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Blakeney Tai Chi Club FREE ! THETHE FORESTFOREST BEEBEE Summer 2016 Courses, Workshops, Groups & Individual Tuition in the Forest of Dean Find us online at www.theforestbee.co.uk Welcome to the sixth edition of The Forest Bee, a guide to courses, workshops, groups and one-to-one teaching here in the Forest of Dean. Set up in 2014 to promote learning opportunities in the Forest of Dean. Our grateful thanks to the following for supplying the images on the cover Top row, left to right— Bottom row, left to right— Lin Powell—Willow Weaving The Rewild Project Wye Valley River Festival Wye Valley Retreats—lampshade making Transforming Threads Dance fitness with Lisa Cherry 2 Autumn 2015 – Summer 2016 -Quite a Year for The Forest Bee! Since Spring 2014, when The Forest Bee first took flight to spread the word about all of the wonderful courses, groups and workshops held across the Dean, we‘ve been inspired by all the positive comments we‘ve received, the most common being ―I never knew there was so much happening here!‖. We‘ve aspired to help build local communities and challenge the social isolation that so easily happens in rural areas. This in turn supports the local economy and provides inexpensive advertising space for local businesses. Now in our second year, we continue to go from strength to strength! We applied for numerous grants to help us spread the word with amazing success, the project being considered to be an excellent community resource. Obviously, as it has grown, the workload involved has also grown. Caroline Jones came on board for our Spring 2015 brochure bringing her wonderful creative and computer skills to produce the print ready version of the brochure. At the start of the year, with our 2nd Autumn edition, just Caroline and I were working on the brochures and website, with Anita helping to keep things organised. Caroline helped out in many other ways until early this year when new members came on board, and she was able to pull back to brochure production only. I too am looking forward to stepping back a bit now. Our Management Committee now consists of 5 people: Jaqui Fabian, front left, one of the instigators of the project and our main point of contact Anita Herniman, back right, who brought her ‗business head‘ to help us get better organised. Andrew Embling, back centre, has taken on the social media role, and assisting with website updating. Carole Bayliss, back left joined us in February to run the accounts. Paula Holmes, front right, who also joined us in February, is helping with admin and distribution. Help is still needed though to grow this into an even better resource for the people of the Forest, so if you would like to get involved, either a little or a lot, we‘d love to hear from you. We‘ve listed the roles we need help with in our ‗Vacancies‘ advert on the back page. We hope you enjoy our latest edition, full of great things you can do locally as well as information about some useful local free services. Jaqui We are a not for profit voluntary organisation aiming to help people come together and keep it local! T: 01594 861278 Facebook.com/ M: 07919 851669 The Forest Bee E: [email protected] www.theforestbee.co.uk @theforestbee Greystones, Lydbrook, Glos., GL17 9NA 3 INDEX—find what you’re looking for here! SUBJECT PAGE NO SUBJECT PAGE NO Articles 16-17 General interest 28 Arts & Crafts 4-8 Health & Fitness 11-15 Beauty 26 Languages 27 Brass Banding 22 Music 22-24 Complementary 19-20 Outdoor Activities 18-19 Therapies Dance 18 Personal & Spiritual 20-21 Development Food 9 Study Skills 25 ARTS & CRAFTS Centre, Bream OR 7.00pm - 9.00pm June th 9 /6th/23rd, July 14th/21st/28th Woolaston Flower Arranging with Alwyn Page. Advance Methodist Church, Netherend, nr Lydney . booking and payment essential, contact Mrs Photography With Tina Dorner using the Alwyn Page on 01291 625294, glorious Forest scenery to develop your skills. email [email protected] Bookable convenient days & times including Flower Arranging Classes - Early Summer weekends. Leisure Classes for all, including beginners, Contact Mrs Tina Dorner on 01594 860062, creating designs for the home using seasonal email [email protected], materials. £42/6 week session. 10am – 12 noon, website www.tinadornerphotography.com. Woolaston Methodist Church, Netherend, OR 1:1`Photography Tuition For All £25 per hour, 1.00-3.00pm West Dean Centre, Bream, 6th April £40 for 2 hours, 2 people for 2 hours £60, 5 2 – 25th May with some gaps, OR 7.00-9.00pm, hour sessions £150. Processing tuition can be March 31st - May 26th with some gaps, included. Woolaston Methodist Church, Netherend. Group Photography Tuition 4-5 adults, single Flower Arranging-Interpretative Design 2 hour session £15 per person. NEW! A series of classes exploring Interpretative 4 x 2 hour sessions £60 Design. Extend skills - for fun, festivals or per person competitions! Book to attend any or all of the classes. £8 per class. 