Hello, November is turning out to be another extremely busy month for Creative Writes! I have been continuing with the pilot series of reading sessions in C&C care homes for people with dementia and one of the poems we have been looking at is ‘Digging’ by Seamus Heaney. It’s been wonderful to share this with the groups,...
Muswell Hill,
London
N10 1PP
Category: <span>creative writing workshops</span>
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JOURNEYING HOME
Last Saturday, I moved into a new flat. It had been a hectic lead up to the big day, with so much to organise after almost 11 years in the old place. There was a moment, as I travelled in the removal van to help navigate the driver through the road closures(!), with my friends...
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BEING HUMBLE
St Pancras Renaissance hotel – ok, maybe not the most humble of surroundings! As suspected, September is turning out to be rather hectic! I have been packing up my flat to move at the end of the month and after several years of being in the same place – it feels like a big upheaval. In...
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HAVE YOU SEEN MY BULLDOZER?
Have you seen my bulldozer? My two year old nephew lost one of his favourite toys recently – his bulldozer. His sole mission became to find the missing bulldozer. Being very eloquent for a two year old, wherever he went – on a bus, to a party, into a shop – he would ask ‘Have...
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A WORD FROM LANNA…
Lanna Ford, our first volunteer! My Volunteer Experience with Creative Writes by Lanna Ford I have just completed a two-month volunteer placement with Creative Writes, which included attending all the workshops as a participant during that period. I came across this opportunity when I was looking for writing workshops to attend and I was happy...
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THANKSGIVING
Flowers for a C&C Care Home Workshop in Windsor Hello & welcome back to the Creative Writes blog, I am sorry it’s been a while – I guess it’s a good sign when the workshop leader is too busy running workshops, to update the Diary of a Workshop Leader!I have been thinking a lot about this...
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LOVE
Love This week, I began a series of poetry workshops in Care Homes for C&C (Central & Cecil), who manage homes and sheltered housing schemes for older people across London and beyond. I knew that many of the residents I would be working with would have dementia at varying stages. I have been preparing as much...
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SUMMER SO FAR…
The group scribbling away at Creative Writes Summer Surgery on Saturday Hello & welcome back to our blog!I am a little behind on the blogging, due to a rather busy month of June so far…This Saturday saw the first Creative Writes Summer Surgery in Muswell Hill. There were different writing stations set up around the inspiring...
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DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
I realised that recently I have been asking a lot of questions…One of the writing exercises that I have been trying out myself and with my groups, has been to imagine emptying the pockets or bags of ourselves at a different age – then of somebody we know well & a character from a different...
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CREATIVE WRITES VIDEO – THE LAUNCH!
Happy Easter to you all! Here it is, the new Creative Writes video. I hope you enjoy watching! It feels wonderful to be able to share this with you, five years after Creative Writes was founded. Comments welcome on this page and on YouTube. Thank you to everyone who has taken part, especially to the...