We’re working with artist Dr Tracy Breathnach and Bridgend CB Council to map creativity in Bridgend. 🗺️

Join one of our 3 open conversations and share your experience of local creativity - Bridgend (13 May), Porthcawl (15 May), Maesteg (22 May).
creative-lives.org/Pages/Events/

Huge thanks to everyone who came to our Reading Creatives Meet-Up at Jelly this week! 🙌

Lots of new connections and new friends made, and it was great to see some of our Seed Fund recipients and learn more about everyone’s amazing work. ✨

#inrdg Reading Council

Lovely to work with the women Rochdale and District Mind today to create these amazing floral pieces TY to Creative Lives for your support

Do you use creativity to bring people together? 🤝

Maybe through ongoing activities, a special project or a Fun Palace? 🎊

Enter your group in the Creative Lives awards 2024! 🏆
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We’re excited to share Creative Lives’ new Strategic Plan which sets out our ambitions for the next 5 years.

Our Chair, David Bryan CBE, joined a recent team away day to share some of the thinking behind the plan - and you can read it in full here: creative-lives.org/strategic-plan…

We are delighted to announce the support of Arts Council England with a grant of £400,000 for Beach of Dreams 2025. We will be working in collaboration with Rosemary Richards to deliver this year-long creative exploration of the UK coastline from June 2024 through 2025.

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🎞️ New on our website 🎞️

Dr Alexandra Burton recently spoke at Britten Pears Arts Spark! where Creative Lives launched the 'Mapping Creative Health in Norfolk and Suffolk' report! 💬

Check out the report below 👇 or follow the link to watch the recording 🔗 sbbresearch.org/policy-impact/…

Three wonderful sessions with Well Women Wakefield exploring our neighbourhood through shadows, painting, creative writing and music. Creative Lives #KnowYourNeighborhood funded by Arts Council England and Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Has your creative group done something you're really proud of during the past year?

You can enter the Creative Lives Awards - an annual celebration of volunteer-led creativity across the UK and Ireland. Groups of any size or art/craft form can enter ⬇️

Has your creative group done something you're really proud of during the past year? Then it's time to enter the Creative Lives Awards - an annual celebration of volunteer-led creativity across the UK! Deadline 13 May. orlo.uk/E1Y75

We're lucky to have so many brilliant creative groups across the Wakefield District!

Groups can now apply for the 2024 Creative Lives Awards which celebrates volunteer-led creativity across the UK & Ireland.

Find out more 👇

Perform live at the Senedd!

#MakeMusicDay is the annual worldwide event where people make and celebrate music on the same day (21 June). This year, you can take part in filling the Senedd with music... creative-lives.org/make-music-day…

Make Music - June & December 21 Make Music Day UK Making Music UK

Our 2022 People’s Choice Bridgwater Carnival celebrated the creativity of 200+ volunteers in a spectacular display, embodying a spirit of collaboration.

What collaborations has your creative group nurtured this year? Tell us in your entry for #CreativeLivesAwards ! creative-lives.org/awards

Feeling stuck or overwhelmed as a creative?
'Reflect, Reframe, & Regain' on June 7th is for you!
🌱Reflect on habits & goals
🖼️Reframe challenges into opportunities
✨Build positive actions for success
✍️2-hours of one-to- one coaching support included!
…treframeregainJune24.eventbrite.co.uk

We're in #GIW24 and we thought we'd celebrate our Young at Heart project, who ran intergenerational cooking classes over the summer thanks to funding from Creative Lives. We came together with partners Beth Johnson Fndn, Methodist Homes (MHA) and North Midlands Older LGBT group at our... 1/2

Another long week of rehearsals but worth it! Just tonight’s dress rehearsal to go then we’re on.
🎟️: ticketsource.co.uk/progresstheatre

Under Milk Wood is supported by funding from the Reading Seed Fund, run by Reading Council & Creative Lives #theatre #rdgUK

📷Aidan Moran

Knitters and crocheters, your 2024 Inspire Charity Knitting Challenge is…Care Squares! Create cosy blankets for people in hospitals and care homes, and see your work in a celebratory exhibition. 🧶

Download your free pattern & learn more: tinyurl.com/553n3kka Inspire Libraries

We’re delighted to launch the 'Mapping Creative Health in Norfolk and Suffolk' report: an exploration of the challenges and opportunities to improve health outcomes through creativity, with recommendations for the cultural and health sectors.

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Don’t miss your chance to win a £10,000 commission plus £500 of materials from Cass Art!

The deadline for Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year is Friday 3 May. Find out more and apply: creative-lives.org/sky-arts-artis…

Storyvault Films #LAOTY #LandscapeArtistOfTheYear

Our 2021 Ireland Winner, Black Box Belfast, removes barriers to creativity with a programme by and for people with learning disabilities, supported by dedicated volunteers.

Does your group remove barriers to creativity? Enter the #CreativeLivesAwards2024 ! creative-lives.org/awards