A Hardship Fund is now available to cover spaces on our 10 WEEK PERFORMANCE POETRY COURSE which will culminate in the *professional filming* & editing of your work, for a summer digital broadcast! The Hardship Fund has been setup to enable course participation for...(a thread)

...anyone in Reading who:
• Has felt they’ve had barriers engaging with arts, culture or heritage in the past
• Feels that there are barriers restricting their engagement with arts, culture or heritage at present

This course is a celebration of heritage, culture and creativity in all its forms and we want to champion your vision!

TERM ONE - Build CONFIDENCE from the comfort of your own home with our digital workshops focusing on creative movement & poetry skills...

FILM DAY - Join us for a morning workshop and Abbey Ruins tour, then take OWNERSHIP of your wonderful CREATIVITY as we shoot the opening sequence in the afternoon.

TERM TWO - Bring your confided to to our in-person workshops to COLLABORATE on the second chapter of our story...

DIGITAL BROADCAST - watch your stories come together in the final edited work!

Thursday Evenings, 8-10PM, across two terms: (Dates below)

Term One – Digital Workshops, on Zoom: 29, April, 6, 13, 20, 27 May
Film Day - Saturday 15th May
Term Two – Live Workshops, Rising Sun Arts Centre, RG1 2ST: 10, 17, 24 June, 1, 8 July

If this is you or you know someone who might benefit & enjoy taking part through our hardship fund, please contact Rachel to request spaces -
[email protected]