Our local community

The Invention Rooms

Come and visit us at The Invention Rooms, our shared community space on Imperial College London’s White City Campus. Open for free events and programmes throughout the year, The Invention Rooms is where the local community and Imperial come together to collaborate, innovate and make. 

Community events and programmes

Families take part in Robot Day creative workshop at The Invention Rooms

Family events

Join our family festivals and creative workshops that celebrate science, free for local families with children aged 7-11.

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Women graduating from the Womens Community Leadership Programme stand with their certificates

Agents of Change

Are you passionate about making a difference? Join our free network, committed to supporting local women driving change in their community. 

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An Imperial College Business School Student helps a local White City resident with their camera

What the Tech?!

Aimed at local residents aged 50+, What the Tech?! offers friendly advice and support on completing online tasks or using phones, tablets and laptops.

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Community events and programmes

Community celebration and networking event at The Invention Rooms

Community partner lunches

Come along to one of our lunches, and enjoy delicious food while meeting like-minded members of your local community.

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Maker Challenge

The Maker Challenge offers young people local to White City the chance to develop their ideas and make them into a reality.

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Community events

Find out more about the range of events that we have coming up for members of our local community.

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Find us at The Invention Rooms

The Invention Rooms, Entrance B, Stadium House, 68 Wood Lane, London, W12 7RH. Click here to open in Google Maps

White City Community news

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Stadium House Art Project: Help design a mural on our White City Campus

20 October 2025
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Mohn Centre Blog: Swipe Up or Switch Off at the W12 festival with Yusuf Ibrahim

02 October 2025

29 August 2025

Local MP visits White City to see innovation support and societal…

05 August 2025

Mohn Centre blog: Welcoming Yusuf Ibrahim

17 June 2025

Celebrating the Engagement Academy: 7 years and over 100 members of staff

29 May 2025

Global health students and community groups mark transformative…

The Invention Rooms and our community programmes are generously supported by:

The Mohn Westlake Foundation
The family of Sir Naim and Renée Dangoor
Humphrey Battcock 
Berkeley Foundation
The Elsevier Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP
Driss and Heli Ben-Brahim 
Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers  
Kasuma Trust
The John Lyons’ Trust
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)