Happy December and Happy Holidays to the whole FORE family! I hope that you’ve been spending your time eating good scran, relaxing with family, and not responding to your work emails- it's a great way to finish off 2025.  With but 1 day left to the new year, we at FORE are entering a time of reflection and gratitude for the massive year we’ve had, and for the people that made FORE the community it is today. In anticipation of an even bigger and better 2026, let’s take a walk down memory lane, starting right from the beginning,

2nd February: Graffiti Scavenger Hunt 

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Four mysterious coordinates dropped on a random February day, and a hunt for graffiti tags and care packages in the four (Fore, get it?) corners of London. Fore the Streets brought back the scavenger hunts we all yearn for and threw in free sweatshirts and a cash prize- a great start to the year, I must say.

14th February: FOREPLAY

If you didn’t have that special person on Val day, FORE was right there to provide some support with the Foreplay tee! By texting the phone number on the advert with your size and address (And paying, of course), the ‘FORE Hotline’ ensured you weren’t alone with the sickest T-shirts around; guaranteed satisfaction ;)  I believe a round of applause for the marketing campaign is in order.

23rd February: Connect FORE 

If the Foreplay tees weren’t enough to get rid of the singles blues, the CONNECT FORE: FOREPLAY event at Bread and Butter Lounge most definitely did the trick! FORE set up a speed networking game night dedicated to building genuine connections in our community and making networking less of a mortifying humiliation ritual and more of an uplifting source of inspiration and togetherness. With live music performances and DJ sets by amazing artists such as Josi Germann and cleanheartedkid, it was a day to remember x

 22nd March: FOREXCHANGE

An asset with a real return on investment, the FOREX Vault opened early in April, blending fintech futurism with modern garms.

In celebration of the FOREX Collection launch, the FOREXCHANGE brought together the community in an immersive event designed to help our community learn to create impact and change the world. With panel discussions ranging from building AI agents to Business Modelling for the Future, a fashion show, and a chess club tournament, the FOREXCHANGE had everything for our members to push themselves and thrive in the creative business. For the risk-takers out there, we also had a roulette table where you could gamble chips for a free drink or FORE merch- aren’t we the best?  With BYOB-powered daytime events and an open bar at the afterparty, FORE delivered on the promises of community upliftment and enjoyment.

The Chess Club Tournament also brought the community together in an effort to bring chess back into the mainstream- letting logic (and the promise of a certain Cheque Mate Tee)  excite and inspire.

4th April: What Do You Do It FORE Campaign

As both a brand advert and a video campaign, the What do You Do it Fore campaign not only reinforced FORE’s core values but revitalised it with a new electric energy for the year. FORE is a movement, a community, a rebellion built to knock down doors and bring everyone along for the ride. Give it a watch! 

20th April: FORETWENTY

On everyone’s favourite national holiday, Christmas came early with the FORETWENTY Cafe converting the Bread and Butter Lounge into a tealeaves enthusiasts' paradise. Beginning with a bake(d) sale, with vendors selling the sweetest cupcakes, treats, and herbal mixes, and ending with live DJ sets and performances with the likes of Beatfox and Hodago- no one does 420 as we do. Throughout the day, our guests got to participate in ashtray making workshops (courtesy of Warm Studios!), play chess and video games (completely sober, of course), and go on a scavenger hunt across Shoreditch for the chance to win free cash, and more importantly, the very best smoking apparatus provided by the very best sponsor of the event, Flying Papers UK. Before you left, the community even got a chance to shop FORE’s collections and maybe go home with a baggie (of leftovers! I don’t know where your head’s at).

19th June: B&B FORE The Community Launch 

An absolute highlight of 2025; on the 19th of June, we launched our first FORE The Community event! Ever since then, Bread and Butter Lounge has been opening its doors every other Thursday to host FORE The Community for an amazing night of community, music, and inspiration. The inaugural event featured a bag-making workshop led by Si Xiazi and 5ft Val, followed by an insightful panel discussion hosted by Caxxiane with industry creatives, including Natalie Vest-Jones (Founder of Sanctuary Magazine), Ben (Founder of Bread and Butter), and our very own Jordan from FORE!

Thank you to all the panellists for all your amazing words: 

• Jordan – Founder of FORE⁠ (@jdn.uk / @fore.uk)
  
  
• Ben – Founder of Bread and Butter⁠(@breadandbuttercollection)
  
  
• Si Xiazi – Multidisciplinary Artist⁠(@sixiazi)
  
  
• Natalie – Founder of Sanctuary, BIPOC/Queer mag (@natalievestjones) 
  
  
• Peter – Founder of Sonderhaus, Community Events Collective
  (@pett.rr / @sonderhausevents)
  
  
• Hosted by @caxxianne

3rd July: B&B FTC Open Decks 

For the next FORE The Community Event, we hosted the first FORE: The Selectas event, letting everyone cosplay as professional DJs for one night! With spaces for crowd-favourite DJs such as Raidaa, Sukh, and Temz spinning music of all genres, and also some open decks for you to try out that mixtape you had on that one USB stick! Regardless of your mixing proficiency, this event was for the books with good music, good people, and an unmatchable energy.

