Went the day well at the Unique Dyslexic Get Creative Celebration of Creativity



Hi Blog readers hope you are all well

October 29th 2014 saw the first Unique Dyslexic Get Creative Celebration of Creativity event. It was the culmination of Unique Dyslexic Get Creative.

Has to have been the hardest days work, most enjoyable, most joy full and most stressful day of my life. I am so proud of everyone who was involved in this project.

This was the first event of this kind to be held is Scotland and the UK. Organised and run by the first dyslexia focussed social enterprise to be constituted in the UK Dyslexia Pathways Community Interest Company.

I thank everyone, every participant of every workshop, my wife, my directors, The Lord Provost, Ross Cooper, Anita Govan Siannie Moodie and Lizzie Mcdougall, all the artists and everyone of the 60 or so people who came along to the event through out the whole day and making it such a great day.

We had people coming through the door even when we were closing down the event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lord Provost of Fife opening the event. We at Dyslexia Pathways CIC and Unique Dyslexic Get Creative have found a new friend in the Provost. He showed a keen interest in what we did and achieved over the last year 

 

 
A few pictures of me opening the event, have to say I was very nervous and I actualLy threw away all my prepared notes and made it up as I went along LOL

 

 

 
A few pictures of Ross Cooper giving us his key note speech. I think everyone I talked to was inspired by what he had to say about dyslexia, being dyslexia positive and challenging the old medical model of dyslexia. For me it was good to hear someone else saying what I have been since about dyslexia since I founded Dyslexia Pathways CIC just over 5 years ago.  

 

 

 

 

 
I have some film content from the day including film of Anita Govan and Siannie Moodie performing which I will add in the next blog. I will also be adding them to our youtube page.

The next few photos are of Lizzie who, with her beautiful quilt told us some of her aural stories. Stories which have been passed on generation after generation for over at least 800 years or more.

 

 

 

Watch this space for Unique Dyslexic Celebration of Creativity number 2 next in 2015 where we have a bigger and better event.

Many thanks for reading my blog. Watch out for movie content next week.

Remember you can still get involved in Unique Dyslexic by sending us any photos, film, poetry anything creative with us on out Facebook page and web site:

http://www.uniquedyslexic.com/


https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unique-Dyslexic-Get-Creative/1431413910440768

I have updated our Unique Dyslexic android app which I designed and built with info and photos from the event also.

Many thanks for taking the time to read this blog

#PeaceLoveGroovyness to you all