Lancashire Libraries are working with They Eat Culture to facilitate a
documentary project under the working title 'Going up Town ReMixed' as part of the learning and development opportunities offered during the Adult Learning Festival.
The project will work with community groups around Preston centre to
tell stories about Going Up Town. The project will use audio and audio
visual archive material alongside new filming and recording, to create
short documentaries telling the story of the everyday people who inhabit
Preston City Centre.
Work takes place between 26 October & 30 October
Sunday 25 October 2009
Light Up Skelmersdale with your Words!
Do you think that the world needs to know about what life’s like in Skelmersdale? Do you want to tell your story creatively? Do you want to light up your town with your words? Are you age 19-25?
Be part of the Libraries Inside Out project!
Lancashire Libraries and They Eat Culture are looking for creative 19-25 year olds to write a short story which will then be blown up and projected across the library over the evenings of one weekend in November. Come and make people sit up and take notice.
You’ll need to attend any or both of 2 workshop sessions in late October in Skelmersdale – the writer Jane Gallagher will be working with you to creatively tell stories about what life’s really like, in your own words. Here, Jane writes about her experience preparing for the workshops and her feelings about returning to Skelmersdale.
No experience or qualifications needed - just enthusiasm to be creative!
Contact Ruth on 07708615877 or ruth@theyeatculture.org to book a place
Sessions take place starting and ending in the library and take inspiration from the surrounding town. Meet us at central library!
Dates and times are
Thursday Oct 22nd (2-4pm)
Thursday Oct 29th (3-5pm)
Libraries Inside Out is brought to you by Lancashire Libraries as part the ‘Learning Revolution Festival’, and co-produced and delivered by They Eat Culture. The project has been funded by the MLA. They Eat Culture specialise in creative and professional development through cultural arts programming & event management, and run creative, digital, and media led project strands across Lancashire.
Get On-line in Your Library
As part of the Autumn Learning Festival Lancashire County Library and Information Service is hosting a series of Get On-line Days where you can take your first steps in using computers and the internet.
Get online with help from our staff, play the on-line GOLDRush game and register for a free email.
At the end of GOLDRush complete a survey with the chance to win a laptop and mobile broadband. Find out about registering for myguide and getting access to over 30 online courses ranging from getting a job online, understanding banking, socialising and shopping online to using Ebay auctions.
Contact the library for further details.
Morecambe
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
01524 415215
Bolton le sands
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
11.00 – 12.30
01524 823906
Skelmersdale
Thursday, 29 October 2009
10.00 – 12.00; 2.00 - 4.30
01695 720312
Tarleton
Thursday, 29 October 2009
10.00 – 12.00
01772 815179
Euxton
Friday, 30 October 2009
2.00 - 4.00
01257 265430
Longton
Friday, 30 October 2009
01772 617401
Oswaldtwistle
Friday, 30 October 2009
10.00 – 11.00
01254 233823
Penwortham
Friday, 30 October 2009
10.30 - 12.30
01772 744331
Get online with help from our staff, play the on-line GOLDRush game and register for a free email.
At the end of GOLDRush complete a survey with the chance to win a laptop and mobile broadband. Find out about registering for myguide and getting access to over 30 online courses ranging from getting a job online, understanding banking, socialising and shopping online to using Ebay auctions.
Contact the library for further details.
Morecambe
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
01524 415215
Bolton le sands
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
11.00 – 12.30
01524 823906
Skelmersdale
Thursday, 29 October 2009
10.00 – 12.00; 2.00 - 4.30
01695 720312
Tarleton
Thursday, 29 October 2009
10.00 – 12.00
01772 815179
Euxton
Friday, 30 October 2009
2.00 - 4.00
01257 265430
Longton
Friday, 30 October 2009
01772 617401
Oswaldtwistle
Friday, 30 October 2009
10.00 – 11.00
01254 233823
Penwortham
Friday, 30 October 2009
10.30 - 12.30
01772 744331
Saturday 17 October 2009
Free Writing Workshops in Chorley and Preston
After a flying start with the first two workshops, Lancashire Libraries are pleased to announce the second set of creative writing sessions held in libraries as part of the Adult Learning Revolution.
On Wednesday 21st October novelist and award-winning blogger Jenn Ashworth will be holding creative writing workshops in Chorley and Preston as part of her month-long residency for the Lancashire Library Service.
For the early birds, the first workshop takes place in the meeting room at Chorley Library between 9.30 and 11.30am. It's called 'A Sense of Place' and is aimed at beginners or more experienced writers who want to build up their confidence in creating strong descriptions and settings in their writing - poetry or prose. The workshop is FREE and to book yourself a place all you need to do is contact Chorley Library on 01257 277222.
Later on in the afternoon from 2.30 - 4.30pm Jenn will be in Preston at the Records Office on Bow Lane. She'll be working with some of the archive material available and using gentle creative writing prompts to help participants create short pieces of fiction or poetry. Again, this workshop is suitable for complete beginners or more experienced writers, is open to the public and is completely free to attend. To book yourself a place, contact the Records Office on 01772 533039.
All participants of both workshops will have the opportunity to submit work for inclusion in a book, which we hope to publish at the end of the residency.
On Wednesday 21st October novelist and award-winning blogger Jenn Ashworth will be holding creative writing workshops in Chorley and Preston as part of her month-long residency for the Lancashire Library Service.
