Leek Polish Connection

27/04/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday, and to all our supporters!
A big thank you to Staffordshire Moorlands Walking Festival for including us in this brilliant initiative!

27/04/2026

💃 Polish Dance Celebration – 9 May

Join OUTSIDE and the Leek Polish Connection for a vibrant afternoon of music and dance at Foxlowe Arts Centre, celebrating Polish Constitution Day.

Featuring the incredible ZPIT Wiesniacy, one of the UK’s longest-running Polish folklore groups, bringing over 70 years of tradition to life through colourful costumes and energetic performance. ✨

📅 Saturday 9 May 2026
⏰ 2–4pm (performances at approx. 2pm & 3pm)
📍 Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek

Free, drop-in, and perfect for all the family!

Come along and experience the energy, colour and joy of Polish culture. 🇵🇱

Find out more: https://outsidearts.org/events/polish-dance-celebration-9th-may-2026/

27/04/2026

Yesterday we were honoured to be able to guide a wonderful group of over 30 visitors around the former site of Blackshaw Moor Polish Resettlement Camp.

Our fabulous members shared their life stories of growing up in the camp in the heart of the Staffordshire Moorlands. We enjoyed many conversations about what life was like and how our community grew and integrated into the Leek and surrounding area.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and for those who very kindly support us!
Thank you also to Staffordshire Moorlands Walking Festival for organising another highly successful festival! We look forward to hosting more walks of the site in the future.

Lastly, do give us a like and a share to help spread the word! 😁

12/04/2026

Tomorrow is our regular monthly meeting at The Inkspot in Leek.

We have a busy agenda as we plan events for the months ahead, but new members are always welcome!
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07/04/2026

We hope all our members, friends and supporters had a lovely Easter and are all enjoying the gorgeous sunny weather!

Here is a stack more photos from our recent Easter crafts event! Feel free to tag yourselves, and remember to like and share far and wide to help our community continue to grow!

Again, thanks to Foxlowe Arts Centre for sharing their wonderful facilities with us for this one! 😁❤️

31/03/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our Polish Craft Day this weekend!
With over 150 keen crafters through the doors in just three hours, and plenty of beautiful work completed, we are chalking this up as a great success! 😁

Thank you again to Foxlowe Arts Centre for the use of their event space and ongoing support 😁

23/03/2026

Coming up THIS Saturday at Foxlowe Arts Centre is our Polish Craft Day to celebrate the coming of Springtime!

Great for people of all ages, but we are especially excited to see what our younger artists can come up with! 🎨

We hope to see many of you there to meet the amazing crafty folks (see what we did there?! ;) ) that keep Polish traditions alive in the heart of Staffordshire Moorlands! 😁
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09/03/2026

Monthly meeting this evening with a packed agenda! 😁
New members always welcome!

18:00 @ Inkspot in Leek
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Last meeting we were joined by Ian Sanders of Cold War Conversations History Podcast alongside planning for the year ahead.

If you are interested in what our group does, feel free to get in touch here! 😁

06/02/2026

As we have our next meeting this coming Monday (9th of Feb), we thought it time to aknowledge and thank our supporters!
Be sure to join us for 6pm at The Inkspot, Leek.

This project is part-funded by the UK Government and Staffordshire Moorlands District Council through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund-without this support, we could not bring the Polish heritage of Blackshaw Moor and Leek to the public.

24/12/2025