Our AGM has been arranged for Friday 8th November at 10.30. We will once again be using Christchurch Hall for the meeting.
Come and see what we have been doing for the past year, from the new build to how we are running our day services and care home. Hear directly from our service users and staff and come and meet our trustees!
All are welcome, a light lunch will be provided. Please let us know if you are able to attend below:
Confirm attendance to this year AGM
Join us at Westwood on Tuesday 24th September for Art in Care Homes Day – a national initiative to highlight the well-being benefit of arts, creativity and cultural engagements in care settings. Staff and tutors will be running workshops throughout the day and anyone can join in! Tea and cake will be served and an opportunity for you to be hosted by Westwood’s residents. For more infomation on the well-being effect of art in care settings, please visit the Art in Care Home website HERE
We look forward to seeing you there!
Art in Care Homes Day – Tuesday 24th September 2024 – Westwood, 55 St. Helens Park Road, Hastings. TN34 2JJ
Our very own CEO, Pauline and some members from Open Door were invited to review the accessibility features at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. Our participants were asked to give feedback and be filmed to help promote the facilities!
Active Arts and friends present their new end of year show, Lets Do It! A fabulous, fun-filled evening of comedy, dance, musical theatre, film, and so much more! Don’t miss out on this ‘one night only’ event showcasing this year’s work!
This year we are excited to be sharing the stage with our professional compere, Mat Ricardo! for more information on Mat’s work and some of the projects he has worked on, click HERE!
Once again, the De La Warr Pavilion will play host to an end-of-year show that promises to be the best yet!
Tickets are available from the De La Warr Pavilion website (link below) or directly from their box office.
Performance: Wednesday 3rd July. Doors Open 7pm for 1 night only!
Active Arts partners with local art project, ‘Explore The Arch’ again this year for literary festival ‘A Town Explores A Book’.
This year the festival explores E. Nesbit’s classic The Railway Children. Active Arts have had the privilege of being one the partners in this fantastic festival and have helped bring the story to life producing work for their exhibition “with a shriek and a snort”.
Active Arts’ work forms part of the wider exhibition dedicated to the festival. It explores aspects of the book as well as the railway history right here in St Leonards with a model of Warrior Square Train Station as it was! Please support our students work as part of this festival at their studio, Archer Lodge, Charles Road, St Leonards. The exhibition is open daily from 11am-4pm on weekdays until 12th March.
There is plenty to see and do across the whole festival which runs until 14th March. Follow the trail around St Leonard’s uncovering exhibitions, window displays, free family activities and more!
More information (including downloadable map) can be found on the ‘A Town Explores a Book’ website HERE
Active Arts would like to thank our wonderful students and staff who have worked so hard to bring the project to life.
Cambridge university are working in partnership with the Downs Syndrome Association to research and identify early signs that may indicate Azheimer’s disease.
The study is looking for new participants from anywhere in the UK to take part. Participants must be aged 25 or over and have Down’s Syndrome.
This important on-going research looks into the links between Down’s Syndrome and Alzheimers disease and help to identify early signs. Your input could really make a difference for generations to come!
More information can be found on the Cambridge University website: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/defeating-dementia-in-downs-syndrome
If you or someone you support is interested in participating in the study and would like to talk to someone, please call our Trustee and parent-carer Mark Johnson on 07957 859283