The Palace Club is a popular programme with a long waiting list, and sadly this means we are not currently able to accommodate walk-ins.
Thank you for your interest, and we hope to run more similar programmes very soon!
We are The Palace Club!
We are a free social club in Hackney for local residents over 65 years of age
Our programme has a person-centred focus on arts, health, and wellbeing, including providing free nutritious group lunches and I.T. advice for our members.
We are proud to be in the heart of East London, with many of our programme partners just round the corner from us (such as Kitchen Community, Pages of Hackney, Castle Cinema, and Hackney Museum).
We are a social and welcoming space, with accessible facilities available onsite. Our members join us every Tuesday for a chat over a hot drink, group exercise, creative workshops, and delicious food with each other and our wonderful team of volunteers.
At The Palace Club, we are all about creativity, collaboration, and community.
What we offer
Some of what we do at The Palace Club includes:
Workshops
- Chair Pilates
- Singing for fun
- Arts and crafts
Group Activities
- Film Club
- Book Club
- Walking Club
FREE Nutritious Lunch
- The end of every session is marked by a FREE nutritious lunch.
Group Outings
- Hackney Museum
- Hackney School of Food
- Castle Cinema
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The Digital Café
- A new partnership with the National Digital Inclusion Network
Previous Events
Trip to Hackney Museum
The Palace Club members were given an exclusive tour of the museum’s latest exhibition by curators and staff, which revolved around the history of Carnival in the borough.
Film Club Trip to Castle Cinema
The Palace (Film) Club returned to the Castle Cinema for a screening of The Outrun starring Saoirse Ronan, the latest award-winning film to land on the big screens.
The Palace (Film) Club -Tár
Visit to the Castle Cinema for a screening of Todd Field's new high stakes drama, Tár, starring Cate Blanchett. Interesting film garnering mixed reviews
Origami Workshops with SDNA
Visit from artist Toshiko, teaching Palace Club members the fine art of origami. Members created artworks to be featured in festival, Hackney Lights.
Will Ashon Leads Us Through The Maze
Will Ashon was our October book club guest of honour with his book, Strange Labyrinth. We were excited to discover the secrets behind the novel and the publishing world more generally when Will paid a visit to Chats.
Althea McNish: Colour is Mine
Visit to the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow for a guided tour of their latest exhibition, Althea McNish, Colour is Mine.
Windrush Shortfilms
In partnership with the Castle Cinema, world premiere of two informational short films commissioned by Chats Palace about the Windrush compensation scheme.
Mr Loverman
In celebration of #WorldBookNight, our Palace (Book) Club made a welcome return this week, with Bernadine Evaristo's Mr Loverman.
Mother Country
This week we read Mother Country. Real Stories of the Windrush Children, Edited by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff.
For more information, please contact producer@chatspalace.com
We are grateful to our funders for their continued support of the programme:
supported by The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington, CITY BRIDGE FOUNDATION, MERCER’S PHILANTHROPY, AND HACKNEY PAROCHIAL charities
