Monday 6 April 2015




your APRIL
DATES FOR THE DIARY!


Saturday 11th April : 'Not your usual walking group’
Set up by our UPLIFTer Jimmy, it’s a walking group with a difference. Join him for a short walk at Worsbrough Mill  to get started and finish with a cuppa to plan future jaunts. Meet at the Worsbrough Mill car park at 11.15am or travel with others from the Bus station at 11am. Call the office for more details.

Thursday 16th April, 2pm: UPLIFT Cuppa & Meet UP  @ The Cooper Art Gallery                
Curious about UPLIFT? Never been before and maybe nervous about coming along for the first time? Or simply want to find out more… this is for you!

Thursday 16th & 23rd April,  4-8pm : UPLIFT Wombwell Woods Workshops. Location: The Hut, Victoria Street, Barnsley

Join us for two workshops to prepare for our Wombwell Woods takeover.  We will be working on our special Shadow Puppet Theatre and making plans. Do what feels good for you; be it immersing yourself in storytelling and music or getting busy with making for this special weekend.

WOMBWELL WOODS UPLIFT TAKEOVER
Come and play with our team of UPLIFT artists for a weekend of outdoor fun. Rediscover the historic woodland. Encounter it’s beasts and beauties, both real and imagined…with land art, shadow puppets, campfire crafts, storytelling and the creation of our own woodland soundtrack and evening forest theatre.

Saturday 25th April 
11-4pm: Drop-in activities for all ages, including making the homestead, woodland crafts and more…
4-6.30pm: UPLIFT Workshop- Forest Theatre Set-up
6.30-9pm: Forest Theatre Workshop and Sing-song around the fire

Sunday 26th April 
12-2pm: ‘Down to the Woods’ Bear Picnic with live latin band. Bring your own and join us for the first picnic of the year
12-4pm: ‘See things afresh’ with woodland walks, crafts, land art and forest homes and be part of the national bluebell survey

For more details about the Wombwell Woods UPLIFT Takeover, click on the main tab on the blog homepage. It includes info on travel and tips on how to prepare for a few days out in the great outdoors!

Remember, we also have weekly Live ARTS Cafes for you to come along to too.  We are kickstarting a Live ARTS Cafe Goldthorpe on Tuesday the 7th of April and our town centre Live ARTS Cafe starts back at the Digital Media Centre on Wednesday 22nd of April.

For more information on all things UPLIFT, please contact the office on (01226) 320147.


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