Breathing Space
A health and wellbeing charity in Witton Gilbert, Durham. Providing friendly local activities including arts and crafts, forest school, men's shed, folk singing, wellness walks and more. Open to all, new people always very welcome. For details of our regular activities which do not require booking please see our website www.breathingspace.org.uk
Breathing Space Sensing the Seasons Mindfulness Walk
Between Friday 25 October 2024 and Friday 20 December 2024
Breathing Space offer an opportunity to get away from it all for the morning!! The Sensing the Seasons walk combines the beauty of the environment around us with physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Mindfulness is a really useful tool to support the development of positive health and wellbeing. Use the mindfulness techniques to enable the participant to be aware of themselves in the present and to allow judgmental thoughts and negative emotions to flow through.
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Woodland Wonders Ages 3-5 Wed 30th Oct AM
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Children’s forest activities led by Pat, a level 3 forest school qualified facilitator!
Explore the woodland and churchyard, discover local wildlife, hear stories around the campfire and play active outdoor games. Diwali theme.
We will be outdoors weather permitting so please come dressed for it!
Suitable for ages 3-5, no dogs please.
If you have not completed an online registration form this year we MUST receive a registration form for each child AT LEAST one week prior to the session. We reserve to right to cancel any bookings not accompanied by a form. Please get in touch if you are unable to complete the form, we will be happy to help. Form is found here https://forms.gle/K53idUnP3pJDJ7vC9
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Woodland Wonders Ages 6-12 Thurs 31st Oct AM
Thursday 31 October 2024
Children’s forest activities led by Pat, a level 3 forest school qualified facilitator!
Explore the woodland and churchyard, discover local wildlife, hear stories around the campfire and play active outdoor games. Diwali theme.
We will be outdoors weather permitting so please come dressed for it!
Suitable for ages 6-12, no dogs please.
If you have not completed an online registration form this year we MUST receive a registration form for each child AT LEAST one week prior to the session. We reserve to right to cancel any bookings not accompanied by a form. Please get in touch if you are unable to complete the form, we will be happy to help. Form is found here https://forms.gle/K53idUnP3pJDJ7vC9
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Woodland Wonders Ages 6-12 Thurs 31st Oct PM
Thursday 31 October 2024
Children’s forest activities led by Pat, a level 3 forest school qualified facilitator!
Explore the woodland and churchyard, discover local wildlife, hear stories around the campfire and play active outdoor games. Diwali theme.
We will be outdoors weather permitting so please come dressed for it!
Suitable for ages 6-12, no dogs please.
If you have not completed an online registration form this year we MUST receive a registration form for each child AT LEAST one week prior to the session. We reserve to right to cancel any bookings not accompanied by a form. Please get in touch if you are unable to complete the form, we will be happy to help. Form is found here https://forms.gle/K53idUnP3pJDJ7vC9
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Woodland Wonders Ages 3-5 Fri 1st Nov AM
Friday 1 November 2024
Children’s forest activities led by Pat, a level 3 forest school qualified facilitator!
Explore the woodland and churchyard, discover local wildlife, hear stories around the campfire and play active outdoor games. Diwali theme.
We will be outdoors weather permitting so please come dressed for it!
Suitable for ages 3-5, no dogs please.
If you have not completed an online registration form this year we MUST receive a registration form for each child AT LEAST one week prior to the session. We reserve to right to cancel any bookings not accompanied by a form. Please get in touch if you are unable to complete the form, we will be happy to help. Form is found here https://forms.gle/K53idUnP3pJDJ7vC9
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Christmas Card Lino Printing with Carrie Dennison
Tuesday 5 November 2024
Chine collé is a fun lino printing technique, where we combine collage with lino printing.
On this workshop I’ll take you through the tools, materials and techniques needed for lino printing. We’ll then carve a Christmas design out of lino, and will print it up using the chine collé collage technique to make a set of unique Christmas cards. I’ll also show you how to continue using your lino print at home to make more Christmas cards.
The workshop is suitable for beginners.
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Christmas Metal Embossing with Carrie Dennison
Tuesday 3 December 2024
Metal embossed Christmas tree ornament workshop
3 hour workshop
Create a double-sided Christmas tree ornament from aluminium.
We’ll go through the method of transferring the design to the aluminium, learning the techniques of metal embossing and how to create a double-sided piece. We’ll add a finish to your decoration to make it look aged, and then, as it’s Christmas, we’ll add some colour to finish the ornament.
Each student will leave the workshop with one double-sided Christmas ornament. Suitable for beginners.