26th July: The FORUM III

FORUM at Kachette Shoreditch was a day-to-night takeover celebrating all the culture, community and people that FORE stands for. On the 26th of July, our members got to experience brand pop-ups, live music with headliner Tay Jordan, an art exhibition, loads of games, food and drinks that would make you cry, and- of course- a group of creatives that empower and energise each other.

Was that the longest run-on sentence ever? Probably, but when you host an event that’s just that great, there’s nothing else you can do.

Big love to the artists, brands, and businesses that came and made the day what it was. FORE runs on the passion and energy of the creatives in our community, and our lineup of talent, including the likes of Luv.Georgie, Caxxianne, and DJ Quann embodied just that at FORUM.

22nd August: Fore The Culture 

On Bank Holiday Friday, FORE took over Bread and Butter Lounge for some Carnival Festivities before London's event of the year hit the streets for the weekend. FORE The Culture had one theme: rep your flag, wave it proud. With DJs playing Bashment, Dancehall, and Soca, soul food provided by the amazing Mama Ky’s, and a rum punch raffle no one wanted to miss, the party lasted all the way till the early hours. A carnival warm-up like no other.

FORE X HAM The Illustrator Carnival 

An insane collaboration with the one and only HAM The Illustrator, FORE dropped an exclusive Carnival T-shirt that celebrated the joy and unity that sustains Notting Hill Carnival. The catch? Our members needed to go on a bit of a scavenger hunt around Carnival to get their hands on one of over 10 bags of merch hidden around the area. But hey, it gave you a sick side quest and an even sicker t-shirt; completely worth it in my books!

And if you were one of the less successful scavengers that left carnival T-shirt-less, then there was also an exclusive 24-hour sale online; it’s not just merch, it's a moment, and everyone gets to share in the process :)

17th October: FORE x Askari Football Shirts 

Our collaboration with Askari was not only the merging of two brands but the fusing of two different cultures, and it led to some of the most intricate football kits out there. Funded by the Pinterest Inclusion Fund and inspired by South Asian heritage and patterns, the FORE x Askari football collection led to some great pieces, and even perhaps a FORE football tournament down the line?

I guess you’ll have to wait and see.

22nd November: FORE X B&B Studio Launch

In November, we opened a brand new studio in Hackney Wick alongside Bread and Butter Studios, providing another form of support and network for all the young creatives of London! In celebration of such an exciting moment, FORE hosted a studio launch event with panels and workshops in the day, and a special after-party celebration (with free beer!) in the evening. Our Capturing Culture panel featured amazing speakers, including Livia, Kidcircus, and Armzy, followed by an equally impressive DJ and live act lineup, featuring DJ SS, Kharis, and EVA.

The simultaneous Creative Collaboration lab empowered members to build their teams, shoot in our brand-new studio, create works that they could share, build their skills, and network with others.

Thank you so much to all the speakers, your experiences were so insightful!

• @jdn.uk - Founder of FORE & Bread & Butter Studio. Multidisciplinary creative making space for the makers of tomorrow. 
  
• @kidcircus - Photographer blending fashion, portraiture and culture with striking intimacy. Clients incl. New Balance, END. & Universal Music.⁠
  
• @armzybam - Director & creative strategist helping brands move past the surface and into meaning, process and mindset.⁠
  
• @vawn.creates - Hackney-born photographer capturing music, fashion and identity with raw visual storytelling.
  
• @mr.b.rown - Culture, food & music photographer with work in GQ, Gal-dem, Time Out. Known for imagery rooted in energy and truth.⁠
  
• @liviarosejohnson - Culture producer & strategist behind campaigns for Wizkid, Doja Cat, SZA and more - building communities, not just marketing.⁠

FORE X Clash Magazine Collage Workshop

Ending the year with perhaps the coolest event of them all, in a collaboration with Clash Magazine, FORE also hosted a zine-making workshop! By using images from CLASH magazine, craft materials and just their general whimsy for life, our members got to create their unique collages surrounded by creative and artistic people.

And that brings us to the end of 2025!

Wow, that took me a million years to write, but what that really means is that FORE has had a phenomenal and spectacular year! We’ve reached so many amazing creatives and provided spaces for the youth in London to be inspired. Not just inspired to be themselves, but also be everything else they want to be.

As we enter into the new year, remember to rest, relax, and enjoy the calm. 2026 is bringing big things for FORE, and you need to have the energy to be a part of it!

See you in the next year <3

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