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Money Raised from Stars Trek 2011

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Stars Trek 2011: 28th July

Sponsor money collected £493.45

We claimed Gift Aid on £313.60 of this

We couldn't claim Gift Aid on £179.85 of this

Gift Aid received £78.40

Grand Total £571.85

Please add Gift Aid to your donations if you can. Read more on the HMRC website or email us for more information.

mailing list

2011-12-19T11:36:00.000Z

If you would like to receive the occasional email about what's going on at Headway Arts then please subscribe to our mailing list. We'll keep you up to date with things like our latest projects, workshops available, Seven Stars news and important dates. We don't anticipate sending more than 2 emails per month, but if it all gets too much for you it's quick and easy to unsubscribe!

AGM 2011

2011-11-15T11:52:00.001Z

We would like to invite you to our Annual General Meeting
    to be held on Monday 19th December 2011
    at St Cuthbert's Church Hall, Bridge Street, Blyth
    from 5pm until 6.30pm

Join us for our review of the year, as well as performances by RANDOM ~ Headway Arts Young People's Theatre Co and Seven Stars Northumberland's Learning Disabled Theatre Co.

Please get in touch to confirm your attendance.

Hope to see you there!

HEADWAY ARTS
ARTS*PEOPLE*INCLUSION
21 Quay Road
Blyth
Northumberland
NE24 2AS
U.K.
T: +44 (0) 1670 351962
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Winner Most Exciting Project North East VCS Awards 2009. Awarded Leading Visionary of the Future in Europe in European Year of Creativity & Innovation 2009. Voted Proctor & Gamble Chosen Charity 2010. Winner NIACE Outstanding Achievement Award 2010. Winner Best Animated Film and Best Fantasy Film at 2010 D'Oscar Awards.

Headway Arts specialise in developing highly inclusive participatory arts projects, which create world class opportunities for people to contribute to the cultural life of their communities. Headway Arts work across art forms to motivate, to build confidence, creativity & offer a means of self expression.

New Hartley Pit Disaster Memorial Banner

2011-10-12T21:54:00.002+01:00

Workshops begin for the New Hartley Pit Disaster Memorial Group banner project. Our Creative Director Alison Walton-Robson puts on her painting hat (that'd be a beret then?) to work with groups in/around New Hartley to collect ideas & inspiration for a commission for a new commemorative banner in the tradition of the Northumberland coalfields.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartley_Colliery_Disaster

Creative Workshops

2011-10-11T14:02:00.000+01:00

More information about our Creative Sessions, Monster Makers and Shadow Stories workshops can be found on our website.

A Christmas Carol

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Headway Arts proudly present Seven Stars in A Christmas Carol.

Available to venues, community centres and schools from 5th December 2011.

There is no charge for the show but we welcome a donation towards travel costs.

As well as private performances, the show will be performed at:

Alnwick Gardens (date to be confirmed)
Headway Arts' Annual General Meeting (5-7pm) on 19th December. (Blyth venue to be confirmed.)

A 15 minute preview will be performed at the at the Sage, Gateshead, as part of the International Day of Disabled People on 15th December.

Contact Headway Arts for details if you'd like to attend or host the show at your venue:
01670 351962 or HeadwayT@aol.com

Seven Stars' new show: A Christmas Carol - cast list

2011-09-07T10:28:00.000+01:00

STARLIGHT - A SEVEN STARS BLOG: A Christmas Carol - cast list:
The cast list for Seven Stars' upcoming performance of A Christmas Carol is as follows: Narrator – Tim Longrigg Ebenezer Scrooge – Darre...

Shenanigans week

2011-08-31T13:31:00.000+01:00

Photos from Shenanigans week are on our Facebook page, and the video from Friday's film-making workshop will be online soon!

Shenanigans

2011-07-13T12:11:00.009+01:00

Headway Arts presents Shenanigans,
a week of creative fun for 11-18 year olds

Monday 22nd to Friday 26th August 2011.

Most workshops will take place at the Isabella Community Centre, Ogle Drive, Blyth,
from 10am to 3pm - and they're free!

