What&#8217;s On

11th – 12th September
Kashmiri Gharbaar is an insight into the daily life of Kashmiri & Pakistani furnishings, customs and traditions. Installation designed and curated by Robina Akhtar, supported by Peterborough Presents.

Large paper lantern structure in the shape of the "eye monster". The lantern is white and is lit from within with fairly lights. There is smoke coming from it's chimney on it's back. It's on a trailer. There are crowds around it on the street. It is being fed a 'red brick' lantern.

Make a Lantern Display – For The Eye Village Lantern Parade! For 12-16 year olds.

26th – 29th October
During October Half term, young people are invited to work together to create lanterns in safe, creative, and laid-back sessions. Workshops are beginner friendly

Lantern Parade drop-in workshop with Light Whale International and Peterborough Presents

by Keely Mills

26th September
Lantern Parade drop-in workshop with Light Whale International and Peterborough Presents
Join this special workshop led by the team who produces the Eye Lantern Parade. It’s a drop-in session where you can make a lantern, make a badge or do some creative doodling whilst having a brew.
The workshop is part of a day of activity celebrating Manor Farm Community Centre’s 40th anniversary.

An asian man reading a poem at the open mic. He holds his phone in one hand and a mic in the other. Behind him, colourful paintings of allama iqbal and an eagle

Allama Iqbal Festival 2026: Navigating Iqbal (Lunchtime Talk)

Tues 10 November
Lunchtime Talks is a celebration of the work, contributions and enduring relevance of the visionary poet and philosopher Allama Iqbal.

Millfield of Dreams

Anytime
Watch: Millfield of Dreams is a powerful short film by Mark Murphy, co-created with people from Millfield, Gladstone, and New England. Over 100 local residents and community groups came together to showcase the vibrant and diverse heart of Millfield through film.

Grey background with a black silhouette of a dog puppet cast as a shadow against the foreground sheet.

Eye Gets Green presents ‘I know a story about Eye’

Anytime
Watch ‘I know a story about Eye’, by Eye Gets Green and Emily Steele-Dias.

Colourful paint splatter design. Pink, purple and yellow paints in drips and brush marks across the image.

Thrive Live – Special Edition: International Women’s Day

Anytime A 90-minute special livestream event, bringing deaf women together in Peterborough on International Women’s Day, hosted by Nadia Nadarajah.

For a flavour of our Peterborough Presents projects past, have a look at our past events below!

At the pace of trust – a case study

Read: A case study by Jamie Buttrick, JB Research, that looks at our work in Millfield over the last nine years, tracking the learning and changes to our programme.

Julie Fernandez, Access Coordinator, smiling, in her wheelchair and drinking a class of fizz.

Top Tips: Creating Accessible Programmes

Read: We’ve been working with Julie Fernandez to make our programmes more accessible for people with disabilities, and want to share with you.

Link Road mural completed. A colourful mural on the side of a house in Millfield.

Top tips and favourite bits: Peterborough Murals

Watch: a short film where 4 Peterborough street artists and the PP team tell you about their favourite murals, and some top tips for future mural projects.

An image of purple, paint, and orange watercolour brush strokes

Millfield Link – a case study

Read: an insight into our work in Millfield from 2017 – 2022. The case study shares what happened, the learning and the challenges. Useful for others running community-based projects about telling stories through art.

a woman and a man sit at a table, each has a paint brush and is painting shapes onto a blank cup. One the table there are water pots and spare brushes. Both look engrossed in what they are doing

Creative wellbeing research

Read: we’ve been exploring how our programme can support personal and community wellbeing, pulling together a few links to research, organisations, toolkits in case you’re interested in exploring this too

7 of Eye Village's young people working together on a collective piece on the floor. With sprigs of nature around them too.

‘Smudges and Snapshots’ – Eye Outdoor Exhibition

Anytime
A group of young people from Eye Village have created an outdoor exhibition which they have produced and curated with artist Emily Bowers

Part of the Photo Exhibition in Welland. Large photos attached to a dark green high metal fence, with a field in the background.

!SNAP! Outdoor Photo Exhibition in Welland

22nd May for a month
SNAP! is the bringing together of two neighbourhoods and two creatives from those places: Dogsthorpe’s Toby Wood and Welland’s Sandra Keating.

Part of the Photo Exhibition in Dogsthorpe. Large photos attached to a dark green high metal fence, with The focus Centre building in the background.

!SNAP! Outdoor Photo Exhibition in Dogsthorpe

Anytime
SNAP! is the bringing together of two neighbourhoods and two creatives from those places: Dogsthorpe’s Toby Wood and Welland’s Sandra Keating.

A green illustration with gold islamic patterns on top. Underneath it says Eid Mubarak

Dogsthorpe Women’s Eid al-Adha Party!