Frome's Mayor's Garden Party by Robin

On Saturday May 3rd 2014, Robin and Brian took part in the Mayor's Garden Party.  We set up a stall to let people know about Openstorytellers and what we get up to in the local area.  It was a very nice, loads of people came to see us and we spoke to a lot of people interested in Openstorytellers.  We are one of the local charities that the Mayor has decided to support as part of his charitable work in Frome.  We chatted with some of the other charities - including FROGS.  We will be performing as part of their event for the Frome Children's Festival on July 27th.

Visit from Parliamentary candidates by Tim

On April the 10th the Parliamentary candidates for the Conservatives David Warburton and Liberal Democrats Sarah Yong were invited to come to the Openstorytellers office.

We asked them some questions about how they will support people with learning disabilities and what they can do for Frome and Somerton.

I thought it was very interesting and they both gave honest answers.
We felt that they listened to us.

Charlotte's Visit to Openstorytellers

My name is Charlotte I like music and dance.

I visited Openstorytellers and I like it.

my Name is Callum. 
   
Today I visited open story tellers. I love food and drink, wrestling  and I would love to drive a sports car. I like stories about the war, about heroes during brave times.  sometimes they are sad when people are in the war.

This is Charlotte she works at Openstorytellers.

MY VISIT TO @ BRISTOL BY CLEMMA

   On Tuesday I met up with Cindy in Bristol to see a room where we can hold the Creative Minds  Conference. The room is a great size to work in there is a lot of outside space and also comfortable seating inside. There are plenty of tables and chairs, 2 Disabled Toilets for people that are in wheel chairs, or in Mobility scooters, and a big kitchen for  catering on the day or packed lunches.  Down-stairs has a café as well there are lifts available if people don't like the stairs, it's a great space  for the conference which takes place  in October.

 

 

 

 

A trip to Creative Minds South East in Brighton

On Monday we went to the Creative Minds South East Conference at the Corn Exchange in Brighton. We set up our stand up to promote our arts group manual, and  joined in the conference. 

I enjoyed seeing different artists and performers performing. It was good to meet and link with other working artists with learning disabilities. We talked about how we develop our work to make sure it is of a good quality, and why we think our work is more than therapy. 

We are looking forward  to talking  some more at Creative Minds South West Conference in Bristol on 14th October 2014. To find out more and join the conversation

The Silly Jack Performance By Clemma

Me and Jem and Tim went to the Beckery Resource Centre Future 4 in Glastonbury last Monday. We did a performance of Silly Jack for the day Centre users. I thought it went very well and everyone really enjoyed it!