At PACE, our members and volunteers are at the core of all that we do. Our newest service, PACE presents, was launched in mid-May – a range of online social, leisure and creative activities, over a four week period, starting with PACE Presents… An Introduction to Henna. 

Henna, otherwise known as Mehndi, is a process that often takes place before weddings, and strongly symbolizes positive spirits and good luck.

Over the past month, a group of PACE members took part in our classes, and created and designed their own Henna inspired bookmarks, Mandala patterns and Henna name boards. 

Hosted by Kavita Verma – a professional henna artist from West London and founder of K V Mehndi. These lessons would have been the first time a majority of our members would attempted Henna. Despite this, Kavita’s expertise and knowledge in Henna design combined with fantastic step-by-step teaching and demonstration, which has led to some truly wonderful pieces of art created by our members and team leaders. 

Below is just a selection of Henna designs that truly took our breath away, accompanied with a few words by our members discussing their favourite designs.

Once again, a big thank you to Kavita Verma for creating and delivering the sessions, and judging by the pictures, I think we can all agree that they have been a huge success!