Monday - Play in a Day
Tuesday - Puppet Making
Wednesday - Beach Art*
Thursday - Shadow Stories
Friday - Film-Making
* at Blyth beach, weather permitting

Come to one or come to all!

Places must be booked in advance

get in touch to book your place:
01670 351 962
headwayt@aol.com

Supported by BBC Children in Need as part of Random - Headway Arts young people's theatre co.

Starlight: the Seven Stars Newsletter

2011-06-30T10:44:00.001+01:00

From Seven Stars' blog: "Seven Stars have published the first edition of their monthly newsletter 'Starlight', which can be viewed and downloaded from the Headway Arts website."

STARLIGHT - A SEVEN STARS BLOG: Stars Trek

2011-06-22T14:58:00.001+01:00

STARLIGHT - A SEVEN STARS BLOG: Stars Trek: "35 days until Seven Stars take part in their annual sponsored walk on July 28th. Please get in touch if you'd like to join us on the day, ..."

Renewables Festival 2011

2011-06-20T14:20:00.006+01:00

We hope you enjoyed the Blyth Renewables Festival and all the creative workshops by Headway Arts and several other great local arts organisations. We're pleased to say we made hundreds of hats and windcatchers with you over the weekend!

Visitors to the festival also had the opportunity to help decorate our dragon with ribbon and scraps of material (a special thanks to Blyth Star Enterprises for the fabric donation) before she made her first official public appearance.
Here's a few photos of her parading around with local children:

Coming up

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Blyth Renewables Festival 2011
Visit the Headway Arts stalls to make your own windcatcher, highflyer, or power hat to take away.

Saturday 18th June 10am - 5pm
Sunday 19th June 10am - 4pm
Free

Click here to view the Renewables Festival programme of events

Blast Off - Hexham
Creative workshop for disabled young people (9-18)
At the Torch Centre, Hexham

Saturday 23rd July
10.30-12.30
£5
More info

Art & A Sense of Self

2011-04-12T15:37:00.014+01:00

...was the title of our workshop in Bologna, Italy last weekend. Headway Arts Creative Director, Alison Walton-Robson contributed a seminar 'Art & Soul' and the workshop to the Congress of APsiDa - Associazione Italiana di Psicologia della Danza (Italian Association of Dance & Psycology). Alison said:

"Art is a potent catalyst for self discovery & personal growth, particularly when co-creating as a group and particularly for those people who may struggle to communicate in ‘usual’ ways. I was incredibly delighted to represent the U.K. as a guest of the Commune of Bologna and Professor Giulio Casini, President of APsiDa. It was a great opportunity to disseminate our model of working co-creatively to make art, as developed here at Headway Arts over the last 17 years. Also a chance to see the amazing work which is happening there. I very much hope to be able to continue to exchange practice with our fantastic Italian partners."

See photos on Facebook here

Art is an effective tool for personal development, motivation and individual expression. Headway Arts' work has been internationally recognised as being a great example of this.

Headway Arts was awarded Leading Visionary of the Future in Europe in the European Year of Creativity & Innovation 2009 & continues to work with 10 European States through partner organisations across Europe; training artists in their methods and learning from other practitioners overseas.

Headway Arts has just successfully completed a feasibility study to develop a unique new arts resource for Northumberland, thanks to support from ACE & Northumberland County Council. Though it is tough times - we here in Blyth think that is when the tough get going... so we continue our plans to create a purpose built studio workshop. Headway HQ will act as a home for our excellent professional company, provide a fully accessible new home for Seven Stars - Northumberland’s Learning Disabled Theatre Co. and Random Headway’s Young People’s Theatre Co. as well as a base from which to further develop our international multi award winning work with the arts in social inclusion.

Bologna, Italy Conference

2011-04-05T14:59:00.004+01:00

We have had a great opportunity for disseminating our CoCreART project when Alison Walton-Robson spoke at a conference in Bologna on April 2nd 2011.

The conference has developed from the idea put forward in our original proposal and will explore the idea of CoCreation and the process of working together towards a common goal, looking more specifically at how this relates to the psyche and how it is used in a therapeutic setting.

