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Community News

Here is where you can find all our community news, castings and info on future projects, opportunities, jobs and ways to get involved whether volunteering, performing or supporting in another way.

We are always looking for ways to grow our community, We have the Donate Campaign, a Community Quilt Project, and castings for Seasoned & Bookish — live perfrmances for 2025/26, and an upcoming GoFundMe. Feeling literary? We are also looking for contributions to our website, bi-annual zine, and a BLN Anthology of poetry. Read below for more information and links to get involved.

Upcoming Castings & Opportunities

  • Po'JaM 12-25 Seasoned

    📅 18th December 📍 Theatre Deli ⏳ Deadline to Apply 31st Oct

    We are casting 8 acts for our end-of-year rhythmic rant and seasoned round-up , a celebration and reflection of what was, and what might be.

    Twelve performances. Twelve artists. Twelve months. Four seasons. Spoken word artists, singer-songwriters, and musicians — apply with your five minute acts below.

    This performance is a ticketed profit-share event.

    APPLY

  • Bookish Cabaret Fundraiser

    📅 June 2026 ⏳ Deadline to Apply Jan

    Bookish: Performer Call Black Lives Natter CIC is hosting Bookish, a one-night fundraising cabaret celebrating literature. We’re looking for Black and global majority performers—drag, circus, burlesque, comedy, music, spoken word—to donate an act.

    All proceeds go towards our £15K fundraising goal for our micro bookshop and community hub in 2027.

    APPLY

  • Poetry Submissions

    ✍🏾 Website, Zine & Anthology
    ⏳Ongoing submissions

    We’re accepting poetry submissions for our website, our bi-annual zine, and the next Black Lives Natter Anthology. Open to Black & Global Majority poets at all stages — beginners or sages welcome. Share your voice, your rhythm, your truths. Submissions will be considered for digital and print publication across BLN platforms.

    SUBMIT YOUR POEM

Join the team

We’re looking for two new people to join us and support our busy programme of creative projects and events.

Admin & Finance Assistant

Help keep our community arts work running smoothly through finance and administration. Manage budgets, records, wages, and support funding, enabling our projects and events to thrive.

Production Assistant (Access Support)

Provide access and production support to our neurodivergent director, helping deliver workshops, performances, and community events. Assist with admin, scheduling, and practical tasks both online and in-person.

Both roles are offered on a fixed-term basis and are dependent on the outcome of a Project Grant application, which we will submit in September. A decision is expected in November.

COMMUNITY QUILT PROJECT

The Fabric of Our Existence

Launching in 2026, The Fabric of Our Existence is a long-term community project made one patch at a time during our monthly SpeakEasy Co’LaB sessions. Black and Global Majority creatives are invited to design unique squares using a shared template and donated materials — stitching, gluing, drawing, collaging, whatever feels right. These will be sewn into quilts, cushions, wall hangings and other soft furnishings used across BLN events and pop-ups. This is a practice of community care, cultural care and collaborative making. It draws on rich traditions in Black and Global Majority communities, where patchwork and quilting have long held space for memory work, protest, storytelling, healing and joy.

Donating Materials

We’re now collecting supplies to keep this project going. You can donate:

• Fabric, buttons, thread, ribbon, trims

• Drop off at Theatre Deli — ask at reception and place items in the donation box at Theatre Deli, 107 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 4AF

• Or post items (labelled “BLN Community Quilt”)

• Or email us and we’ll help you sort it

Donate

Campaign.