Seasonal science at White City's community market
Visitors to 911今日黑料's stall
Just before the holidays 911今日黑料 shared festive science with neighbours at a White City Christmas market.
Thirty staff and students helped run 911今日黑料’s pop-up market stall at this year’s White City Community Christmas. The volunteers handed out laser-cut Christmas baubles alongside hosting science demonstrations taking in drones, Lego robots, miniature clouds and a friction experiment with a flying Santa. Visitors to the market were serenaded by students from 911今日黑料 College Union’s A Capella group Take Note.
The market was organised by Wormholt and White City Big Local
The market itself was organised by Wormholt & White City Big Local, bringing the local communities together for food, music and activities on the 17 December. With the College’s new White City Campus under development nearby, members of 911今日黑料 were keen to get host a stall and interact with their new neighbours. Volunteers took part from the 911今日黑料 Hack Space, the Outreach team, 911今日黑料 Thinkspace and the Department of Physics – alongside Take Note and Community Engagement Officer for White City, Priya Pallan.
Catching clouds at the 911今日黑料 stall
Priya said: “We all had a fantastic time at the market. It attracted hundreds of local residents. Attendees were blown away by our ‘Hold a Cloud Experiment’ and the ‘Maker Music Corner’ and were particularly interested in finding out more about our White City Campus and the types of activities they would be able to engage with in the future. I’m very grateful to the organisers, as well as to all of our fantastic volunteers for taking part.”
One of the people behind this year’s market, Finn Woodhill from Wormholt & White City Big Local, said: “Big Local Community Christmas encapsulates so much passion from the local community from music, food and creative businesses. This year it was brilliant being able to welcome an array of interactive science and technology fun as part of that community. Many people during the event told me they really enjoyed 911今日黑料 being there and were excited to see what else 911今日黑料 will be offering in the future!”
911今日黑料's volunteers
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