Tag: Brighton

Trailblazers project starts!

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve received funding from the Big Ideas Co to deliver a project called Trailblazers, celebrating women’s achievements locally over the past 100 years.
We’ll be offering activities in the Brighton and Hove area between now and March 2019 to bring us up to International Women’s Day on 8th March 2019.

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That’s all for 2018!

Strike a Light – Arts & Heritage is bowing out until the new year to have a well earned break.
Thank you to everyone who’s been involved with our activities and projects in 2018, whether through being a participant, a volunteer, a freelancer, a director or attending a course. It’s been great to work with you all and we’ve very much enjoyed it!
We’ll be back from 4th January 2019 with lots of new events, and look forward to seeing you then.

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Room booking – Special Christmas offer!

Strike a Light – Arts & Heritage has a special Christmas offer for room bookings for our central Brighton studio.
Book between today and 21st December for dates in 2019 and you will get the 2018 rate for a session of £7 per hour.
From 22nd December 2018, our booking rate rises to £7.50 per hour, so make some savings whilst you can!

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Free drop in families puppet making session at Jubilee Library – Sunday 25th November

Free drop in families puppet making session (Ages 5 +) – The Unremembered Project
This free workshop takes place at Jubilee Library from 11am-1pm on Sunday 25th November.
Venue address: Jubilee Library, Jubilee Square, Brighton
We’ll be exploring the theme of The Unremembered in World War I in a child friendly way. Come join us!
See more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/256086941925313/

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Silver Foxes group to start!

Strike a Light – Arts & Heritage is setting up in a new reminiscence group aimed at older people called Silver Foxes. The group will be based at Brooke Mead Sheltered Housing Scheme in Brighton but open to anyone over 60 years of age.
The group starts on 8th January 2019 and will meet every Tuesday each week from 11-12pm.

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Free drop in families puppet making session at Jubilee Library – Sunday 25th November

Free drop in families puppet making session (Ages 5 +) – The Unremembered Project
This free workshop takes place at Jubilee Library from 11am-1pm on Sunday 25th November.
Venue address: Jubilee Library, Jubilee Square, Brighton
We’ll be exploring the theme of The Unremembered in World War I in a child friendly way. Come join us!
See more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/256086941925313/

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Armistice centenary 2018 – Strike a Light attends memorial at Westminster Abbey

We’re off to Westminster Abbey in London this Sunday 11th November for the special centenary commemorations of World War I along with the Royal Family, for our work with Strike a Light-Arts & Heritage on The Orange Lilies: Brighton & Hove in the Somme project from 2016 onwards.
We’re very honoured to have been invited and feel like we’re representing all the fantastic Great War focussed projects in Brighton and Hove on a national level.

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