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Gloucestershire / Arts and Crafts - Literature and Writing - Social Interest Groups - Sports and Leisure - Wellbeing

Carers Rights Week Events

https://gloucestershirecarershub.co.uk/news/carers-rights-day-2020/ Carers Rights Day 2020 Looking after someone? Know your rights. Most of us will provide unpaid care for someone who is older, disabled or seriously ill at some point in our lives. Taking place on Thursday 26 November, Carers Rights Day brings together organisations from across the UK to reach out to carers with […]

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Steve Gloucestershire Carers Hub

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Tetbury / Attractions and Days Out - Festivals and Seasonal - Parks and Green Spaces

Enchanted Christmas

December is a very busy month for Father Christmas and his elves… making and delivering toys to all the children of the world in one night is no easy task! Everybody knows that to accomplish this incredible feat, Father Christmas has a workshop in the North Pole… But did you know that he also has […]

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Westonbirt the National Arboretum

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Forest of Dean / Performing Arts

Discover Drama

Have you ever wanted to have a go at acting? Do you want to develop your confidence? This 6 week course will see us working on character development. Working from our own homes we will look at building up a character step by step. We shall look at perfecting a monologue to share through zoom. […]

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Artspace Cinderford

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Gloucester / Food and Drink

Elmscroft Community Cafe

Students from National Star are running a welcoming and inclusive cafe at the Elmscroft Community Centre in Gloucester every Thursday, between 11am – 2pm. Serving value-for-money homemade cakes, sandwiches and soup you’ll be served by young people with disabilities looking to develop skills that will help them find a job in the future. The community […]

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National Star

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Forest of Dean / Arts and Crafts - Children's Activities

The Art Box (Ages up to 11 years)

Wednesdays 7th October – 11th November / 6.00 – 7.00pm Come and join us for The Art Box! Each week, our friendly tutors will introduce you to an exciting new art project that you can make and do at home! We’ll let you know what equipment and materials you will need for each week’s class […]

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Artspace Cinderford

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Forest of Dean / Arts and Crafts - Children's Activities

Creative Hub (Ages 11 years +)

Tuesdays 6th October – 10th November / 6.00 – 7.00pm This group is a supportive online community where you can come for help and support with your creative projects, meet other young creatives and share your work. Our skilled staff have experience in a range of art mediums and are trained Arts Award advisers. This […]

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Artspace Cinderford

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Forest of Dean / Arts and Crafts

Tools of the Trade, with Warren Day

Have fun exploring different techniques whilst looking at the varied subject matter of everyday household tools and how they differ in shape, size and material.  We will look at tools in the shed, kitchen and artists’ studios to name a few and make interesting drawings, paintings and 3D relief artworks to celebrate their diverse looks […]

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Artspace Cinderford

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Forest of Dean / Arts and Crafts

Exploring Paper Weaving, with Helen Parkinson

In this paper weaving class we will explore colour theory and experiment with different ways of applying colour to paper before weaving these sheets together. We will learn about different weaves used in loom weaving and apply these weaves to our paper weaving as well as experimenting with op art and random weaving techniques and […]

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Artspace Cinderford

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Forest of Dean / Arts and Crafts - Performing Arts

Illusion, with Bela Kielt

During this course, we will explore the history of Illusion used in circus acts, magic tricks and illusion drawings. You will be able to plan a performance and design a costume and you will be able to include some ‘illusion’ using range of methods used in the world of magic! Artspace’s Adult Education funded ‘Distance […]

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Artspace Cinderford

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Forest of Dean / Arts and Crafts

Re-Imagining Still Life, with Melanie Clarke

On this course, we will be inspired by the objects around us. Your ‘still life’ could be made from stones and shells collected on the beach, flowers and seed heads found in the garden, a favourite mug or even a pair of shoes! Six sessions will run on consecutive weeks, using objects familiar to everyone […]

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Artspace Cinderford

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