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Collect of articles, updates and resources shared by the You're Welcome team.

Gloucester / Arts and Crafts - Social Interest Groups

Giant Yuletide Puppet with Harriet West

Giant Yuletide Puppet with tutor Harriet West Come and make another giant puppet to parade on the Gloucester Steampunks Christmas Medieval Revels parade. We will be making a giant walkabout puppet and individual masks to celebrate all those forgotten alternative yuletide characters and other time-honoured Christmas characters drawn from various traditions. On Fridays, 10.30am to […]

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Art Shape

Added 2 weeks ago

Gloucester / Wellbeing

Creative Wellbeing Toolkit

Are you currently unemployed and want to move into work, Education or volunteering, but want to work on your wellbeing first? Come and join our Creativity wellbeing course. A six-week course that will put you back on track and ready to take the next step. Where: The Art Shape studio, Brockworth Tuesdays, 12.00am to 2.30pm […]

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Art Shape

Added 2 weeks ago

Gloucester / Arts and Crafts

Ready, Thready, Sew with Jo Teague

Ready, Thready, Sew with tutor Jo Teague This popular course explores hand embroidery techniques. This term we will be looking at Blackwork – a traditional historic counted thread technique. From threading the needle, choosing the thread to making your embroidery into an useable object, this course will guide you through. Wednesdays, 10am to 12pm upstairs […]

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Art Shape

Added 2 weeks ago

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

Our Autumn Newsletter

Our Autumn Newsletter is here We are excited to share with you our Autumn Newsletter. We hope you find the articles interesting and of use to you in your caring role. To view or download click here: Autumn Newsletter We will be planning for our Winter Newsletter soon and would love to include some suggestions […]

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Gloucestershire Carers Hub

Added 2 weeks ago

Gloucester / Wellbeing

Creative Wellbeing Toolkit

Creative Wellbeing Toolkit Are you currently unemployed and want to move into work, Education or volunteering, BUT want to work on your wellbeing first? Then Art Shape have the course for you! Sign up for our six-week Creativity wellbeing course will put you back on track, and ready to take your next step. This course […]

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Art Shape

Added 2 weeks ago

Gloucester / Arts and Crafts

Reduction Lino Prints with Charlotte Hawke

Reduction Lino Prints with tutor Charlotte Hawke Learn how to cut lino to create beautiful relief designs! We will explore how to make marks using Lino tools and build techniques such as the reduction method and Chine-collé that add colourful layers to your design. You’ll produce an exciting range of prints that can be displayed […]

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Art Shape

Added 2 weeks ago

Gloucester / Literature and Writing

Own Your Writing with Gemma Bolwell

Own Your Writing with tutor Gemma Bolwell On this course we will explore what you want to write and why, acknowledge challenges, set personal intentions, and then start off on your path to recreate your work. The course will begin with a face to face session, with online tasks and support available in the following […]

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Art Shape

Added 2 weeks ago

Gloucestershire / Attractions and Days Out - LGBTQIA+ - Literature and Writing - Online - Social Interest Groups - Wellbeing

Our October Programme

We would like to welcome you to our ‘October Be Connected’ programme. You will find all of the activities and sessions which we are running in October 2024 for you as unpaid Carers. You are welcome to bring along the person you support if they would like to join in. Or you can join and […]

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Gloucestershire Carers Hub

Added 2 weeks ago

Gloucester / Festivals and Seasonal - Performing Arts - Theatre and Concerts - Wellbeing

Mix & Mash Week October 2024

Halloween Beats & Bleeps Our next Mix & Mash week will run from 28th October – 1st November from 10am-3pm every day at our inclusive music Hub in Gloucester. A week of music-making aimed at those with additional needs but open to all, especially those who may not have previously considered themselves musical. Its emphasis is on […]

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The Music Works

Added 3 weeks ago

Cirencester / Gardens and Nature - Literature and Writing - Parks and Green Spaces - Performing Arts

Exploring The Otherlands – Creative Social Walk For Families

Join us this Autumn half term for a picnic, play and an adventure around City Bank Nature Reserve! Experience City Bank in a way you’ve never seen it before as author, Steve Skinley, leads us on a magical journey through nature. With a map and storytelling, you’ll be guided to explore the nature reserve, hearing […]

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The Velcro Collective

Added 1 month ago

Gloucester / Arts and Crafts - Wellbeing

Botanical Postcards with Charlotte Hawke

Botanical Postcards with tutor Charlotte Hawke Taking our inspiration from the natural world, as Summer transitions into Autumn, we will collect a range of leaves and flowers to print using mono-print and Hapazome techniques. Our experiments will lead us to develop our ideas into a series of postcards / posters for sale, with time dedicated […]

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Art Shape

Added 2 months ago