You Must Stay At Home Voices from Wellingborough’s homeless community About the Publication During the first national lockdown in 2020, homeless people were offered temporary accommodation to safeguard them from the COVID-19 outbreak. In order to provide some contact for individuals in Wellingborough, and to give an opportunity for the homeless community to have a … Continue reading You Must Stay At Home
6-month Kickstart placement (now closed)
6-month Kickstart placement for 16 – 24 year old Made With Many is a community-led arts programme which produces events and activities designed to surprise, delight and inspire. The programme aims to encourage more people than ever before to take the lead in experiencing, creating and taking part in high-quality arts and cultural activities. Through … Continue reading 6-month Kickstart placement (now closed)
Winter Brights (Cinnamon Arts Group)
video produced by Cinnamon Arts Group Winter Brights project by Cinnamon Arts Group In January 2021 the Cinnamon Arts Group launched a project in Wellingborough to help brighten up the winter period and fight the January blues by giving local people resources to visually express their happy and safe places. To take part in creating … Continue reading Winter Brights (Cinnamon Arts Group)
Cultivate: Evaluating Arts Projects
Cultivate: Evaluating Arts Project Join Made With Many’s Wellingborough Producer, Sarah Brown and Corby Community Engagement Coordinator, Tom Briggs as they explore and offer some insightful tips on how to effectively evaluate your arts projects. The session will look at how you gather and use quantitative and qualitative data with key considerations to what funders really … Continue reading Cultivate: Evaluating Arts Projects
Creativity for wellbeing
Creativity for wellbeing Made With Many have been working with the Borough Council of Wellingborough on their Health and Wellbeing programme for employees. We offered six online workshops exploring different types of creativity and its role in relaxation, boosting confidence and helping people to discover their interests. Wellingborough Producer, Sarah Brown, commented: “Activities have been … Continue reading Creativity for wellbeing
The Wild Winter Challenge
Wild Winter Challenge: For families with under 5s March’s Challenge (episode 4) Those of you signed up to this project will have received one of our Wild Winter Challenge activity packs. But, don’t worry if you haven’t got a pack, as you may already have some of the things you need around the house or be … Continue reading The Wild Winter Challenge
Singing changed my life
Singing changed my life (and life changed singing) Guest blog by Tim Lole Made With Many, Choir Director, Wellingborough Zoom Choir Project www.timlolemusic.com 5th March 2021 My career as a musician has always been unusual; I am a bit of a hybrid. The one unifying thing is singing. I started very young, as a chorister … Continue reading Singing changed my life
Kids, creativity and coffee
Kids, creativity and coffee By Sarah Brown, Wellingborough Producer, Made With Many It’s almost been a year since the first lockdown started – but when you have three children under four, leaving the house is a mission anyway. However, I do miss the toddler music group – an opportunity to entertain the kids while a … Continue reading Kids, creativity and coffee
Cultivate: Arts Council Funding Advice for Artists and Groups
Cultivate: Arts Council Funding Advice for Artists and Groups Join Hugh James from Arts Council England who will provide an overview of Arts Council support for individual artists and practitioners, community and cultural organisations, museums and libraries. It will provide information on funding programmes including National Lottery Project Grants and Developing Your Creative Practice, and how to apply. … Continue reading Cultivate: Arts Council Funding Advice for Artists and Groups
Finding the writer in you
Finding the writer in you Guest blog by Lucy Anderson 10th February 2021 December 2020 saw the launch of the NN8 Writers group, a mission for a localised writer’s group, its aim to bring people together in the community, through Creative Writing. This organic writing group is proving very fruitful for those involved and welcomes … Continue reading Finding the writer in you