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Christmas Bags and Boxes with Carrie Dennison
Tuesday 10 December 2024
Gift bags and gift boxes workshop
3 hour workshop
Get your wrapping ready for Christmas! This is a great workshop for absolute beginners to craft. In this workshop you’ll learn how to make gift boxes and gift bags from paper that you may already have around the house - wrapping paper, brown paper, decorative craft paper, ends of wallpaper rolls, etc. You’ll also learn how to make a paper floral embellishment to add to your gift bag or bag to make it extra special!
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Lino Printing with Carrie Dennison
Thursday 22 August 2024
Floral chine colle lino printing workshop
3 hour workshop
Chine collé is a fun lino printing technique, where we combine collage with lino printing.
On this workshop I’ll take you through the tools, materials and techniques needed for lino printing. We’ll then carve a floral design out of lino, and will print it up using the chine collé collage technique to make a set of unique lino prints.
The workshop is suitable for beginners.
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Woodland Wonders Ages 6-12
Thursday 8 August 2024
Children’s forest activities led by Pat, a level 3 forest school qualified facilitator!
Explore the woodland and churchyard, discover local wildlife, hear stories around the campfire and play active outdoor games. Ancient Egypt theme.
We will be outdoors weather permitting so please come dressed for it!
Suitable for ages 6-12, no dogs please.
If you have not completed an online registration form this year we MUST receive a registration form for each child AT LEAST one week prior to the session. We reserve to right to cancel any bookings not accompanied by a form. Please get in touch if you are unable to complete the form, we will be happy to help. Form is found here https://forms.gle/K53idUnP3pJDJ7vC9
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Woodland Wonders Ages 6-12
Wednesday 7 August 2024
Children’s forest activities led by Pat, a level 3 forest school qualified facilitator!
Explore the woodland and churchyard, discover local wildlife, hear stories around the campfire and play active outdoor games. Ancient Egypt theme.
We will be outdoors weather permitting so please come dressed for it!
Suitable for ages 6-12, no dogs please.
If you have not completed an online registration form this year we MUST receive a registration form for each child AT LEAST one week prior to the session. We reserve to right to cancel any bookings not accompanied by a form. Please get in touch if you are unable to complete the form, we will be happy to help. Form is found here https://forms.gle/K53idUnP3pJDJ7vC9
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Woodland Wonders Little Wonders Ages 2-5 (am & pm sessions)
Tuesday 6 August 2024
Children’s forest activities led by Pat, a level 3 forest school qualified facilitator!
Explore the woodland and churchyard, discover local wildlife, hear stories around the campfire and play active outdoor games. Ancient Egypt theme.
We will be outdoors weather permitting so please come dressed for it!
Suitable for ages 2-5, no dogs please.
All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
If you have not completed an online registration form this year we MUST receive a registration form for each child AT LEAST one week prior to the session. We reserve to right to cancel any bookings not accompanied by a form. Please get in touch if you are unable to complete the form, we will be happy to help. Form is found here https://forms.gle/K53idUnP3pJDJ7vC9
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St Michael & All Angels Summer Barbeque!
Saturday 27 July 2024
All are welcome to the annual BBQ at St Michael & All Angels Church.
We will have live music, and food is provided, just turn up and enjoy!
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Metal Embossing with Carrie Dennison
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Metal embossed coasters workshop
3 hour workshop
Create two metal embossed coasters from aluminium. We’ll go through the method of transferring the design to the aluminium, learning the techniques of metal embossing and how to add a finish to your coaster to make it look aged.
Each student will leave the workshop with two finished 10cm square metal coasters.
Suitable for beginners.
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Messy Mandalas with Carrie Dennison
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Mindful messy mandalas workshop.
Suitable for beginners, this 3 hour workshop is named Mindful Messy Mandalas, as the whole aim of the workshop is to have fun, and enjoy being creative, rather than creating precise mandalas.
We’ll start off by creating the coloured backgrounds for our mandalas using acrylic paints. We’ll use a loose technique with acrylic paints, to create backgrounds with plenty of interest.
Once these are ready, I’ll take you through the process of drawing motifs and creating your mandalas. We’ll then have fun seeing where our drawings take us!
No booking fee but donations to our charity are always welcome.
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Breathing Space Oriental Museum session
Thursday 11 April 2024
Join us for this one off session with the Oriental Museum! We will explore real objects from Ancient Egypt and then try making some shabti figures from clay. Ages 5 and up, and all children must be accompanied by a ticket holding responsible adult. PLEASE BOOK A TICKET FOR EVERYONE WHO WILL ATTEND. This is to ensure we have enough space for everyone.
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