Our Craft Workshop team attended an Art Riot Collective training day in Coventry. Arts Riot Collective’s mission is to develop a community of Disabled and Neurodivergent Artists and supporters, providing access to high-quality creative practice, connections and cultural spaces. After a recent workshop/exhibition at the MK Gallery this year, they invited us to visit them. We were...
Our Craft Workshop took part in The Place Between exhibition as part of the Milton Keynes International Festival. Artist Rebecca Louise Law created a large installation with people in Milton Keynes using dried flowers at the Middleton Hall centre:MK. The Place Between project team ran flower garland workshops for local communities/organisations making dried flower garlands...
Our Wednesday Arts & Crafts Group visited Emmaus Village in Carlton to present them with an upcycled blanket we had made for them. The Wednesday Arts and Crafts Group spent twelve weeks upcycling some of our old hand-woven curtain materials (which can no longer be used as such due to fire regulations) into a patchwork...
Congratulations to Tom & Cheryl! Tom won Manager of the Year, and Cheryl won Support Worker of the Year at this year’s National Learning Disabilities & Autism Awards 2023! Tom has been recognised for moving us from a paper-based to a digital system onsite (Nourish), creating teams and staff progression routes, and creating a solid future...