Welcome to Bell House
Bell House is a volunteer-led charity in South London championing creative education and lifelong learning for all.
Discover our friendly creative arts workshops, short courses, talks and events
Artists’ Open House at Bell House
We are a volunteer-run charity. Find out how you can get involved!
Courses, tasters and workshops for all levels of experience
Enjoy our art activities led by professional artists
Find out more about our offerings including talks, courses, screenings and resources
Set behind the Georgian manor house, visitors can explore the peaceful two-acre garden on the first Saturday of the month
How about learning a new skill, meeting new friends and enjoying the peaceful space at Bell House. Why not come along to one of our workshops or talks?
ART, SKILLS & CRAFTS: try out something new this Spring/Summer: build on your bookbinding skills with visible stitches binding, tapestry weaving and pottery. View the ten oil paintings artist-in-residence Atalanta has produced during her time at Bell House.
BELL HEALTH: we have joined up with Menopause Connections to start a monthly Menopause Support group. Our upcoming talk will be on mental health during the perimenopause.
CREATIVE WRITING: learn how to build a narrative that people will enjoy reading through an eight-week writing course taught by Isabelle Grey.
MUSIC: spend an evening enchanted by performances of fringe poetry & music, guitar or a baroque ensemble.
Bell House Gift Vouchers
We offer Bell House Gift Vouchers! Choose from a Bell House Pottery Workshop Voucher or a Bell House Events Voucher which can be redeemed at future events. We have lots of exciting workshops and talks planned for 2024.
The Tipping Point: visit our Artists’ Open House which will feature over 40 artists. We will be open both weekends 11/12th & 18/19th May from 11am to 6pm and you can meet our curators on Thursday 16th May. During the week we have a guitar recital (14th May), a talk about celebrating demonstrations (15th May), and local cook Dani will be giving tips on how to pep up your everyday cooking (13th May).
Volunteering at Bell House
We need you!
Volunteering is a great way to meet people from all walks of life, try something new and help out great causes no matter your age.
The Bell House Publicity Team is looking for a volunteer to co-ordinate our publicity team. This will involve setting up regular meetings and is a creative opportunity for those wanting to gain experience and be part of a friendly welcoming team.
The Bell Health Project aims to spread knowledge of good physical and mental health, using events and films. We are looking for volunteers interested in publicising our events and developing links with local GP practices, to join the current group.
Bell House is looking for volunteer Events Co-ordinators to join our team and assist with the implementation of our programme of events and activities. You will help plan the programme of talks and workshops, liaise with the Bell House project leaders and speakers, and oversee the logistics for both online and in-person events.
Bell House Regulars
Bell House regular activities are expanding with Quilt Academy, Volunteer Gardening, Bell House Readers (adult literacy), ESOL for non-English speakers, Sunflower Stitchers, pottery and Shared Reading.
Latest Events
Did you miss one of our talks? Many are recorded. Here is the latest:
Latest News
Read more about what we are up to through our blogs below.
Upcoming Events
A workshop designed to introduce you to an alternative and decorative form of bookbinding known as crisscross binding.
£80.60 | In-person | Book here
Discover the traditional craft of chip carving in this introductory workshop where you will learn about the history of European folk carving while developing the fundamentals of chisel handling.
£48.60 | In-person | Book here
Discover how Renoir not only pioneered a revolutionary Impressionist technique that transformed modern art, but also how he produced images that responded to a changing city.
£8.60 | In-person | Book here
Seven (over eight) playful weeks of creative exploration in search of your voice, the stories you ache to tell, and structured insights into how to get the best out of your ideas.
£140.60 | In-person | Book here
Learn the step-by-step method of collograph printing, a process where you create your own printing plate by attaching various textures and cut-out shapes.
£40.60 | In-person | Book here
Join Village Books for an evening with Joanna Miller, author of the acclaimed novel The Eights.
£12 | In-person | Book here
Learn the step-by-step method of linoprinting, a printmaking process used by artists such as Picasso and Matisse.
£50.60 | In-person | Book here
Children with dyslexia may learn differently from you. This course has been designed to help you understand how you can best support a child at home and at school.
£25.60 | In-person | Book here
Learn the fundamentals of Coptic binding as used by Christians in Egypt (The Copts) as early as the 2nd century.
£80.60 | In-person | Book here
Discover the magic of cyanotype – one of the oldest and most beautiful photographic printing processes – and explore how colour can transform it beyond its classic blue.
£50.60 | In-person | Book here
Join local print-maker Alice Peake for this introductory workshop into the Japanese craft forms of Suminagashi.
£35.60 | In-person | Book here
Bell House is running a four day touch-typing course, designed especially for children with dyslexia in Year 5 and 6.
£150.60 | In-person | Book here
Join artist Sarah Wetherall for this short two-week course where you will learn the simple beautiful processes needed to make an illuminated letter.
£90.60 | In-person | Book here
A fun day of drama, games and art for neurodivergent young people aged 9 to 16. Somewhere safe and welcoming, shaped around them.
£75.60 | In-person | Register here
A relaxed painting session, exploring the rich colours and atmosphere of an autumnal landscape using water-based oil paints.
£95.60 | In-person | Book here
Join poet Jenny Mitchell and non-fiction writer Niall Kishtainy for a non-judgemental creative session for writers who want to explore writing in a new genre.
£40.60 | In-person | Book here
A hands-on, two-hour workshop where you design and build your own pop-up paper page — new theme, new mechanism every session.
£20.60 | In-person | Book here
A journey through flight, infinity and mortality, Chloe Chousmer-Kerr brings together five composers in a solo harp recital that moves between the intimate and the immense.
£22.60 | In-person | Book here
Emergency first aid training should be on everyone’s list of essential skills to learn. Join this workshop and discover how to carry out basic lifesaving actions to a child under the age of 2.
£10.60 | In-person | Book here
Examine the road's development from the 1840s to the 1960s through its shops, pubs, industry, churches, housing, and transport.
£5.60 | Online | Book here
Learn the step-by-step method of linoprinting, a printmaking process used by artists such as Picasso and Matisse.
£50.60 | In-person | Book here
A 50-minute documentary bringing together leading scientists and public voices to explore what the climate and nature crisis means for life in the UK—and what we can do about it.
Free | In-person | Book here
Discover how to make a hard cover and casing in for all levels!
£80.60 | In-person | Book here
We welcome you to explore our garden in the heart of Dulwich.
Donation | In-person | Book here
A hands-on workshop on how to plan, film, and edit interviews, putting together a short documentary.
£120.60 | In-person | Book here
Learn the step-by-step method of linoprinting, a printmaking process used by artists such as Picasso and Matisse.
£50.60 | In-person | Book here
Explore the relationship between speech, language and literacy needs, highlighting how developmental language disorder and dyslexia can overlap.
Free | Online | Register here
Need a little help with your phone, tablet or computer? Our friendly Digital Champions are here to assist you.
Free | In-person | Drop ins
Children with dyslexia may learn differently from you. This course has been designed to help you understand how you can best support a child at home and at school.
£25.60 | In-person | Book here
For those with prior bookbinding experience, explore an intermediate level of making a hard cover and casing.
£80.60 | In-person | Book here
Bell House is offering free, 1:1 appointments to parents and carers who would like to speak to a dyslexia specialist about their child's literacy difficulties.
Free | In-person | Book here
Upcoming Pottery Workshops
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