The Great Get Together in partnership with Facebook have awarded Trapped in Zone One to host a virtual community event through their Great Get Together Facebook Community Grants Programme.

Join us in December as we host our Community Poetry meets Community Cook-along virtual event! Anj Cairns of We Wrote a Poem and Tomi Makanjuola, founder of The Vegan Nigerian will guide us through interactive workshops on how to create community theme poem and prepare a delicious Nigerian meal with a vegan twist. All skill-levels welcome.

We Wrote a Poem

Things are more fun when we do them with others. Writing poems is the same. At We Wrote a Poem they will take the things that people say and turn them into poems.

During our session, we’ll create a poem together about Tower Hamlets.

You don’t need any experience. Just bring yourself, a sentence about Tower Hamlets and something you’ve heard someone say recently. For example: ‘Tower Hamlets, the best of London in one borough.’ ’Remember the picnic we had?’

We’ll use your words to create an amazing poem about Tower Hamlets!

The Vegan Nigerian

Tomi Makanjuola is an award-winning blogger and chef. She runs The Vegan Nigerian, a platform dedicated to making Nigerian cuisine and the vegan lifestyle accessible to members of her community and beyond.

For this event Tomi will be cooking Vegan Jollof Rice. A classic West African dish that is delicious and incredibly flavourful. Join Tomi in preparing this wonderful dish and learn more about Nigerian food culture. The class will be conducted as a fun, interactive online cook-along. You will be sent a list of ingredients and equipment prior to the class. On the day, Tomi will lead the class through the recipe, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions and share feedback!

This event will be hosted by Bablu Miah (Trapped in Zone One) and Laura Williams (GoodGym Tower Hamlets) on Zoom and streamed on Facebook Live on the Trapped in Zone One page, which you can join via video call on your laptop or smartphone.