - 20:00 | SET Ealing, 105-113 Broadway, London, W13 9BE, United Kingdom
As part of the public programming at the exhibition, Anticipation, at SET Ealing, Synonym Lab and Knst Collective present a panel discussion in creative working:

“

Ready to make the leap into independent creative work – or already swimming in the deep end? Join us for a candid conversation with established creatives who have built flourishing independent careers. They’ll share unvarnished insights on the realities of going solo, from managing uncertain income to maintaining creative fire.

Moving beyond Instagram-perfect myths of creative independence, our panellists will offer practical wisdom on navigating this challenging but rewarding path. You’ll hear honest perspectives on:

Creating financial stability in an unpredictable field

Building a sustainable creative practice

Setting boundaries and avoiding burnout

Growing your professional network

“

Schedule:

18:00 – 18:30: Welcome drinks and mingling*

18:30 – 19:30: Panel discussion and Q&A

19:30 – 20:45: Networking

Exhausted Feminist Hybrid Species
2025-02-22 14:00 - 16:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Exhausted Feminist Hybrid Species is excited to announce their next reading session, where they will explore feminist discussions, literature, and movements from Asia—specifically focusing on South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and India. The group is open to everyone, and no prior reading is necessary. Key points from the texts will be summarised and shared, so feel free to simply come along and join in.

This session aims to introduce feminist discourses not often discussed in European and UK contexts. They will present influential texts from these regions, including Hate to Misogyny (女ぎらい: ニッポンのミソジニー) by Chizuko Ueno—a work often considered a feminist bible in East Asia. Unfortunately, due to the lack of published English translations, many of these critical texts remain inaccessible to English speakers.

The session will also delve into the impact of colonisation and language barriers on limiting broader feminist discussions, examining how translation shapes—and sometimes restricts—our understanding of feminism. By exploring various forms of misogyny, sexism, and patriarchy unique to each region, the group hopes to expand the conversation to broader feminist contexts.

📅 RSVP via this link📩 If you have a text related to the session’s theme that you’d like to share, please email soohyunlee97@gmail.com by 14 February, 12pm.

Accessibility: Printed reading materials, accessible toilets, step-free and wheelchair access.

For enquiries: soohyunlee97@gmail.com

Hosted by:@exhaustedfeministhybridspeciesSoo Hyun Lee @todayisoohyunRiley Tu @riileytuSameera Sardana @sameera_sardana

Still Life Workshop
2025-02-23 14:00 - 16:00 | SET Ealing, 105-113 Broadway, London, W13 9BE, United Kingdom
As part of the exhibition at SET Ealing, Anticipation, Synonym Lab & Knst Collective present a series of panel discussions and workshops.

London, 105-113 St James House, Broadway, London W13 9BE, UK

About the event

“Experience still life art in a whole new dimension at our immersive workshop, set within our current exhibition ‘Anticipation.’ Unlike our traditional studio sessions, this unique workshop invites you to draw inspiration directly from the exhibited works whilst creating your own still life compositions. Explore how the tension of anticipation can be captured in seemingly static objects, from a half-peeled orange to a carefully balanced stack of books. Our experienced tutor will guide you in techniques to convey suspense and expectancy through shadow, composition, and perspective. Perfect for both beginners and experienced artists looking to push their creative boundaries.

All materials will be provided, though you’re welcome to bring your own if preferred. Drinks will be available for purchase.”

Southwark Solidarity
2025-02-24 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Workers & Palestine Support Group

LOOOM BONDS - ‘ELEMENTS’
2025-03-05 19:00 - 22:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
In these four community workshops, you will participate in creative exchanges inspired by the ultra-powerful symbolism of different nature elements!

Explore your connection to fire, water, earth, and air – share your stories, participate in crafty activities, and play with other cute people.

F.A.T. Studio’s Talent Show: Open Call!
2025-03-06 08:00 - 17:00
F.A.T. Studio’s Talent Show is BACK!!!

On Thursday 17 April 2025 F.A.T. Studios is returning to SET Social in Peckham for another night of eclectic performances that celebrate the talent and magic amongst us in SE London !

“Do you have a talent you’d like to share with an adoring crowd? APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN! We welcome all kinds of acts: from humble haiku readings and river dances, right through to car flipping and Guinness world record attempts! Anything goes – it’s all about getting together and cheering each other on. Every performer or group of performers gets a prize and there is also a grand cash prize of £123 Sterling.

