The Big Fandango
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Community Arts Centre in Bury. Promoting wellbeing through Arts & Crafts. Suicide Prevention, suicide bereavement peer support. Keeping your light shining
Bolton Street, Bury
Joined September 2021
RT @PennineCareNHS: We were part of Bury's first suicide prevention conference last week, alongside @big_fandango, @BuryCouncil, @BIGMental….
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Our stitchers do all sorts of exciting & amazing things including 18th C. Costume 🤩. This is a clue to our next Craftivist project . it's about seditious materials, pockets and powerful women! 😉 @HelenTomlinson2 @Debs4StMarys22 @LynneRidsdale @areessbee58 @LisaDValentine
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Thank you @BuryArtMuseum for inviting our craftivist stitchers to a great International Women's Day event & a chance to display our Women Who Built Bury Textile Project as part of the celebrations . Thanks @BuryVCFA for funding this project @areessbee58 @HelenTomlinson2
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On International Women's Day a big shout out to our team of women who share their incredible skills to make our community studio such a special place. Supporting mental wellbeing in Bury and working for a zero suicide community!! @BuryVCFA @Debs4StMarys22 @HelenTomlinson2
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A stunning coat made by one of our talented stitchers Kathryn from an upcycled tailors fabric sample book, it is a work of art!! Here on Bolton St , Bury, we do some amazing stuff, re-use, repair, recycle @paddygrant @jennyeclair @ballydonna @BuryVCFA @HelenTomlinson2
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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus and Happy 2nd birthday to Sid , he who rules the roost at The Big Fandango!! You are the most handsome of doggies and we love you to bits 🏴❤️
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It's a wrap, final touches to our Women Who Made Bury textile project which will be up at @BuryArtMuseum for #InternationalWomensDay on March 8th. It's been a year in the making !! @BuryVCFA @HelenTomlinson2 @LisaDValentine @LynneRidsdale @BuryTimes @BuryCouncil @Debs4StMarys22
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Stunning work by one of our young stitchers, learning different textile art techniques with this gorgeous trinket box. Sewing is a fab way of learning skills and looking after our well being @BuryVCFA @HelenTomlinson2 @Debs4StMarys22 @BuryCouncil @vanbuggleroy @CarolineAldrid5
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If you are an employer, health care professional, work in education or in the charity sector , #Bury's first suicide prevention conference is June 18th. Inspirational speakers about how we can build suicide safer communities @BuryVCFA @CreativeLivingC.
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Proud to be working with @CreativeLivingC to deliver this important event which will be a big catalyst for change and hope in #Bury @BuryCouncil @CllrSeanThorpe @HelenTomlinson2 @PennineCareNHS @LynneRidsdale @BuryVCFA @PaulVittles @ForThe100_ @_DavidCatterall @SarahFitchett2.
Today would have been my girl's 27th birthday, lost too soon to suicide. We are launching Bury's 1st Suicide Prevention conference June 18th , bringing communities together to prevent suicide with some incredible speakers @PaulVittles @_DavidCatterall.
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Today would have been my girl's 27th birthday, lost too soon to suicide. We are launching Bury's 1st Suicide Prevention conference June 18th , bringing communities together to prevent suicide with some incredible speakers @PaulVittles @_DavidCatterall.
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Here's Alfie rabbit made by one of our youth group all from upcycled fabric scraps. Teaching our young people to sew are real life skills that build confidence , it's why places like ours are so important!! @ballydonna @LynneRidsdale @HelenTomlinson2 @BuryVCFA @vanbuggleroy
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Thanks to the team from @Calico_Group in #Bury for doing our suicide prevention training today. Anyone can have thoughts of suicide and anyone can learn how to spot the signs & open up a potentially life saving conversation! @PaulVittles @BuryVCFA @vanbuggleroy @CreativeLivingC
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More sneaky previews of our Women Who Made Bury textile project. For a small town we've produced a lot of amazing women from all walks of life. All will be revealed on IWD !! @LynneRidsdale @ballydonna @HelenTomlinson2 @Sandra_Walmsley @Charlotte_E_M @Debs4StMarys22 @BuryVCFA
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1st panel complete of our Women who Built #Bury textile project. 5 more to go in time for International Women's Day. Celebrating Women and sometimes amazing stories @_DavidCatterall @Debs4StMarys22 @LynneRidsdale @ballydonna @BuryArtMuseum
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Training suicide prevention intervention skills at Vision Academy trust, teachers need to look after not just their students but each other. Thanks everyone for being part of making #Bury a suicide safer place @BuryCouncil @jon_hobday @vanbuggleroy @HelenTomlinson2 @BuryVCFA
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Thanks @VCUK_Building in Radcliffe for welcoming me to deliver suicide prevention training to today. More people feeling more confident to spot the signs & open a conversation ! A really good turn out, together we can make a difference @jon_hobday @vanbuggleroy @BuryCouncil.
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Another great afternoon with more brand new stitchers who have done and amazing job making a bag in afternoon. Great job ladies, your sewing adventures start here 🤩
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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jewish men, women, and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. As survivors grow fewer and antisemitism rises, today is more vital than ever.
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Our beginners sewing sessions get you confident in and afternoon. Our stitchers have been busy this week despite the storms - sewing builds confidence whatever the weather @Debs4StMarys22 @BuryVCFA @LynneRidsdale @BuryCouncil
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