Tag: Nicola Benge

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

Textiles November 16, 2018

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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The Unremembered project

Heritage November 9, 2018

Strike a Light is pleased to have been commissioned to become a hub in Brighton and Hove by the Big Ideas Company to develop activities with local community groups to explore the history of the Labour Corps – service personnel during World War I, and often forgotten in this part of history.

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Strike a Light – Arts & Heritage to attend Armistice National Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey

Heritage November 7, 2018

Nicola Benge, Creative Director of Strike a Light – Arts & Heritage will attend The National Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on 11 November 2018, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armistice.
This will be on behalf of those from Brighton and Hove who took part in The Orange Lilies – Brighton & Hove in the Somme project about the Royal Sussex Regiment in 1916 through Strike a Light.

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