Monday 30 July 2012

Felt Making

Our very talented Art Group took part in some felt making sessions last week with great success! The bright and colourful final pieces will look beautiful framed and are definitely works of art.







Monday 23 July 2012

Artwork from the Art Club

Here is some of the beautiful work to come out of the Art Club in recent weeks, including the silk painting that is now finished. We have some very talented Service Users who are producing some really impressive artwork don't we?








Cafe Meeting

We would like to say a big thanks to everyone who attended our Choices for Life cafe meeting on Thursday 19th July. We had a really productive afternoon discussing the cafe branding, menu and our idea that the cafe will become a community hub with everything from a deli counter to an art gallery space. We're still in the idea stage and everything is still to be confirmed but the huge amount of creative ideas and exciting input from our Service Users was a huge help and we look forward to continued involvement from our Service Users.

Wednesday 11 July 2012

News Flash!!

We have secured our new premises! Our service will be based in the brand new Gemini Centre at the heart of Hartlepool and will include our cafe, sessional space and office. We're still waiting for a moving date but all of the Choices for Life team are very excited to get moved and we will keep you updated with everything as we find out.


Monday 9 July 2012

Bath Bomb Making

Following our pamper sessions at Hartlepool College of Further Education we decided to hold a session in DIY beauty products with the main focus being on creating bath bombs. This gave our service users the chance to try a cheap and cheerful way of pampering themselves whilst also getting to be creative and a little messy, which is also fun!


Wednesday 4 July 2012

Art Club

Our art club has really started to take off in the past few weeks with a lot of creative service users attending on a week to week basis. Recently we have been running longer programs with the club where we focus on one area of art for between 4-6 weeks to allow people to create some exciting finished pieces whilst also allowing those who are interested in working on their own art pieces such as drawings and paintings the space to do so and access to advice as well.


This month we will be looking at textile art and the first workshop looked at silk painting. Here is a sneak peak of some of brilliant work they started this week. We'll be sure to show off the finished pieces once they're done!