Questions, Identity, Change, Possibility
A Manifesto for Being Brave was written and designed by Act Like Your Elders and Tom Barry. A group of over 55s met on Fridays in Warrington to explore their creativity with crafts, drama, drawing and writing. They told tales about being brave and bold. So it was decided to write a group manifesto about… Continue reading A Manifesto for Being Brave
Our Family Guide to Wondering was developed with our Story Spinner’s group. We ran our Wondering Travel Agency sessions which explore stories, creativity and play. We are proud to share our guide book for children aged 6-11 year olds and their parents and carers. The guide features artwork and ideas from the children and activities… Continue reading A Family Guide to Wondering
We invite you to gather together as family and create your own creatures! Listen to Flick tell the story below - How does the girl’s world change at the end of the story? https://youtu.be/h5_n3rGpRhM?feature=shared Activities You can have a go at some of the activities below. We’d love to see what you get up to,… Continue reading Mythical Creatures Make up your own
Following 8 weeks of Story and Play sessions for under 5s at the Old School in Warrington, we have created a Parenting Playbook to support Parents and Carers with establishing play at home. Thanks to funding from Cheshire Community Foundation, you can enjoy your own copy to support play with the little ones in your… Continue reading Wonder Weavers – A Parenting Playbook
Written and recorded by Flick Goodman, this track is a celebration of Pride. Inspired by the strength of the LGBTQ+ community and those allies who champion, and up lift the community. We are proud parents to two fantastic children who show great spirit and determination. The additional voices are recordings made on our LemonAid line… Continue reading Fill Me Up With Pride
Sometimes is a short story about processing differences by people with processing differences. https://youtu.be/dAsB94lj7bM?feature=shared We share this story based on our work with participants who are Neurodivergent, have experienced trauma or those living with a mental health condition - people who may process things differently. This story compliments our training offer on hosting accessible Creative… Continue reading Sometimes – a story about processing differences
Have you ever spotted groups of high viz wearing volunteers litter picking by roads, rivers and alleyways? Warrington has an extensive litter picking network tackling the wave of rubbish that finds it's way onto our streets each day. Tom went on a Tuesday adventure with them & joined their WhatsApp group. This is a little… Continue reading The Litter Network
The Old School in Warrington turns Monday afternoons into a hive of soup, laughter, catch ups, crusty rolls, squash, coffee and teas. Tom spent some time, listened, chatted, ate, drank, wrote and encouraged others to. Thank you to The Old School and all who attend Super Social at 12 on a Monday. https://youtu.be/b_Q05JbHP2g?si=Qine_VpnYi9rnIW_
What if our clothes could talk, what would they say? Flick went into work with the Culture Warrington Young Producer's and played with this idea. The words were written by the group and the video uses there artwork. They picked a tie, crafted the character if Daniel and then wrote the words in this piece.… Continue reading Daniel by Day by Culture Warrington Young Producers
Hats is a celebration of all the different things that we are, we do and what we could be based on play with families with children under 5 at Babyzone in Warrington. https://youtu.be/k4nC3ve9i3k?feature=shared
