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PAST EVENT: EVI OPEN WEEK

When is it?

1st - 5th August

How much is it?

FREE Join us for a week full of free activities and food to celebrate EVI opening its doors again!

Join us for a week full of free activities and food to celebrate EVI opening its doors again!

Family crafting and wildlife activities, cultural exhibition, wellbeing classes, business/ digital support workshops, afternoon tea, creative writing and singing, and the opening of our new ‘Café at EVI’ – we have a week full of free and fun activities planned for all ages in Blaenau Gwent!

To celebrate our Open Week and the new ‘Café at EVI’, all children will be provided with a free, healthy lunchbox to eat in or takeaway throughout the week. Keep checking this page for daily updates, and don’t hesitate to get in touch with any queries by emailing megan@promo.cymru, ringing 01495708022 or popping in.

Some events will require pre-booking, others are available for anyone to pop in. Click the link below to see our full programme of activities. Come and join us!

This Open Week is funded by the UK Government through the UK Community Renewal Fund.


What’s on at EVI?

FREE Mind and Body Wellness Sessions

Thursday 15th May | 9.30am - 11am (and then every Thursday until 12th June)

Free

Dinosaur Explorers at EVI

Thursday 29th May | 11am, 1pm or 2.15pm

Free

EQUANIMITY Mindfulness Meditation & Relaxation

Mondays 10.30-11.30am & Wednesdays 5.30 - 6.30pm

£5

ChiChi Fit with Nia

Tuesdays | 6.30 - 7.30pm

£6

Yoga with Amanda

Thursdays | 6-7pm

£8 drop in or £25 for 4

EVI Repair Café

Monday 19th May | 2pm - 4pm

FREE

Crochet Club

Every Tuesday, 2.30 - 4.30pm

£3 (all proceeds go to EVI Pantry)

Over 55’s Luncheon Club

Thursday 15th May | 12pm - 2pm

£6

Card Making & Craft Workshops

Every Wednesday | 2 - 4pm

£3 (all proceeds go to EVI Pantry)

EVI Pantry

Mondays | 10am - 12pm & 2pm - 4pm

Sunflower Café

Tuesday 8th April | 2pm - 4pm

Free

PAST EVENT: EVI Pantry Spring Fayre 2025

Saturday 12th April | 11am - 3pm

FREE ENTRY

PAST EVENT: 3 Day Breath to Health Workshop

Wednesday 26th March - Friday 28th March | 9.30am - 12.30am

£50 for the full 3 days

PAST EVENT: Free Mind and Body Wellness Sessions

Thursday 20th February | 9.30am - 11am (and then every Thursday until 20th March)

Free

PAST EVENT: A Child’s Christmas with Lighthouse Theatre

Thursday 12th December | 7.30pm - 10pm

£10 (£8 concession)

PAST EVENT: Grandma’s Gingerbread Tale | Louby Lou Storytelling

Wednesday 26th February | 11am or 2.30pm

£7.50 - £8.50

PAST EVENT: Transformative Breath to Health Workshop

Weds 27th Nov - Fri 29th Nov | 9:30am - 12:30pm

£50 for the full 3-days

PAST EVENT: EVI Pantry Christmas Gift & Craft Fayre

Saturday 16th November | 11am - 2pm

Free entry

PAST EVENT: Concert, Cuppa & Cake with Richard Beavis

Tuesday 12th November | 1.15pm - 2.45pm

FREE

PAST EVENT: Free Mind and Body Wellness Sessions

Thursday, 10th October, 9:30am - 11:00am (and then every Thursday until 7th November)

Free

PAST EVENT: Doctor Dark’s Laboratory at EVI

Friday 1st November | 11am, 1pm, or 2.15pm

Free

PAST EVENT: The Money Course

Monday 30th Sept, 7th Oct & 14th Oct | 12pm to 1.30pm

Free

FULLY BOOKED: Sewing Workshops

Starting Thursday 26th September | 2pm - 4.30pm

Free (bring your own fabrics)

PAST EVENT: Soup4TheSoul Self-Love Workshop

Thursday 3rd October | 6 - 7.30pm

Free

PAST EVENT: Silk-Painting for Families

Thursday 1st August | 10.30am or 1.30pm

FREE

PAST EVENT: EVI Family Fun Day!

Tuesday 30th July | 10am to 1pm

FREE

Foundation Funders:

National Lottery Community Fund Logo
Welsh Government Logo

Current Funders:

Lloyds Bank Foundation Logo
Landfills Tax Scheme Logo
WCVA Logo
Blaenau Gwent County Council Logo
UK Gov Wales

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