Photo shows crates of - baking potatoes - leeks - parsnips - cabbages - cauliflower - onions - cucumbers

Foods available from Sumac Centre food distro this week include
- baking potatoes
- leeks
- parsnips
- cabbages
- cauliflower
- onions
- cucumbers
- bread, rolls, sliced bread & French sticks

Freely available on Sunday / Wednesday, or join us for a pop-up […]

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An Introduction to Radical Routes at #SumacCentre, #Nottingham

Friday 27th March

Interested in #Cooperatives?

#RadicalRoutes is a network of radical housing co-ops, workers co-ops and social centres. Their members are committed to working for positive social change.

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Screenshot of undercover policing inquiry live stream with heading "UCPI Evidence Hearings | Tranche 3 (Phase 2) | Day 19 - (17 March 2026) AM

57:00] In relation to #SumacCentre "RW" [aka HN118 "Simon Welling"] contests reports by his [#spycops unit that he "has good access to this open social space and community cafe which is often used for national gatherings of various autonomous groups, such as […]

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Your occasional reminder that since 1968 police targeted a wide range of social justice and human rights campaigns. Rights were violated and lives destroyed. In 2003 these secret political police infiltrated a group of idealistic young environmental activists in […]

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'Alison', speaks about #spycops on Women's Hour today. Catch up at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Public Inquiry has restarted. Follow via links on #SumacCentre Diary at
sumac.org.uk/event/spycop...

This includes link to ITVX documentary with Alison & others from @spiesoutoflives.bsky.social

The logo looks like an old tobacco tin with a diagonal separation of red and black, with the stylised wording of 'The 1 in 12 Club'. Further text says: Episode 1. At The 1 in 12 Club. A Place of Resistance. www.homeofmetal.com

We’re thrilled to see the very first episode of 'At The 1 in 12 Club', a new podcast series that dives deep into the history, spirit and everyday realities of one of Bradford’s most enduring radical spaces.

Like our Nottingham #RainbowCentre aka #SumacCentre […]

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Poster for event with detaills described in post plus logos of Sumac Centre, Refugee Forum and Medical Aid For Palestine

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This Saturday Notts Dining Coop are cooking for 100. In solidarity solidarity with Refugee Forum and Medical Aid For Palestine at #Nottingham #SumacCentre

Grab ya tickets here. 👇🧶 […]

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Screenshot shows Kate Wilson and Tom Fowler discussing the questioning of @alisonspycops at the #spycops inquiry with Kate Wilson aka @fruitbatmania https://x.com/i/status/1997993546805317664

Public gallery packed today at #spycops inquiry: 'Alison' from Police Spys Out of Lives giving evidence about spying on Colin Roach Centre and her relationship with spycop Mark Jenner.

Like Colin Roach Centre, our #SumacCentre existed to support it's local […]

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A screenshot of event listing shows the cover of the book 'Disclosure' with the text: "Spycops – Kate Wilson discusses the Undercover Policing Inquiry Tuesday December 16th @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Kate Wilson’s DISCLOSURE: Unravelling the Spycops Files is a memoir and a shocking exposé about the workings of Britain’s secret police. Join Kate at Sumac Centre on Tuesday 16th December for an exclusive opportunity to share her real time insight into the Undercover Policing Inquiry, live streamed here at Sumac Centre."

Video screenshot of Kate Wilson and Tom Fowler with caption "Spycops inquiry reaction: lunchtime of 3 Dec 2025 - Peter Francis evidence, day 3"

Reaction to the testimony of Perer Francis at the #Spycops Inquiry.
https://youtu.be/S24NSOnfZbQ?si=AS0zD2OCJ4elqClR

Join Kate Wilson at #Nottingham #SumacCentre on Tues 16th Dec for more insightful analysis of live coverage of the Inquiry […]

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The cover of Kate Wilson's book 'Disclosure' is shown together with details of the event described in the main post.

