Online Family Nature Challenge – Monday 26 October 2020

In addition, to the Holiday Club, we are absolutely delighted that Claire Teeling, from Grow Outside, is arranging an exciting opportunity for families.

Please see this message from Claire: 

"We were looking forward to seeing you in person for our half-term workshop, however to keep us all safe we've decided to come to you!

We're going online so we can come together to offer a day of interactive fun. We'll start off by sending you a secret link to a surprise challenge which you can complete throughout the day, and we'll invite you to visit the dedicated Facebook page to show us how your beautiful creations are looking and see how everyone else is getting on.

You'll have the chance to meet everyone else at the end of the day when we all come together through Zoom to show off our masterpieces!

We can't say too much or we'll ruin the surprise but we can tell you that the more people we get to join us the lovelier your community will look and the more fun we'll all have!

Register by Friday 23rd October through claire@growoutside.co.uk.

Please register your interest for both activities quickly as places are very limited.

Crich Patient Participation Group (6th October 2020)

As the Covid-19 Pandemic has taken hold, Jo was keen to share her skills and experience to support our local community during lockdown.

So she decided to set up a Facebook Page and Instagram Account to act as a useful and easily accessible resource. CREATIVink was born! 

CREATIVink IS AN ARTY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND, with free ideas, techniques and inspiration for kids, families and individuals looking to be creative. 

Jo believes passionately in the power of creativity to support ourselves during challenging times. "Losing ourselves in drawing, colouring and writing is an excellent way to destress, plus its fun too," she says.

Having battled with a chronic health condition the past ten years, she knows from experience how tough it can be feeling isolated, helpless and unsure what the future holds. 

Monday to Friday, she posts mini-projects requiring a minimum of resources.  No previous experience is required either, so it's win win!

Some weeks will involve techniques and others will be ways to apply these skills in making games, gifts and other activities.

"At the moment we are focusing on arty stuff but later we will be exploring creative writing too." 

"Although many of the projects are opportunities to have creative fun, they are also useful for homeschooling.

"As a former primary school teacher so much of what I share will be activities I have previously used when teaching kids within a real-life classroom."

Join Jo's arty adventure playground CREATIVink on Instagram or Facebook 

At each corner of the extended area, the Bishop made a sign of the cross during which statements of the consecration were read by the registrar.

During the procession, psalms were read. At the end of the service a silence was observed, during which all present were encouraged to appreciate the peace of our rural environment. Finally prayers were said.