Blacon Action Team with Blacon Beacon, Chester

• Craft • 70 participants / 2 volunteers • 2 sessions (November - December 2021)

Bring communities together Funding will ensure people feel safe participating

Following on from the Blacon Art Trail during 2020 Easter Holidays, two workshops were held during November and December to create window displays with children (inviting trail partners including 6 local schools, community organisations, churches, Blacon Butterflies WI, Blacon Beacon Community Supermarket, Hope Garden Support Group, Here and Now, Avenue Services. Blacon Action Team, Blacon Councillors).

Funding enabled two window display craft sessions to be held at Holy Trinity, where people could connect and create a window display to take away with them.

“It brought together the community we usually just see in the summer or who come to us for help with food into a different setting enabling us to socialise with them and it gave us time to get to know them better.” - Lead

Participants’ feedback and comments:

“Great to do an activity with the whole family.” “Thank you for encouraging us to sit down and spend time together.”

LEGACY: Looking to continue workshops several times a year at the church and engage regular volunteers to support. Visit their website www.blaconbeacon.org and Facebook page @Blaconart.