Details of a series BOOK EVENTS for DISCLOSURE: UNRAVELLING THE SPYCOPS FILES With KATE WILSON BRIDGE 5 MILL, MANCHESTER FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER GLOSSOP LABOUR CLUB SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER BRAMBLES, SHEFFIELD SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER CAFÉ ETCH, MIDDLESBOROUGH WEDNESDAY 26 NOVEMBER GLASGOW CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, MEDIA AND CULTURE, CARDIFF FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER BRISTOL BASE COMMUNITY CENTRE SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER THE WYNNSTAY, MACHYNLLETH SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER CHANTRY HALL, NORWICH SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER THE SUMAC CENTRE, NOTTINGHAM TUESDAY 16 DECEMBER

Tuesday 16th December

Return visit by Kate Wilson, for a realtime discussion during live stream of Undercover Policing Inquiry, at #Nottingham #SumacCentre

Kate Wilson fought a 10 year legal battle to get answers about why #spycops targeted her. She forced […]

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#FoodForAFuture and #SumacCentre will be showcasing lots of recipes including

🎄Mushroom pate
🎄 Vegan wellington
🎄Brussel sprouts with bacon and a balsamic and cranberry glaze
🎄Glazed tofu ham
🎄Nut roast
🎄Chocolate truffles
🎄Date pudding

And there may be more 😅

We are aiming for all our […]

Poster shows Christmas themed images of Xmas trees and reindeer with event description text: FOOD FOR A FUTURE & THE SUMAC CENTRE VEGAN CHRISTMAS COOKERY DEMOS FREE FOOD SAMPLES, VEGAN BAR OPEN AND FUNDRAISER RAFFLE 29 NOV FREE ENTRY 5 PM The Sumac Centre 245 Gladstone Street Nottingham NG7 6HX

Food for a Future – Vegan Christmas Cookery Demo . Sat Nov 29th @ 5pm

Join us at #SumacCentre to learn some epic vegan Christmas recipes!

- Not vegan, but hosting a vegan friend or family member for Christmas?

- Vegan but not a confident cook?

- Vegan or not […]

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The image features two white rats being cradled in a pair of black hands, set within a pink circle with small starburst accents. This is accompanied by the text describing the event: Nottingham Animal Coalition Inaugural Meeting An opportunity to get active for animals, discover existing campaigns, or start your own! Saturday, December 20th Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, NG7 6HX

Nottingham Animal Coalition Inaugural Meeting

An opportunity to get active for animals, discover existing campaigns, or start your own!

Saturday, December 20th

#SumacCentre, 245 Gladstone Street, NG7 6HX

If you have an unfulfilled interest in animal rights […]

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Poster with white text on black background with same words as main post: People’s Kitchen for Justice 28th November 2025, 7pm Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone St, NG7 6HX We are eating together to raise funds for a legal battle in solidarity with a local human rights protester. Recommended Donation: £5

People’s Kitchen for Justice

28th November 2025, 7pm

#SumacCentre, 245 Gladstone St, NG7 6HX

We are eating together to raise funds for a legal battle in solidarity with a local human rights protester.

Recommended Donation: £5

Photo of crates of free fresh veg, including bananas, broccoli, tomatoes, lemons, carrots, lettuce, parsnips, celery, cabbage.

Photo of crates of free fresh veg, including satsumas, grapes, apples, peppers, Brussel sprouts

This week’s #SumacCentre food distro of surplus fresh fruit, veg and bread.

Freely available 11am - 3pm on Sunday (during Sunday Brunch 11am - 2pm) and Wednesday (drop-in warm space, with community meal at 1 - 1.30pm).

There's free fresh fruit & veg, including […]

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Live from Undercover Policing Inquiry, examining the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) 1993-2008.

Tom Fowler is joined by Donal O'Driscoll of Undercover Research Group, and Patrick from Veggies & #SumacCentre.

