A Sense Of Belonging!

Stroud District Kids Stuff are excited to be hosting a Community Art Event, called A Sense of Belonging!

Thursday 29 th June - Saturday 1 st July

10am - 6.30pm 

We are a social enterprise based at Brimscombe Mill that has a vision to support local families by reusing donated children’s items through our referral process and onsite shop.

 We run a bi-weekly supported drop in for families and offer Saturday and holiday crafts for children.  Our vision to support local families, whilst building community alongside the other CIC’s who share the Mills, led to one attendee of the drop in, an artist Saffron Knight, approaching us to see if she could give something back to our enterprise by co-hosting an event. Together we had the idea of an art-based event, that shows a sense of what it is like to belong to something ‘bigger than just yourself’.  Saffron explained that our drop in had been the base of her gaining that feeling of being a part of a caring community, where skills, experience and time can be shared. Especially being a mum coming out of the years of lock down. 

We are planning to involve the whole of the CIC’s at Brimscombe Mill, local artists, local schools and the people who visit us regularly. The 3-day event will involve; *Local artists displaying their work in a gallery space at The Mill, open 10am-6.30pm.*A variety of artist led workshops on a drop in, pay as you feel and paid basis, details can be found on our social media, *We hope this gives the whole community both young and old an opportunity to try something new. 

Workshops range from drop in craft table, Lino printing, ceramic painting to directing your own photo shoot. Also on offer will be; *Pay as you feel art for sale from Gloucestershire House Clearances. *A silent auction on Saturday evening 1 st July, where The Long Table will beopen for dinner as usual. (5pm-7pm).