On Thursday we hosted Dirty Faces and The Alternative School at Finsley Gate Wharf for the premiere of their film ‘SORRY ABOUT THIS’, created by the young people from the school. 🎥 We’re really excited to continue our collaboration with both the school and Dirty Faces!

🧵🪡Events are popping up across the county to celebrate the upcoming British Textile Biennial British Textile Biennial The Super Slow Way 🪡🧵 Listen again ➡️ bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f…

This week we’ve welcomed over 90 people to our Blackburn canalside spaces in Audley and Mill Hill! We’ve made bug hotels at our gardening club, canoed from Canalside, eaten delicious Korean pancakes and caught fish! Keep up to date with our activity at superslowway.org.uk/events/

Yesterday we hosted a drop in canoeing session for The Super Slow Way with almost 70 getting on the water. Getting more young people outdoors is what we do! Active Lancashire @BritishCanoeing Canal & River Trust North West refresh BwD sporting nrg Sport England

Burnley Canal Festival is just over a week away, and you can start planning your festival day as the full programme of events and music stage times are now live. 🎊 Join us on Sunday 27th August in Burnley for a great day out with plenty of free activities to partake in!

Work is well underway on a new mural project we have commissioned in Hyndburn. Mural artist Gavin Renshaw is currently working in collaboration with students from The Hollins to refresh the original mural on this site which was painted in 2000. More updates to follow!

We're recruiting for a part-time Finance & Operations role - please spread the word. The successful candidate will be responsible for the effective delivery of the day-to-day financial processing within the organisation. Full details: in-situ.org.uk/work-with-us #artsjobs

WE’RE HIRING: BTB23 Tour Guides More information and the full application process available on our website at britishtextilebiennial.co.uk/news/were-hiri… 🔗 Deadline: Wednesday 20th September

Our newly commissioned mural on the canal painted by artist Gavin Renshaw and local students in Hyndburn is now complete! More information about the development of the mural can be found here at superslowway.org.uk/projects/hyndb…

Blackburn grown and Lancashire spun flax! Years of learning and research coming together as we produce the final piece, a real team effort and community connection. More to follow about the development of our #homegrownhomespun garment and the launch event...

Eid Mubarak! We would like to wish you all a day of joy and celebration this Eid ul-Fitr, and we hope you have a wonderful time ☪️ Best wishes from The Super Slow Way.

Yesterday we launched our new Ripple Effect pop up cafe and creative space in Nelson. It was great to be able to invite the local community into the space and see the results of collaborative design, ideas and hard work. More updates to come in the coming weeks!

We’ll be launching our Homegrown/Homespun Kurta at Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery as part of Festival of Making this weekend! More information available here superslowway.org.uk/events/homegro… 🔗

Our director Laurie and Patrick Grant with our Homegrown/Homespun Kurta! This garment was made using flax grown, processed and spun in Blackburn as part of the Homegrown/Homespun project, and is on display at Blackburn Museum this weekend as part of the Festival of Making

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Earlier this week the painting commenced at our new mural at Clayton Community Centre! We’re working with artist Craig Atherton and the community in Clayton to add a splash of colour to the building, with designs coming from the artist and students from Nelson & Colne College.

DRIFT LIVE BROADCAST 🔊 You’re invited to the launch of Drift on board the Bill Hunt barge on Saturday 31st August, 10.30am-7.00pm at Eanam Wharf, a Super Slow Way project hosted in collaboration with Blackburn with Darwen Young People’s Services. superslowway.org.uk/events/drift-l…🔗

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Did you catch the Drift on Saturday? 🔊 Over the weekend we launched Drift on board the Bill Hunt barge in Blackburn, with a live broadcast event at Eanam Wharf! More info can be found on our Instagram at instagram.com/p/C_aqR2EISOz/… 🔗

We’re very pleased have been successful with our extension year funding from Arts Council England which will allow us to continue our work across East Lancashire until April 2026 🥳