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Make Your Own Soap

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  • Free
  • Workshop
  • Relaxed
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Visitor Experience Engagement Day, Photo: Steven Pocock. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you'll do

Join Enver and Rebekah from our Visitor Experience Team for a soap-making workshop.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll be able to select from a variety of moulds, colours, scents and additional materials to create your own special soap. Once you’ve made the soap, it will take 30 minutes to set before you can take it away with you.

While you wait for your soap to solidify, take a look at a display of historical items and videos from our collections, related to soap, hygiene, and health. You could also explore the rest of Wellcome Collection or just take a break.

There will be a chill-out space with cushions, blankets, ear defenders, earplugs and stim toys.

No experience is necessary to attend and all soap-making materials will be provided. The workshop is open to everyone, and children are welcome to participate if accompanied by an adult.

Dates

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Need to know

Location

We’ll be in the Studio on level 1. When you enter Wellcome Collection, head up the stairs or take the lift, then follow the signs.

Place not guaranteed

Booking a ticket for a free event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.

Waiting list

If this event is fully booked, you may still be able to attend. We will operate a waiting list, which opens 30 minutes before this event starts. Arrive early, and we’ll give you a numbered ticket. If there are any unfilled places just before the start time, we will invite you to enter in order of ticket number.

Relaxed

This is a relaxed event, which means that if you need to, you are welcome to move around and make noise at any time.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call

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About your facilitators

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Enver Ahmed

(he/him)

Enver is a Visitor Experience and Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection with a background in language and teaching. He loves history and enjoys learning from others’ experiences as much as sharing his knowledge, expertise, and experience with people.

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Rebekah Lindo

(she/her)

Rebekah is a Visitor Experience and Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection, with a background in life sciences and a special interest in different ways to communicate science effectively. A performer at heart, she utilises her skill set, to creates engaging, fun and stimulating presentations for a general audience.