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Past event – Mummy Writes @Home: Baby-friendly writing workshop online – live on Zoom

New parents can get creative and have a taster of what it’s like to be a fiction writer, all while snuggling with their baby.

A series of six online workshops explore the basics of writing fiction, including building character, using weather, exploring motive and plot, with plenty of time to try writing yourself! The workshops are designed with parents in mind and are baby-friendly. Feel free to feed, change, or entertain baby at home and join in with the workshop in a way that works for you.

You can find out more information on the Facebook event page here.

Dates:
Friday 10th April
Friday 17th April
Friday 24th April
Friday 1st May
Friday 8th May
Friday 15th May

Time: 9:00am to 11:00am

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Past event – Singing for the Brain – live on Facebook

We know these are tough times, and singing can improve brain activity, wellbeing and mood!

That’s why we’re putting on a national virtual ‘Singing for the Brain’ singalong on Thursday 30th April at 3pm on Facebook Live. (We’ll be joined by Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador, and TV star, Vicky McClure).

Alzheimer’s Society’s Singing for the Brain brings people affected by dementia together to sing a variety of the songs they know and love, in a fun and friendly environment.

Normally Singing for the Brain groups meet in person, but during coronavirus they’ve moved online, still hosted by our skilled, compassionate group leaders.

The theme is ‘classic hits’, so get ready to belt out some classics, from Frank Sinatra to The Beatles, plus many more.

If you love to sing, prefer to listen or simply move to the rhythm, our singalong is a great way to let your hair down and feel more positive.

Everyone is welcome, so please share this event with anyone affected by dementia who you think would like to join in!

We’ll share the livestream with this event page‘s attendees on the day – so please click ‘Going’ to make sure you get notified.

If you enjoy the event and you’d like to help us keep running our vital services for families affected by dementia, we’d be incredibly grateful if you’d consider making a donation to our cause.

Date: Thursday 30th April
Time: 3:00pm to 4:00pm

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Past event – The Big Online Sing Along – live on Zoom

Sing – Sing and Dance – Just Dance – Have a drink and watch! It’s great fun!

The Big Online Sing Along is a fun social event aimed at relieving the boredom and stress of lockdown, even if only for 1 hour per week. I want to reach out and provide free weekly singalong sessions and make them available to everyone.

Singing is great for improving mental health and wellbeing! Let’s get lost for one hour in music, crack open a bottle and sing from the top of our lungs!

We’ll start off with a vocal warm-up, then straight to singing. Lyrics will appear on your screen and music will be played directly to your computer / phone or tablet. You’ll be able to see, but not hear each other (latency doesn’t allow voices to be synced in perfect time). You can keep your camera on or turn it off, it’s completely up to you.

The Big Online Sing Along will be held on Zoom: it’s free to download, safe and used by many businesses world wide. All information on how to download Zoom can be found when you click to register your free place.

The Big Online Sing Along is being hosted by Sing The Easy Way.

Date: every Monday evening
Time: 8:00pm to 9:00pm

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Past event – The Big Gay Sing Along – live on Zoom

Sing – Sing and dance – Just dance – Have a drink and listen to the music!

As we find ourselves in the midst of self-isolation, the Big Gay Sing Along is now online and free! I want to reach out and provide a free weekly singalong session, making it available to everyone. We’re all trapped in our homes and worried about the current situation. Singing is great for improving mental health and wellbeing! Let’s get lost for one hour in music, crack open a bottle and sing from the top of our lungs!

We’ll start off with a vocal warm-up, then straight to singing.

Lyrics will appear on your screen and music will be played directly to your computer / phone or tablet. You’ll be able to see, but not hear each other (latency doesn’t allow voices to be synced in perfect time). You can keep your camera on or turn it off, it’s completely up to you.

The Big Gay Sing Along Online will be held on Zoom: it’s free to download, safe and used by many businesses world wide. All informant on how to download Zoom can be found when you click to register your free place.

The Big Gay Sing Along is being hosted by Sing The Easy Way.

Date: every Friday evening
Time: 8:00pm to 9:00pm

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Past event – Mummy Writes Mini At Home – live on Zoom

A weekly one-hour workshop with Mummy Writes for new parents to get creative, and try their hand at fiction writing while snuggling with their baby.

Workshops are drop-in and will take place online in Zoom. Each workshop will explore the basics of writing fiction, including building character, using weather, exploring motive and plot, with plenty of time to try writing yourself! The workshops are designed with parents in mind and are baby-friendly. Feel free to feed, change, or entertain baby at home and join in with the workshop in a way that works for you.

All newbie writers, wanna-be writers, curious writers, never-before-imagined-they-could-write-anything-writers welcome. It’s your time to experiment, get creative, learn something new and challenge yourself, all while making new friends and snuggling with your baby!

£3 per session. Workshop invite sent by email after purchase.

Date: every Wednesday
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Past event – Wildlife Photographer Andy Rouse – live on Facebook

Join Wildlife Photographer Andy Rouse Photography for a live session on the OlympusUK Facebook page as he shares his experiences of shooting with Olympus kit!

Andy will be discussing his reasons for, and experiences of using Olympus cameras & lenses as a professional photographer. He’ll also be sharing his top tips for photography in your garden and on your local patch during lockdown, whether focus stacking macro or long lens work.

So whether you’re a professional photographer looking to find out more about the lightweight Olympus OM-D system, or just want to hear some of Andy’s wise words, tune in to find out more!

This free session will be streamed live on Facebook, so it’s the perfect opportunity to get your questions answered by Andy himself. No booking necessary – just make your way over to facebook.com/OlympusUK/Live at 2pm on to join us!

Date: Wednesday 29th April
Time: 2:00pm