APPLY NOW by sending us a DM or emailing us at fat.studio.cic@gmail.com with a short description of what you want to do.

Deadline to apply: Monday 17 March (one month before the show)

Please note that we cannot promise you a place in the show but we’ll try our very best to accommodate your idea. We can’t wait to hear from you.”

Please share and stay tuned for more info and ticket link coming soon.

Anti-Raids Banner making workshop
2025-03-08 14:00 - 16:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
A community workshop printing banners for Southwark and Lambeth Anti-Raids. No sign up required, drop-in.

Read 'Em & Weep
2025-03-12 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
The Shakespeare Reading Group, Read ‘Em & Weep, returns this March with a look at The Two Gentlemen of Verona. More information at @reademshakespeare.

Just turn up if you’d like to take part!

Relaxed Salsa Class @ SET Social
2025-03-15 14:00 - 16:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Saturday 15 March 2-4pm. Tickets are £6.50 and available via eventbrite here.

Take a relaxed salsa class with MJ, where the focus is on moving with intention and blending technique with a natural sense of rhythm. Whether it’s the sharp precision of your footwork or the fluidity of your body in motion, you’ll discover the undeniable connection between your body and the music. MJ’s end goal is always to have FUN!!!

For more information, you can contact the event organisers at relaxedsalsa@gmail.com

@mj_izu

SET Social Spring Community Day & Market
2025-03-16 12:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
SET Social Spring Community Day + Market

On the 16th March , 12pm-5pm SET Social is hosting our monthly community day and market.

The market and community day are free to attend, there will be workshops and activities, stalls, food and more!

Free Rapid HIV Testing
2025-03-16 12:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Naz is a sexual health charity working to address sexual health inequalities in Black, Brown and Global Majority and LGBTQ+ communities.

This Sunday they will be at SET Social, offering drop-in free Rapid HIV Testing as well as other sexual health products and advice.

Community Centred Meet-up / networking event:
2025-03-18 10:00 - 12:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
This is an open invitation to a coffee morning / meet and greet taking place at SET Social, Peckham on Tuesday 18th March 10am-12pm or Tuesday 25th 6-8pm. (please come to whichever you can attend. both events will be the same)

This an informal opportunity to meet like-minded organisations, groups and services in our area, make connections and see how we can work together and benefit each other in supporting our communities and service users.

These events will take place every 6 weeks.

Communal Clay: Hooks & Handles Workshop
2025-03-24 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Communal Clay Hooks and Handles Workshop

Using a mixture of earthenware and stoneware clay we will be looking at ways we can create our own hooks and handles using clay as a medium. We will have reference images to look at and guide us from artists and makers who have made their own unique hooks and handles.

Together for Autism: Embracing Neurodiversity
2025-04-02 10:00 - 13:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
National Autism Awareness Event

Join Steph Together CIC for the National Autism Awareness Event, a day dedicated to celebrating the lives of individuals with autism and fostering a deeper understanding of the autism spectrum. This event brings together families, professionals, and advocates to raise awareness, share valuable resources, and promote inclusivity across communities.

Whether you are a parent, educator, healthcare professional, or simply someone eager to learn more, this event is for you. Together, we can create a more inclusive world where individuals with autism thrive.

Marxist Feminist Reading Group
2025-04-05 16:00 - 18:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Marxist Feminist Reading GroupSaturday 5th April, 4–6pm at SET Social

Join our new Marxist Feminist Reading Group for their first session, where they’ll be reading Women and Work by Susan Ferguson (2019), focusing on the Introduction and Chapter 1. They’ll be discussing feminist critiques of labour and care, and exploring what Marx might have missed, through the lens of social reproduction theory.

Everyone’s welcome, whether you’re a seasoned reader or new to the conversation.

Join the group chat here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J0iQgiJGlN44WAMcGrsVWu

Read 'Em & Weep
2025-04-09 19:00 - 20:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Every 2nd Wednesday of the Month at SET Social join the Shakespeare Reading Group Read ‘Em & Weep.

19.00 – 20.00. Everybody welcome.

SORB: Hardcore Uproar
2025-04-10 00:00 - 2025-04-27 23:59 | SET Lewisham, Unit 1, Lewisham Retail Park, London, SE13 7RZ, United Kingdom
Opening: Thursday, 10 April6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Exhibition continues until 27 AprilFriday – Sunday, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

‘The year is 1996, the month is July and a heatwave hits the usual dreary England in full force. John Major’s Criminal Justice and Public Order Act has plummeted young, disenfranchised brits into a new political landscape. A 31 year old, Keith D. Gerald, is preparing to perform at Lewisham’s infamous ‘Manifest’ club. Little did he know he was going to ignite the most defining moment in the history of music’.

