Category: East Leeds Makers

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Makerspace Workshops at Fearnville Leisure Centre

FREE ART & MAKING WORKSHOP SESSIONS WITH ELLEN BURROUGHS
run by East Leeds Project at Fearnville Leisure Centre

Making as Meditation

On Wednesdays 4th, 11th & 18th October 6.30pm-8.30pm
Pre-booking required Limited to 6 adults

Find your focus with guided experimental drawing and printmaking exercises: gentle making exercises with music, colour and conversation. Good for relaxation, wellness and focusing the mind and body. Learn relaxation methods you can use at home using drawing and printmaking.

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Mindful Making Mondays

On Mondays 9th, 16th & 23rd October 10.30am-12.30pm
Drop In Sessions Limited to 8 adults

Experience easy, creative, mindful exercises in printmaking and collaging.
Create original artworks by following simple steps and developing your ideas. Explore themes of balance, colour, form and texture.

Chat with others or quietly work, younger children and babies are welcome at these sessions.

Lanterns & Shadow Puppets

Sunday 5th November 11am-3pm
Drop In Session Limited to 8 adults

Storytelling with Light: Making Lanterns & Shadow Puppet Animations.
Follow an outdoor trail map and assemble materials to make your own story-telling lantern for the coming winter nights.

Make a moving shadow puppet and make a projected stop frame animation video.

Makerspace Workshops at Fearnville Leisure Centre, Oakwood Lane, LS8 3LF
Please email info@eastleedsproject.org for access information

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Free Creative Workshops for young people in East Leeds!

The East Leeds Project are excited to announce a new series of #KIOSK led free creative workshops in #Harehills starting next Monday, 25th July for children and young people aged 4-11 years and 12-18 years. It’s a chance to get creative with professional artists.

No need to book, FREE to attend with healthy snacks provided

Times:
1-3pm for 4-11 year olds
5-7pm for 12-18 year olds

Workshops held on Mondays:
25th July
1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd August
5th September

All children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by a parent or carer.
For more details contact info@eastleedsproject.org

Workshops held at:
NOWELL MOUNT COMMUNITY CENTRE
Nowell Mount, Harehills, Leeds, LS9 6HR

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Seeking new Non-executive Directors

We’re seeking up to four new Non-executive Directors, similar to Trustees in a charity, to join our small but growing and ambitious organisation from early Summer 2022.

Do you have skills or lived experience that could enrich our work, or just feel passionate about art, culture and community in East Leeds and beyond and would like to help make exciting things happen locally? 

Download all the information here to find out more, or get in touch for an informal conversation.

Applications close on Friday 20 May. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

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Healthier Working Futures with the East Leeds Project and KIOSK

The East Leeds Project is delighted to make an exciting announcement to start the year with major funding news through the UK Community Renewal Fund and a call for third sector partners.

We’re proud to be involved in an innovative new partnership programme called Healthier Working Futures that brings together a range of health, care and third sector partners who have received national funding through the UK Community Renewal Fund.

The programme aims to open up fulfilling employment opportunities in the health and care sector for young adults aged 16-25 who are unemployed or economically inactive and face multiple and diverse barriers to employment.

Our mobile makerspace, KIOSK, will play a key role in the project by engaging young people with conversations about careers in the health and care sector through creative workshops led by Leeds-based artists.

KIOSK workshop at Chapel FM in Seacroft, led by artist Ellen Burroughs.

Leeds Health and Care Academy are currently inviting applications from third sector organisations who are interested in engaging with the programme between the end of January and end of June 2022. Applicants must already be working with the target age group, but prior knowledge of the health and care sector is not a requirement as a full induction will be provided.

Funding is available for successful partners, who will run a programme of activity to equip young people with the skills and confidence that they need to apply for health and care roles.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Thursday 20th January.

Click here for further information, plus guidance notes and application form for third sector organisations.