Inquiry has been questioning 'L3', a member of […]

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Photo of crates of fresh vegetables, including peppers, carrots, spring onions, red onions, bananas, satsumas, cucumbers, lettuce and bread. Text reads: "We're so proud to help offer free food to the community! Take advantage of this bounty and visit Sumac Centre". [NB there are no Bounties!]

Our community food distro has a bumper crop this week. Sunday is the main day to visit, during the regular Sunday Brunch.

However there is likely to be plenty available on Wednesday too, the regular day for the #SumacCentre surplus foods Community Meal.

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Black and white photo of a young man, known to be spycop James Thompson is accompanied by text: "Hearings resume on 3rd November with the return of 'Elle' who was deceived into long term relationship by HN16 James Thomson, who used the cover names of both 'James Straven' and 'Kevin Crossland' infiltrating animal rights activists between 1997 and 2002. We've already heard from 'Sara' who he also deceived, as well as the activist 'Wendy'. We'll be hearing from Lisa Crossland who's family member Thomson stole the identity of, as well as 'L3' another activist he targeted. Thomson will be giving evidence between 5th and 11th November."

3 Spycops, 2 women deceived into relationships, 1 ex-wife, 16 spied upon activists, and 1 relative of a dead child who’s identity they stole.

Read a full preview of the next 23 witnesses at the Undercover Policing Inquiry at […]

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Image shows book cover with the Title "All Hands On Deck" on a background showing white clouds, blue sky, green landscape and flowers. Text : CLIMATE ACTIVISM AND THE WAY AHEAD Book Talk with ex-JSO prisoner Jan Goodey . Community Assemblies, Your Party, Just Stop Oil - What are the next steps on the road to climate/social justice? Readings, Q&A with the author. QR Code leads to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-all-hands-on-deck-climate-activism-the-way-ahead-tickets-1711549343159

All Hands on Deck. Climate Activism - the Way Ahead

Book Launch at #SumacCentre . Saturday October 25th @ 7:30 pm

Book Launch, Readings, Q&A with the author, ex-JSO prisoner Jan Goodey

"Community Assemblies, Your Party, Just Stop Oil - What are the next steps […]

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A photo of #spycops books: 'Small Town Girl' by Donna McLean, 'Spycops' by Raphael Schlembach, 'Deep Deception' by Alison, Belinda, Helen, Lisa & Naomi, and 'Disclosure' by Kate Wilson.

Photo of projection screen showing Livestream of #spycops Inquiry and twitter feed discussing it at #SumacCentre

Donna McLean reminds us that there's plenty to read on #spycops, including her 'Small Town Girl', 'Spycops' by Raphael Schlembach, 'Deep Deception' by Alison, Belinda, Helen, Lisa & Naomi, and 'Disclosure' by Kate Wilson. get them from independent bookseller […]

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Tom Fowler has done a short recap of Monday at #spycops inquiry.

A surprising change of tone from Met Police lawyer; apologizing, admitting wrongdoing and how the managers had failed.

The Home Office lawyer claimed new codes & safeguards in place in 2000, shifting responsibility for previous […]

COPS Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance logo, consisting of the letters C O P S, with a handprint framed by the 'O' The heading had the text "Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance" and "An alliance of people spied on by Britain's political secret police" further text reads: "Spycops Scandal Set to Deepen as Inquiry Resumes" A photo show banners outside the Royal Courts of Justice, with slogans including: - 1990 People vs STASI - 2017 People vs #Spycops - We've Waited LONG ENOUGH! GIVE US OUR #spycops FILES!

On Monday the #spycops Inquiry resumes, covering 1993-2008

We plan a daily live stream at #Nottingham's #SumacCentre #ScreenRoom, including the official YouTube channel (via Twitch TV) and Tom Fowler's coverage (from https://x.com/tombfowler & elsewhere.

Tom […]

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Brinsley Animal Rescue

Just a reminder that it's our regular 'Peoples Kitchen' this Saturday at the #SumacCentre.

We'll be cooking up a hearty 'pie n mash' with lashings of onion gravy. There will also be cakes available and a crumble, what's not to love?