‘Hardcore Uproar’ is an exhibition exploring the historical music movement of S.O.R.B (succession of repetitive beats) revolving around one era changing night in 1996. The show includes first person accounts, protest posters and rave flyers that led to The Public Enforcement of Sonic Restriction Act effectively banning music. Looking at the political climate and illegal rave culture from the 90s to modern day, we’ve been given special government permission to play chosen music outside of state mandated times.

Hardcore Uproar invites you to relive a pivotal moment in music history—where rebellion met rhythm and reshaped a generation. With rare permission to break state-enforced silence, this is your chance to experience the soundscape of resistance like never before.

FORESHORE
2025-04-10 12:00 - 2025-04-27 17:00 | SET Woolwich, Riverside House, London, SE18 6BU, United Kingdom
FORESHORE: SET Woolwich

Opening Night: 10th April 6-10pm

Opening Times: 11th-27th April 12-5pm

FORESHORE is a group exhibition showing a multitude of works which explore personal and collective connections to bodies of water and the central lifeline of our city: the River Thames.

Through expansive mediums, the artists concoct a series of homages to the river, delving into its rich history, materiality and symbolism.

As well as examining the Thames foreshore as a site of social and political significance; the exhibition considers its tributaries as liminal spaces to roam, for reflection and creation – water is explored viscerally through ritual and alchemy.

The breadth of responses invites us to see our city’s river – its tides, banks and surroundings areas – as a space we collectively own, for which we have a duty of care, to protect and honour, and acknowledge those for whom it flowed before and the future mudlarks, wanderers and admirers.

Woolwich is an area saturated with industrial history and ties to the river. FORESHORE will take place overlooking the Thames, a view increasingly shrouded by the continual construction of new developments. Developers have an increasing monopoly on the riverside landscape. We hope this show will celebrate the real depth and breadth of the Thames and it’s history and future as a space for memory, joy, resistance, creation and contemplation. ‘

2025-04-10 17:00 - 2025-04-27 20:00 | SET Ealing, 105-113 Broadway, London, W13 9BE, United Kingdom
Shona Coyne’s ‘Green Corridors’ opens on Thursday 10th April at SET Ealing, 6-9pm.

“Green Corridors reimagines our daily connection to nature transforming pathways & concrete corridors, on the high street, into green pockets of growth. The series of work includes collage, photography and sculpture exploring the space between our homes and local parks.”

Opening Night: 10.04.25 6-9pm.

Exhibition Open: 11th – 27th April on selected dates and by appointment:

Fridays: 5-8pmSaturdays: 5-8pmSundays: 10-4pmMondays: 10-4pm

@shonamariecoyne

The Netherhole Martyr Book Launch + Performance
2025-04-10 19:00 - 23:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Join theatre company Good Friends for a Lifetime and Strange Region to celebrate the launch of The Netherhole Martyr at SET Social.

The Netherhole Martyr is a lyrical and gruesome exploration of idealised femininity, toilet accessibility, chronic pain, religious idolatry, and the dark interior of the bowel.

Good Friends for a Lifetime will perform an extract from the play, followed by a Q&A with publisher Joe Vaughan.

Come for good cheer, for fine beers and wines, for liturgical plainchants, for book signing and selling and an evening of gastroenterological delights.

p.s. The event is Pay What You Can, but eventbrite requires a minimum £1 donation.

Back To School (In a Fun Way)
2025-04-12 14:00 - 18:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Back To School (In a Fun Way)!

Raising money for @peckhamsoupkitchen.

Spend your Saturday afternoon learning something new at SET Social with a lineup of engaging, unconventional lessons, covering everything from the neuroscience of food to how to be a better bodger to why unions matter. Expect interactive, thought-provoking sessions that’ll get you talking whilst raising money for Peckham Soup Kitchen.

📅 SATURDAY 12th April

📍SET Social

Doors open at 2.15pm, and lessons kick off at 2.30pm. There will be a 15 minute interval, and the afternoon will wrap up around 6pm.

Tickets: Link below. PAY WHAT YOU CAN (100% of tickets donated to @peckhamsoupkitchen)
