Lifelong learning and community programme
Join in with our programme of events and workshops for all ages from January - June 2024
To view our full programme of events and workshops for all ages, please see the outline below, or click here to see our full brochure:
For bookable events, please click here: webcollect.org.uk/dei , which will take you to our bookings page.
If you are having difficulty, please contact the office by email [email protected] or phone 01392 274727
| Day | Date | Times | Event | Additional Info |
| We are under construction! Our new building is taking shape and our interiors are being restored and refurbished – help us by donating to the Light On the Green Appeal. Our West Quarter Group, Cinema Club and Book Group have termporarily relocated while building works take place – to find our more, please contact the group organisers overleaf. Every Wednesday: Lunches continue in the Courtenay Room – seasonal menu, drop in 12-2pm, cash payment only. | ||||
| Wednesday | 10th | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 17th | 10.30am-12 noon | Project café – give feedback and hear the latest from the project team | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 17th | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 18th | 10am-2pm | Green Shoots Gardening Group – Volunteers drop in session | Open to new members |
| Saturday | 20th | 10.30am-12 noon | Bookworms Junior Members’ Club –Magical storytelling | For children aged 5-8 years / Booking essential / Taster session free / Joining information overleaf |
| Wednesday | 24th | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 25th | Drinks reception 6pm / Lecture 6.30pm | Evening Lecture – ‘Transformations and Change Makers’ series / Ed Selkirk Ford “Imagining the Future of the Victorian and Edwardian British Empire” | Tickets £10 / Booking essential |
| Wednesday | 31st | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| February | ||||
| Day | Date | Times | Event | Additional Info |
| Thursday | 1st | 10am-2pm | Green Shoots Gardening Group – drop in session | Open to new members |
| Wednesday | 7th | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 14th | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 15th | 11am-2pm | Green Shoots Gardening Group – Planting for the windowsill | Family activity / Booking essential |
| Saturday | 17th | 10.30am-12 noon | Bookworms Junior Members’ Club – Spectacular science | For children aged 5-8 years / Booking essential / Taster session free / Joining information overleaf |
| Wednesday | 21st | 10.30am-12 noon | Project café – give feedback or hear the latest from the project team | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 21st & 28th | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 22nd | Drinks reception 6pm / Lecture 6.30pm | Evening Lecture – ‘Transformations and Change Makers’ series / Dr Richard Bradbury “Frederick Douglass in Exeter” | Tickets £10 / Booking essential |
| March | ||||
| Day | Date | Event | Additional Info | |
| Wednesday | 6th | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 7th | 10am-2pm | Green Shoots Gardening Group – drop in session | Open to new members |
| Wednesday | 13th | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Saturday | 16th | 10.30am-12 noon | Bookworms Junior Members’ Club – Easter eggstraveganza | For children aged 5-8 years / Booking essential / Taster session free / Joining information overleaf |
| Wednesday | 20th | 10.30am-12 noon | Project café – give feedback or hear the latest from the project team | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 20th | 1pm – 4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 21st | 10am-2pm | Green Shoots Gardening Group – drop in session | Open to new members |
| Wednesday | 27th | 1pm -4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 28th | Drinks reception 6pm / Lecture 6.30pm | Evening Lecture – ‘Transformations and Change Makers’ series / Amber Flood “Proposing change in the Enlightenment subscription library – a monstrous request?” | Tickets £10 / Booking essential |
| Saturday | 30th | 11am – 3pm | Second hand booksale | Drio in |
| April | ||||
| Day | Date | Event | Additional Info | |
| Wednesday | 3rd | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 4th | 10am-2pm | Green Shoots Gardening Group – Plant you own decorated pot | Family activity / Booking essential |
| Wednesday | 10th | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 17th | 10.30am-12 noon | Project café – give feedback or hear the latest from the project team | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 17th | 1pm – 4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 18th | 10am-2pm | Green Shoots Gardening Group – drop in session | Open to new members |
| Saturday | 20th | 10.30am-12 noon | Bookworms Junior Members’ Club – Making mosaics | For children aged 5-8 years / Booking essential / Taster session free / Joining information overleaf |
| May | ||||
| Day | Date | Event | Additional Info | |
| Wednesday | 1st | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 2nd | 10am-2pm | Green Shoots Gardening Group – drop in session | Open to new members |
| Wednesday | 8th | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 15th | 10.30am-12 noon | Project café – give feedback or hear the latest from the project team | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 15th | 1pm – 4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 16th | 10am-2pm | Green Shoots Gardening Group – drop in session | Open to new members |
| Saturday | 18th | 10.30am-12 noon | Bookworms Junior Members’ Club – Stain glass biscuits | For children aged 5-8 years / Booking essential / Taster session free / Joining information overleaf |
| Wednesday | 22nd | 1pm – 4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 29th | 1pm – 4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| June | ||||
| Day | Date | Event | Additional Info | |
| Wednesday | 5th | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 6th | 10am-2pm | Green Shoots Gardening Group – drop in session | Open to new members |
| Wednesday | 12th | 1pm – 4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Saturday | 15th | 10.30am-12 noon | Bookworms Junior Members’ Club – Go potty with clay | For children aged 5-8 years / Booking essential / Taster session free / Joining information overleaf |
| Wednesday | 19th | 10.30am-12 noon | Project café – give feedback or hear the latest from the project team | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 19th | 1pm – 4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |
| Thursday | 20th | 10am-2pm | Green Shoots Gardening Group – Learn how to take softwood cuttings | Adult workshop / booking essential |
| Wednesday | 26th | 1pm-4pm | Free tours of the Institution – find out what’s happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week | Drop in |