All […]

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Poster with same text as main post: Skills Exchange Nottingham ♫ You are cordially invited to our social. Learn about time banking. All welcome. 7pm, Friday 26th Sept Featuring live music from Hummingbirds and Dave Fairey, also Poetry, Quiz and Raffle. Vegan meal & cake for a donation. Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, NG7 6HX tol2.timebanking.org/skillsexchange Skills ExchangeNG@gmail.com

This Friday 26th Sept , 7pm at #SumacCentre

Skills Exchange Nottingham

♫

You are cordially invited to our social. Learn about time banking.

All welcome.

Featuring live music from Hummingbirds and Dave Fairey, also Poetry, Quiz and Raffle.

Vegan meal & cake […]

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Rebel City Collective londonrebelcity@gmail.com We are Rebel City, a small London based anarchist group. Part of what we do is visit schools and colleges to talk to young people about anarchist ideas. During discussions with students many questions arose so we decided to compile a short book answering some of those questions. Answers have been contributed by many different people and will, we hope, provide a straightforward but varied account of how we can create a better society by organising ourselves according to anarchist principles. We are writing to just say, if you want any copies of the book, which is called "For a Future Made By Us All, Questions and Answers about Anarchism", email us at the email address above and we can send you some. You can have them for free (as we raised the money to print them) but we would ask that you pay for postage, unless you have someone passing through London. Kurdish, Arabic and Persian at https://rebelcitylondon.wordpress.com/for-a-future-made-by-us-all-rebel-city-booklet/ Deaf Anarchy version: https://deafanarchy.com/a-future-made-by-us-all-questions-and-answers-about-anarchism Reading list (books and websites that inspired a load of us to become anarchists both past and present) at https://rebelcitylondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/suggested-reading-single-page-format.pdf Hard copies for stalls, bookshop and centres. Again its free, but we would ask that you pay postage

Rebel City, a small London based anarchist group, visit schools & colleges to talk to young people about #anarchist ideas. Many questions arise so they compiled a short book answering some of those questions.

"For a Future Made By Us All, Questions and Answers […]

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A screenshot shows the Earth First logo of crossed wrench and hammer with an article heading "How a Married Undercover Cop Having Sex With Activists Killed a Climate Movement by Geoff Dembicki/Vice There is a photo of a woman in her mid-20s alongside a man in his mid 30s

The Undercover Policing Inquiry restarts on Monday 15th October.

Details have been released of the groups affected by the #Spycops covered in this 'tranche' of the inquiry. Included is the #SumacCentre, our home base, spied upon by Mark Kennedy in the false […]

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Photo has trays of leeks, carrots, apples, courgettes, spring onions, cauliflower, green beans, lettuce , fennel, baby eggplants and sourdough loaves.

Three trays of bamanas

Banana Bread anyone?

This week's free food redistribution at #SumacCentre has leeks, carrots, apples, courgettes, spring onions, cauliflower, green beans, lettuce , fennel, baby eggplants and sourdough loaves.

Plus 3 trays of bananas, some with split skins but […]

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Poster shows a fist clutching a carrot. There's a logo for Brinsley Animal Rescue with black silhouettes of a cat, hen, bird, pig and rabbit. Also Sumac Centre logo and pictures of a vegan jkebab meal and a cake

Brinsley Animal Rescue Fundraiser - 2nd August 2025 at #SumacCentre

Another night of community action for the animals. The animals suffering does not end, which means we do not stop our community fundraising meals

So come along, eat homemade delicious vegan […]

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The book itself is very easy to read, it reads like a first rate thriller.
I hope the trial outcome and the book itself gives Kate some sort of closure. She'll never get back those years or recover from the damage done to her, nor will the many other women.
#spycops
#katewilson
#sumaccentre […]

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Finished the book in under 2 days, I couldn't put it down.

Kate Wilson is an incredible woman, she spent over 10 years fighting this case against the police. And she won!
In the end the police hardly even defended themselves despite doing everything they could to stop her getting justice. They […]