Creative Café | Independent Arts

Creative Café is an opportunity for older people to meet for creative activity over a cup of tea. Our wide range of activities includes iPads, Art & Craft, Photography, Movement, Creative Writing and much more.

Refreshments are provided. Everyone welcome. A voluntary donation is appreciated.

Creative Café schedule, May 13th to July 15th 2019

Monday 13^th May	Card Craft with Emma
Monday 20^th May	Flower Power with Di
Monday 27^th May	CLOSED FOR BANK HOLIDAY
Monday 3^rd June	Needlepoint with Jean
Monday 10^th June	Time Taxi visit local history
Monday 17^th June	Textile Banners - with Mandy
Monday 24^th June	Textile Banners - with Mandy
Monday 1^st July	Textile Banners - with Mandy
Monday 8^th July	Textile Banners - with Mandy
Monday 15^th July	Textile Banners - with Mandy

Monday 22^nd July	Curling – with our volunteers
Monday 29^th July	Felted Flower Fascinators – with Leigh
Monday 5^th August	Table Top Regatta & Cream Tea – with Evie
Monday 12^th August	Glass painting – with Jo
Monday 19^th August	Glass painting – with Jo
Monday 26^th August	Bank Holiday – no session
Monday 2^nd September	Movement – with Hanna
Monday 9^th September	TBA
Monday 16^th September	TBA
Monday 23^rd September	TBA

Background

Creative Café is a regular group for older people providing a different and exciting creative activity along with an opportunity to socialise, and learn something new every week.

The aim of Creative Café is to improve health and wellbeing by facilitating access to highly creative activities including iPads, digital photography, music, visual art and craft. It provides a supportive and welcoming environment for older people, who can come together every week, make new friends and express themselves through creative activity.

Participants at Creative Café will be encouraged to take ownership of the project by shaping up and planning the timetable of activities, and supporting new members to become established within the group. Participants will also have the opportunity to become volunteers on the project, supporting other participants and ensuring sessions run smoothly.

A complete evaluation of the Creative Café will be undertaken. The project aims to address social isolation and the resulting health outcomes that can arise from loneliness. In addition to a project evaluation report, a short evaluation film will be produced at the end of the project.

Sessions are delivered weekly in Newport and run for two hours (see current schedule above, and top right of page for times and venue).

Independent Arts' Creative Café was launched in February 2015 and so far has been sponsored by Spectrum Housing, Care UK Wellbeing Foundation, Isle of Wight Foundation and Morrisons Foundation. We thank them for their support.

Thank you Asda!

A huge thanks to Asda who have donated these fabulous sewing machines to our Creative Café group. These will enable us to run some more advanced textiles sessions.