Crafting

A special extra festive rant! Crafty Ranters are a relaxed group that meet every 2nd Friday of the month during Englesea Brook's open season to enjoy chat, cake, coffee and craft.  The group is open to all and is for all abilities. Sessions are free (but we always welcome donations!). Materials are provided (unless stated otherwise). […]

This session focusses on valuing ourselves. We will begin and end with a simple meditation/visualisation to connect with our innate worth and gift. During the session we will enjoy playing with colour and shapes through easy screen printing and celebrate our uniqueness and value both individually and collectively. Crafty Ranters are a relaxed group that […]

In this session we will be using craftivism to reflect on poverty and homelessness. We will use paper collage to decorate notebook covers with phrases and pictures and then send them to local and national politicians asking for action on homelessness. Crafty Ranters is a relaxed group that meets every 2nd Friday of the month […]

Using clay we will explore what we feel about ourselves and our bodies and what we need to do to keep well. We’ll look at how women’s and men’s health needs and treatments are wrongly regarded as the same, and also think about cultures where women’s and girl’s bodies are mutilated and degraded. These are […]

Yes we do, but we also want girls to have access to education that enables them to reach their potential. Together we will make a banner with words that express the hopes and desires of girls and young women both in the UK and globally and think about how they can be resourced to stand […]

This session focusses on neurodiversity and mental health. Many people are unable to be truly themselves because of a lack of understanding about neurodiverse conditions such as autism and ADHD. Women in particular find themselves ‘masking’ in order to fit in with society which can result in poor mental health. We will make masks and […]

In this session we will explore the models of power that women have embraced – or rejected. What might be an authentic female model of power? Is there such a thing? Have women in power simply assumed the role that men have presented? As we reflect on these issues we will make enormous paper flowers! […]