1.00-3.00pm June 8th/15th/22, Jul 13th/20th/27th, West Dean 4 Water Colour Painting Suitable for all levels, bring your own work or Brian can provide you with suitable materials. Thursdays 1-4pm from th 14 April. £95/10 week term. Llangrove Village Hall, HR9 6EX. Contact Brian Griffiths by email at [email protected] website www.brianonwoodside.co.uk One off Pottery Trial Classes Get in touch with your creative side with fun pottery trial classes. 2 hour fun introduction to clay techniques including wheel throwing. £27.50 per person, shared cost of £15 to deliver if not local. Booking required 11-1 or 2-4. Hot Pot Pottery, The House of Bread, Ross Road, Christchurch, GL16 7NS. Contact Katie on 01594 837943 or 07974 983908, email [email protected], website www.hotpotpottery.co.uk West Dean Art Group You've longed to learn to draw and paint? Come and have a go amongst friends. 10am – 1pm, £10 /session Fridays weekly, The West Dean Centre, High Silver Jewellery Making with Karosa Jewellery. Street, Bream, GL15 6JW Dean Pool Cottage, the Rocks, Clearwell, GL16 8JR. Contact Karin Whittaker on 01594 832497 FASHION REVIVED or 07717190609, email: [email protected], —Teaching you to sew— website: www.karosajewellery.co.uk Sewing club Make A Solid Silver Bangle Create your own 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month solid eco silver bangle in half a day. £55 per 1-4pm. Pludds Village Hall. person or £50 each for 4 people. 10am - 1.30pm 16th April Bring along your sewing machine and Introduction To Silver Jewellery Learn basic projects for the afternoon. techniques like shaping, hammering, filing and £15 for 3 hours including tea or polishing silver in a one day workshop. £60 or £55 for 4 people. 10am - 4pm May 14th coffee and a biccy. Make a Spinner Ring, a hammered concave Contact Caroline on 01594 861286 ring with a smaller ring 'spinning' around it. [email protected] £55pp or £50pp for 4 people. 10am - 1.30pm www.fashionrevived.co.uk June 18th Also private tuition by arrangement . dressmaking, repairs and alterations. 5 Art With Wyedean. Contact Wyedean School on 01291 625340, for more contact details see advert opposite Pen & Watercolours for all levels. Bring your own materials or seek advice at the first class. 10am - 12noon, 9 weeks, starting Monday 18th April. Lydney Community Centre, Naas Lane, Lydney , GL15 5AT Watercolour & Acrylic Painting for beginners to advanced. Bring your own materials. 9 weeks. 10-12 noon, £68 at Westbury-on- Severn, Rodley Rd, Westbury, GL14 1PF OR £63 Crafts with Wye Forest Retreats at Assembly Rooms, East St, St Briavels, GL15 these workshops make creative gift solutions, 6TG, both starting Monday April 18th, please enquire about our gift vouchers! OR OR starting Tuesday 19th April, 10-12 noon, about hosting a 'Crafty Party' for a creative £68, Woolaston Memorial Hall, Netherend treat! £15. We offer a 10% loyalty discount for returning customers! All workshops are in St Crescent, Woolaston, GL15 6NW. Briavels or Brockweir. Watercolour & Acrylic Painting Day See Jo Thompson‘s contact details above Workshop for intermediate to advanced, a Fascinator Workshop Wedding season is here concentrated day of painting and drawing, – create a fabulous tiara or fascinator. 'Crafty bring materials and lunch, drinks available. Hen Party' packages and gift vouchers available. Tuesday 32st May, 10-3, £25. Assembly Rooms, th 7.00-9.30pm, Monday May 9 . East St, St Briavels, GL15 6TG Lampshade Making Workshop Back by Crafts With ArtSpace for contact details see popular demand! a simple non-sewing class to advert on p2 create your own bespoke drum lampshade. £25 th Dye, Print & Stitch with Lizzie Godden. Using (inc Kit, BYO material). 7-9.30pm, April 11 . Introduction To Beadwork Jewellery Create leaves and berries to create dyes and patterns necklace & earrings set with simple techniques to print on fabric and paper. Start 26th April, you can continue at home. 7-9.30pm, June 13th. 9.45-12am. Blakeney & District Recreation Centre, Butts Lane, Blakeney, GL15 4DW. Sewing with the Forest Sewing Room. 15 Pre-Raphaelite Painting Enjoy making your Market Street, Cinderford,GL14 2RT. For dates own artwork in this friendly group, with an contact Anita Davis on 01594 825385 or expert ArtSpace tutor. Starts Wednesday 27th e-mail: [email protected]. April, 10.30am – 12.30pm. The Pludds & District All You Need To Know To Sew How to use a Village Hall, The Pludds, Ruardean, GL17 9UQ. sewing machine, what to do when things go Willow Weaving with Lin Powell using wrong.
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