Bury St Eds Library Blank Page Project

A series of creative workshops for teens

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Location address: Bury Saint Edmunds, IP33 1TZ
Chosen age group:

Ages: 10 - 16 years

Available tickets:
Free HAF eligible FreeFree non-HAF eligible Free
Next date: Monday 30th Dec,
Funded by Suffolk County Council
Universal holiday club
A summary
Join us at Bury St Edmunds Library for a variety of FREE creative workshops throughout the winter holidays for 10-16 year olds! Workshops are 9:45am - 3:30pm and include a free lunch, drinks and snacks. For more information on each workshop, please visit our website: www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/blank-page Workshop details: Library: Bury St Edmunds Library, Sergeants Walk, St Andrews Street North, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1TZ Mon 30 Dec 2024 09:45 - 15:30 Festive Photos Workshop with Gillian Allard Join photographic artist Gillian Allard for this free creative workshop for 10-16 year olds! Take colourful festive photos then make digital edits before framing your creations. Our photography workshop will be in two parts. In part one, we will use the colour and sparkle of this festive time of year to make unusual ‘close-up’ photographs. We will digitally manipulate those photographs using Pixlr on the iPads to add more colour. In part two, we will use projectors to superimpose our festive photos onto ourselves and our friends and photograph these combinations, to make photo-portraits that really pop! Each person will frame their favourite image and to take home as wall art. If possible, please arrive in a light coloured t-shirt or top. The wellbeing of our young people is really important to us and time outdoors is a key part of that. With this in mind, where possible a short walk or time outdoors will be incorporated into the workshop days. This will be supervised by the staff running the workshops and will also be weather dependent. Please ensure your child has a coat and sensible footwear! If your booking is made within 72 hours of the workshop, we may not be able to accommodate specific dietary requirements. Please get in touch with the library location for the workshop to discuss options. Please note that whilst we welcome all young people, our staff are not specifically SEND trained. This workshop is for 10-16 year olds only. If you feel your child requires additional support in the form of adult attendance in order to access this workshop, contact us by emailing katie.puls@suffolklibraries.co.uk. Fri 03 Jan 2025 09:45 - 15:30 Songwriting & Album Art Workshop with Ben Brown and Catalina Carvajal Join musician Ben Brown and visual artist Catalina Carvajal for this free creative workshop for 10-16 year olds! Explore your innate creativity to spontaneously create exciting and unique works or audio and visual art. Participants will go on a creative journey, writing and recording a song with Ben and creating the cover art with Catalina. In this workshop we will explore songwriting; rhythm, rhyming and harmony as well as visual arts. Together we will write a song by brainstorming ideas and using a variety of creative techniques and games. - Once created, we will then record the song in the space! We will also cocreate a piece of cover art to accompany the track. The completed tracks will be uploaded to Bandcamp as part of the Blank Page EP which will be downloadable for free (individual participants will not be named). The wellbeing of our young people is really important to us and time outdoors is a key part of that. With this in mind, where possible a short walk or time outdoors will be incorporated into the workshop days. This will be supervised by the staff running the workshops and will also be weather dependent. Please ensure your child has a coat and sensible footwear! If your booking is made within 72 hours of the workshop, we may not be able to accommodate specific dietary requirements. Please get in touch with the library location for the workshop to discuss options. Please note that whilst we welcome all young people, our staff are not specifically SEND trained. This workshop is for 10-16 year olds only. If you feel your child requires additional support in the form of adult attendance in order to access this workshop, contact us by emailing katie.puls@suffolklibraries.co.uk.
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1:1 care
2:1 care
Qualified to administer medication
Epilepsy trained
Accessible toilet
Assist with personal care and toileting
Hoist and changing bench
Makaton and PECS trained
Sensory break area
Quiet spaces
Secure environment
Disability communication skills
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About your mentors
Suffolk Libraries
Where I belong.
We’re the independent charity that runs Suffolk’s library service. We nurture children’s literacy, support vulnerable people and promote wellbeing across Suffolk.
Millie King
Library and Information Advisor
I am a proud member of the Bury St Edmunds Library team, and a lifelong book-lover! I adore being creative, crafting book displays and posts for our social media channels, and love creating art using traditional and digital methods.
Emily Martin
Library and Information Advisor
I am a member of the Bury St Edmunds Library team and enjoy nothing more than curling up with a good book! I am a keen photographer who, beside taking photos of my dog, loves capturing the world around me through a lens.
Gillian Alllard
A photographer
I enjoy teaching and sharing my knowledge. I have a broad range of skills in photography from film to digital disciplines and other more experimental techniques. I am a qualified teacher and have a full DBS.
Creative Powerhouse
Exciting & engaging arts for all!
Ben is a songwriter and community musician from Manningtree in East Anglia. Catalina is a visual artist from Bogotá in Colombia.
Pauline
Library and Information Advisor
I'm a library and information assistant at Bury St Edmunds Library with a passion for manga books, coding and arts.
Gill
Assistant Manager
Ardent Library supporter, and the power of reading to children
Louise
Relief Library Information Advisor
Enthusiastic lover of Libraries!
Tracey Paris
Where I Belong
Bury St Edmunds Library
Learning aims
Aim 1
To develop confidence in meeting and working with new people
Aim 2
To try something new and explore creativity
Aim 3
To learn about what Suffolk Libraries can offer
Pricing information
Ticket nameFree HAF eligible
Price£0
Ticket nameFree non-HAF eligible
Price£0
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Where we'll be
2B Bury St Edmunds Library, Saint Andrew's Street North, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1TZ
WHAT’S PROVIDED
Drinks
Snacks
Meals
Equipment
Safety
Enhanced DBS
Risk Assessment
Public Liability Insurance
Safeguarding Training
First Aid Training
First Aid Kit
Smoke Detector

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Please note, it is the responsibility of the booker to satisfy themselves about the adequacy of the safety measures. This platform is merely an introducer and does not verify the items listed here.

Cancellation Policy
Free bookings do not require refunds but as places are limited, please cancel if you cannot attend so that your place can be offered to someone else.

My experience consists of a leisure activity, on a specific date(s), and therefore the 14-day ‘cooling off period’ under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 does not apply.

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