For the early birds, the first workshop takes place in the meeting room at Chorley Library between 9.30 and 11.30am. It's called 'A Sense of Place' and is aimed at beginners or more experienced writers who want to build up their confidence in creating strong descriptions and settings in their writing - poetry or prose. The workshop is FREE and to book yourself a place all you need to do is contact Chorley Library on 01257 277222.
Later on in the afternoon from 2.30 - 4.30pm Jenn will be in Preston at the Records Office on Bow Lane. She'll be working with some of the archive material available and using gentle creative writing prompts to help participants create short pieces of fiction or poetry. Again, this workshop is suitable for complete beginners or more experienced writers, is open to the public and is completely free to attend. To book yourself a place, contact the Records Office on 01772 533039.
All participants of both workshops will have the opportunity to submit work for inclusion in a book, which we hope to publish at the end of the residency.
FREE Black History Month Events
As October is Black History Month, Lancashire Library and Information Service, in partnership with Rainbow Beach from Lancaster, is presenting a series of poetry, music and drama workshops in branches across the County
In celebration of Black History Month in 2009, throughout October the Rainbow Beach team, featuring poets, actors and musicians will be presenting a series of workshop performances in libraries across Lancashire.
Their unique blend of music, drama and poetry highlights the plight of migrating share-croppers from the Mississippi Delta to their “promised Land” in Chicago.
The Rainbow Beach story is set against a background of historical events that brought about fundamental change in civil liberties in America in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Each workshop will explore the power of words in relation to equality and diversity culminating in the recording of a newly created poem followed by a 30 minute presentation of Rainbow Beach songs and dramatisation.
With funding from the Museums, Libraries and Archives as part of the Adult Learning Revolution, Lancashire libraries are holding events at the following libraries:
22nd October: Leyland Library 2.30 - 4.30pm
23rd October: Haslingden Library 10am -12pm
24th October: Nelson Library 10a.m. – 12.pm
28th October: Ormskirk Library 10am - 12pm
28th October: Skelmersdale Library 2.30 - 4.30pm
29th: Heysham Library 10am – 12pm
30th October: Clitheroe Library 10am – 12pm
30th October: Burnley Library 2.30 - 4.30pm (no disabled access)
31st October: Chorley Library 10am - 12pm
To book your free ticket, please contact the individual libraries, oand for more details email gill.irvine@lancashire.gov.uk
Tuesday 6 October 2009
Welcome
In October 2009, Lancashire Library and Information Service is working closely with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to support The Learning Revolution Festival: a celebration of everything that’s great about learning for pleasure.
The Festival celebrates all kinds of informal adult learning and the difference learning makes to individuals, families, communities and organisations. Throughout the month, hundreds of events will highlight the wide variety of learning that's taking place. It will give people who are already taking part in informal learning a chance to celebrate what they enjoy and others the opportunity to try something new.
Informal adult learning covers a broad spectrum of activities – from joining a local sports team to researching something of interest online. It also has a wealth of advantages, as it is proven to benefit mental and physical wellbeing and bring communities closer together.
During the course of Lancashire's festival celebrations, Jenn Ashworth, the writer in residence will be holding creative writing workshops and updating this blog with news about all the different events and activities taking place over the month. You can subscribe to this blog using a reader (click here to find out more about how to do this) or follow us on twitter to keep up to date with events and activities in your area.
The whole aim of The Learning Revolution Festival is to ensure that everybody has access to these wonderful experiences, especially people from disadvantaged backgrounds and those who aren’t currently getting involved in any form of learning. We would also be delighted to have your support. You can do this by providing your own local event during October, by giving your staff the opportunity to try something new on a particular day, or simply by telling more people about our events.
If you'd like us to feature your learning event or opportunity on this blog, please get in touch by emailing us at lancsalf@gmail.com or leaving your details as a comment.
The Learning Revolution Festival is the start of a journey to widen awareness, participation and support of informal adult learning.
Be part of it.
The Festival celebrates all kinds of informal adult learning and the difference learning makes to individuals, families, communities and organisations. Throughout the month, hundreds of events will highlight the wide variety of learning that's taking place. It will give people who are already taking part in informal learning a chance to celebrate what they enjoy and others the opportunity to try something new.
Informal adult learning covers a broad spectrum of activities – from joining a local sports team to researching something of interest online. It also has a wealth of advantages, as it is proven to benefit mental and physical wellbeing and bring communities closer together.
During the course of Lancashire's festival celebrations, Jenn Ashworth, the writer in residence will be holding creative writing workshops and updating this blog with news about all the different events and activities taking place over the month. You can subscribe to this blog using a reader (click here to find out more about how to do this) or follow us on twitter to keep up to date with events and activities in your area.
The whole aim of The Learning Revolution Festival is to ensure that everybody has access to these wonderful experiences, especially people from disadvantaged backgrounds and those who aren’t currently getting involved in any form of learning. We would also be delighted to have your support. You can do this by providing your own local event during October, by giving your staff the opportunity to try something new on a particular day, or simply by telling more people about our events.
If you'd like us to feature your learning event or opportunity on this blog, please get in touch by emailing us at lancsalf@gmail.com or leaving your details as a comment.
The Learning Revolution Festival is the start of a journey to widen awareness, participation and support of informal adult learning.
Be part of it.
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