Jolly Hockey Sticks events are about community, creativity and fun!
Based in London where we celebrate many diverse cultures, Jolly Hockey Sticks events aim to bring people together, usually with an artistic twist…
Pop up exhibition – Blue House Yard – Secondary Students Art in Haringey, July – August 2025
Combining with 4 schools within Wood Green, Congratulations to the art department teachers in these schools who have inspired and developed their students to produce some high quality art work. Examples from Haringey 6th Form College
Kenya Ezechie
Veronica Cusiaca
Mei Reiko
Arina Kolkina
Jolly Hockey Sticks community loves a laugh…
Go to this Vimeo link here to see Play, Rewind & Forward short film it’s 15 minutes, good to watch whilst on a break!
A sharp comedy about chasing dreams, dodging stereotypes, and discovering unexpected communities in London. Based on real incidents of mistaken identity in Hackney in early 2000’s, it was a work in progress with additional improvised talent from cast Stephen Hoo, Joyce Veheary, Michelle Lee and Gabby Wong. Pleased to have received an Honourable Mention in London – Worldwide Short Comedy Festival 2020.
Jolly Past Events & Press
Jolly Hockey Sticks first began as upcycle fabric workshops for 16 years olds with Envision charity in 2005. The workshops are about creating creatures from old clothes and bits of fabric that was destined to landfill.
MTV Flux interviewed students, NME magazine did a press shoot featuring a doll with ‘Goldie Looking Chain’ and Chinese magazine ‘How’ also noticed these unique creatures!
Jolly sewing workshop with Envision charity students at Museum of London
Bags of fabric and fun! Everyone got involved…
Students creating some original upcycled creatures
‘HOW’ Magazine from China came to the Spunky Store in Carnaby St, London and wrote a little mention… circa 2005.
MTV FLUX – Enviro fashion report featured students creating upcycle fashion and rag dolls. NME magazine shows the ‘Goldie Lookin Chain’ doll with the actual band too!
We worry ALOT about all kinds of WASTE in the world and instead of getting down about it… jolly hockey sticks is about exploring ways to MAKE DO with what you got…because if we don’t we’re going to be filling the earth with too much junk!
Photo credit: Moschino and article link here about designers addressing waste in the world.
A professional creative network of artists, actors, musicians, writers, comedians and events crew to bring entertaining and educational events for all ages. Melinda’s past experience as box office manager @Soho Theatre, events producer @Centuryclub, and resources manager @Freshwatertheatre has given her substantial experience to collaborate with an array of talent.
Jolly Hockey Sticks team can facilitate workshops featuring a range of visual arts to educational performances for age groups 1 to 100 years old!
Sustainable Life Cycles – collaborative mural design and painting with Envision youth participants in the The Scoop London Bridge.
A jolly revolution…
Oh the consequences of fashion! I’ve had this love/hate affair with fashion all my life. I love fashion but with all the waste involved shall we just go naked like the cat below?
However…back to the issue of waste in fashion production, there is a large proportion of unnecessary waste produced each year in the production of textiles. These are termed post-industrial waste. And it’s too complicated to breakdown to recycle.
‘Textile wastes take many forms and are often complex in nature due to the range of manufacturing specifications required. Complex mixtures of fibres make separation more difficult and more costly, and this has implications for the profitability of textile recycling.
Unfortunately, This is either incinerated or disposed of in landfill.’
‘We Great Britons send 700,000 tonnes of clothing to recycling centres, textile banks, clothes collections and to charity each year.
That’s enough to fill 459 Olympic-size swimming pools.‘
‘57% of people say they recycle their textiles with 41% of people saying they’re not aware of recycling facilities for textiles’
Quotes from CLOTHES AID with more informative facts here.
Try shopping at TRAID for some fantastic bargains and stylish revamped goodies! Mainly based around London ( sorry world..hopefully there’s something similar in your country too!)
They have a fantastic window dresser Francesco Coluccio, more about him on this Vogue article here.
Now isn’t this inspiring?
Here is a link in how you can mend holes in clothes and make some mini bags from scraps of fabric, there’s plenty more ideas online, save money, pick up a needle and thread and have a sew!