Tuesday Climb Club (Mile End Climbing Wall)

Every Tuesday evening, Wanderers of Colour climb as a community. We alternate between City Bouldering Stratford, Climbing District | London Fields, and Mile End Climbing Wall.

Who can come?

This event is open to all people of colour. It is recommended that for these sessions you are already comfortable with the basics of bouldering as we won't be able to provide a dedicated beginners facilitator as we do at our monthly weekend meet-ups. We also welcome experienced rope climbers to join this meet up if you'd like to. We can't guarantee you'll always find a partner in the group as this meet up has historically been a bouldering one, but Mile End do have some autobelays available.

Cost

• climb-only entry £0.00–£15.00 (instead of £14.50)
• shoe hire £2.50 (normally £3.50)

Sliding scale entry

We offer sliding scale entry so finances aren't a barrier to climb for anyone.  Please select the ticket that is right for your situation this week. £0 and £5 tickets go on sale around 15:00 the Tuesday before the event and are announced in the "WoC Climb" WhatsApp group first (join here) and then on social media.

• £0 Fully funded: Thanks to Development Through Challenge, the charity that runs Mile End Climbing Wall, we are able to offer 1x fully funded climbing place for climbers on no or low income at this meet-up. These places are for those eligible for or in receipt of benefit payments such as Universal Credit. 
• £0 Fully funded (feedback required): Recipients of these tickets are required to fill in a brief feedback form after the event. This is to help Development Through Challenge continue to receive the funds it requires to offer such places. This ticket type is only available once per person, so if you've booked one before, please do not book a place again (this only applies to the ticket type with required feedback)
• £5 Supported: Thanks to donations from our incredible community, we can sometimes offer some places heavily subsidised. Please sign up for one of these places if you would otherwise not be able to afford to go climbing but are able to cover your basic living costs. 
• £10 Discounted entry: This is the discounted rate kindly offered by Mile End Climbing Wall to everyone regardless of income status.
• £15 Pay-it-forward entry: If you are able to afford a pay-it-forward ticket, this money will help create supported places at our meet-ups. 

We also offer the opportunity to donate when you purchase your ticket if you aren't able to stretch to the pay-it-forward amount, every little counts! Please note we include a booking fee to cover the costs of taking payments via Ticket Tailor and Stripe for all but pay-it-forward entries. You can pay in person at Mile End and benefit from their concession rate of £10.00.

Before the event

Deadline to book is 15:00 on the day of the event.

When you book your ticket, please ensure to give your full legal name as the gym is provided by us with a list of ticket holders' names, we are not personally at reception checking people in. They check the provided names against their registration system so if you're coming to Mile End Climbing Wall for the first time, please register in advance. 

If this is your first time attending a Wanderers of Colour climbing event, if you would like to join our WhatsApp Community, please fill in this form, then navigate to the "WoC Climb" group. This group is a friendly place to hear who else is coming to the meet up and also to arrange more casual meet ups with other members.

At the event

Give your name at reception and then come find us! We will be warming up in the gym area facing the reception desk until about 19:15 and will then find an area to climb in. Your facilitator for this event is Charm (she/her) pictured below in white. The reception staff will be able to point you in our direction if it's not obvious where we're climbing.

What to wear and bring

Please wear comfortable clothing that allows you a full range of movement. Remove any rings or anything else that might get caught in advance before you climb. Bring a water bottle and a £1 coin for the lockers if you'd like to make use of them.

Photography

Our facilitators try to take a couple of photographs during these events to help promote the next one. Please let the facilitator Charm know when you arrive if you'd rather not be photographed at all. 

Nervous about coming alone?

We've all been there. Please contact us ahead of the session and we will buddy you with one of the team or members so that you can connect before and during the event. Wanderers of Colour can be reached by email via climbing@wanderersofcolour.com.

No longer able to attend? 

Tickets are in your name and are non-transferable.

Supported, discounted, pay-it-forward tickets are all non-cancellable. It is a lot of admin to issue refunds and at the moment this time is not available. If you hold one of these tickets, you can reschedule your ticket to another occurrence in this series (i.e. another Tuesday Climb Club at Mile End Climbing Wall) as long as you do so prior to 1 hour before the event starts. You do this by coming back to this page and selecting “Manage tickets”.

If you registered for a fully funded place and are no longer able to attend, please email climbing@wanderersofcolour.com to cancel your ticket by latest 3 days before the start time of the event. If you do not cancel in time, this prevents other people from attending. We will follow up via email if you do not attend.

Accessibility

Access to Climb have an access statement for the facility. For any questions regarding accessibility, please contact Mile End Climbing Wall directly: 020 8980 0289 / enquiries@mileendwall.org.uk

Health and Safety

We are an informal community group, not a professional service. Climbing and bouldering carry inherent risks and you are responsible for your own safety. Any peer advice from facilitators or other attendees is informal and isn't endorsed by Wanderers of Colour. Follow at your own risk. Always follow the gym’s rules and seek formal instruction if required.

If you are feeling unwell or have COVID symptoms, please do not attend.