Category: Blog
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Art, Access and Urban Walking
On Saturday 7th October, I led a walk as part of the Love Arts Festival 2017 programme. The ‘Art, Access and Urban Walking’ grew out of the walk I led as part of Jane’s Walk Leeds in May. The idea was to create conversation around accessibility in urban and green spaces, and document it in…
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Tetley Workshop – Mini Trini Garden
SUNDAY Day two of The Tetley’s ‘Fantasy Carnival Garden’ and it was a hot one! Felt like we were actually in the Caribbean and not the Brewery Green outside. We had lots of visitors and returning families from yesterday. All the structures on the lawn looked wonderful, with a splash of colour and catching the…
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Tetley Workshop – Festival Carnival Garden
SATURDAY This weekend there are four artist workshops at The Tetley as part of the 50 year anniversary of Leeds West Indies Carnival. Each workshop is based around this theme, and together we are building a fantasy carnival garden. Mechanical Flowers – workshop lead by Jim Bond Decorating Large Birds – workshop lead by Hayley…
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Bramley Elderly Action – in photos
I have started volunteering for Bramley Elderly Action (BEA), as a befriender and as a photographer. A befriender is someone “who provides friendly conversation and companionship on a regular basis over a long period of time. Befriending provides an older person with a link to the outside world and often acts as a gateway for other…
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Kirkstall Stories – Family Workshop
This weekend was the 3rd annual Kirkstall Arts Trail. This year I opted to run a family workshop for Abbey House Museum (Leeds Museums). I’ve been running quite a few story based workshops, and thought a Kirkstall Stories inspired workshop would be great. We were moved over to the Abbey’s Visitor Centre, which was a…
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Chronic Illness – Part Three
From GP to Diagnosis [September 2016] – It’s been almost a year since I began to present with problems, trouble walking, tripping and falling over, visiting A&E, and generally feeling unwell. (see part 1) I visited the Doctors to find out what could be the underlying problem, after a few routine questions, and checking my ears for infection…