We have completed the four planned workshop for Unique Dyslexic Get Creative but we are planning to run one more for parents / carers / guardians with children. It would be for young people 14 years old or over together with their parent / guardian / carer etc. Like all the other workshops it would be free to access.
Now I have only had an initial discussion with Furniture Plus regarding this idea but I know they have the funding to run this for us. All we need to do is have enough people interested in coming along to this workshop. If you are please contact me.
It will be another Trash to Treasure event and the idea is for them to un cycle something for the young persons bedroom. I am sorry it cannot be for anyone under 14 years old though. All sorts of legal implications when working with under children 14 so I am told. This would be run sometime in late September early October.
I think there would be places for 10 to 12 participants and the idea is that a parent or guardian etc would work together with the young person. If you have some people who would be interested in doing this we could possibly move forward on this.
We are also planning / seeking funding for next year to move on to the next stage of Unique Dyslexic Get Creative. Part of this is running longer term creative workshops / courses.
We are looking at something that would be run over a six week period on one day per week. This again is for dyslexics or people who think they may be dyslexic or for people who did not do so well at school and are also creative. So, for example, we would run a six week workshop on music or on visual art or photography etc.
If we were successful in securing the funding for this we could maybe run one of these for any organisation wanting to run one for their clients or group.
As with the workshop we have run this year they would be free to access etc.
By the way here is a link to a video I made about the workshops we ran and about promoting dyslexia. Its basically me talking a little about dyslexia and then a lot of images showcasing the work people at the workshops did.http://sdyslexia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/video-of-unique-dyslexic-get-creative.html
People can still get involved in Unique Dyslexic Get Creative by joining our Facebook page and group page. We invite anyone who is dyslexic, thinks they are dyslexic or is from any other neuro different community to share what they do creatively on our social media pages. This is open to anyone from beginner artist / writer etc to professional.
We are also in the planning stage of running an exhibition / party / festival of dyslexia as part of Unique Dyslexic Get Creative.
We will be inviting organisations in and around Fife to this. It will be an opportunity for organisations to come along and promote what they do as well.
Look out for your invitations to this sometime soon. I am having a meeting with the person who is helping us to organise this today. We are looking at sometime in October 2014 for this.
We may be seeking corporate sponsorship for this so if there is any organisation out there wanting to get involved in this way please contact me. But we have enough funding to do this without this anyway.
If you want to chat more about this or organise a meeting my number is 01592 756 187. If you have group meetings I am happy to come to one of them. This I am happy to do for free.
I can also provide dyslexia awareness / staff training session for staff. But there would be costs associated with this I am afraid.
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