The conference has been organised by Guilio Casini who applied to be a partner in the CoCreART project but unfortuantely did not receive the funding to join us. As his organisation specialises in the psychology of dance this will obviously be a focus of the conference, but it will be a good opportunity for Allie to disseminate our work and hear about other work that is happening in this field.

Fran

Comets

2011-02-28T13:40:00.001Z

Coming this April...
Headway Arts will be offering a fantastic new creative project for people who are learning disabled: Comets.
This one-day-a-week group will come together every Thursday from 10am till 3pm (in Blyth) to take part in exciting and fun workshops including Acting, Singing, Dancing, Movement, Music and Drama Exercises/Games, Drawing Painting and more.

Cost: £30/day (plus transport) - Ask your care manager about personalised budgets as this may cover these costs.

Click here to see the flyer.

If you have any questions, please contact us via email: HeadwayT@aol.com or telephone: 01670 351962

BLAST OFF - HALF TERM FUN

2011-02-14T16:01:00.000Z

Headway Arts as part of their Blast Off program are holding a creative day of Drama and "Arty Clarty" fun at Hexham Community Centre on Tuesday 22nd February. This session is for disabled children and young people aged 9-18 years old

The day will run from 10.30 until 2.30. A healthy snack and drink will be provided but participants will need to bring their own packed lunch.

The cost of the day will be £5.00 per person.

Unfortunately Headway cannot provide one to one support or personal care but you are welcome to bring a supporter or carer free of charge.

This event is supported by Aiming High Northumberland.

For further information please contact headway on 01670 351 962.

Headway Community Representatives Survey

2010-12-02T13:45:00.001Z

Tell us what you think... part of Headway Arts' feasibility study is to find out what you think about us!

Please take a few minutes to complete this survey.

Thanks.

BLAST OFF DATES AND VENUES AUTUMN/ WINTER

2010-09-06T14:51:00.001+01:00

Headway Arts announce the dates and venues for their BLAST OFF creative workshops for disabled children and young people

We look forward to seeing you.

BLAST OFF CREATIVE WORSHOPS

2010-08-23T10:13:00.000+01:00

Headway Arts Creative Workshops for Disabled Children will continue in September until March 2011 . These will be held on Saturday mornings at venues across Northumberland. For further details please watch this space. this project is supported By Aiming High, Northumberland.

COME ON DOWN 2010

2010-08-17T13:13:00.000+01:00

Headway Arts and Seven Stars announce their festival of creativity and fun will return for a 6th year. Since 2005 this exciting event For disabled adults and young people has allowed us to bring together groups and individuals across the region and further afield to "COME ON DOWN" and share creative work, take part in workshops run by Headway artists and develop new working relationships and friendships.

This year we will be hosting the festival from The Isabella Centre in Blyth on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th November from 10am until 2.30pm

Anyone interested in Coming On Down should contact Headway

HEADWAY ARTS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2010

2010-08-16T15:00:00.000+01:00

Headway Arts will be holding their annual general meeting this year on Thursday 16th September 2010. As part of this event Seven Stars will be performing their hilarious new show Arthur's Leeks. The event is being held at The Isabella Centre, Blyth. The performance will begin around 1.00pm with the AGM afterwards. For further information please contact Headway.

HEADWAY AIM HIGH TO BLAST OFF

2010-07-27T15:38:00.000+01:00

The award winning Headway Arts would like to announce the dates and venues for BLAST OFF, their summer workshops for disabled children and young people 9 - 18 years old in Northumberland. Supported by Aiming High these creative workshops will be in Alnwick at St James Centre on Thursday 29th July. In Morpeth at St James Hall on Thursday 12th August. In Berwick at the Maltings on Thursday 19th August and Hexham at The Queens Hall on Wednesday 25th August. These workshops start at 10.30am and run until 12.30pm. The costs are £5.00 per person (siblings £4.00).

The workshops are limited to 20 people so book now to avoid disappointment

These workshops will continue throughout Northumberland from September until March 2011. We will keep you posted

For further information please contact Headway Arts.

Seven Stars Sponsored Walk

2010-04-28T15:59:00.000+01:00

The Seven Stars will be doing a sponsored walk again this year on Thursday 20th May at 10.30am. You are welcome to join us in walking from Seaton Sluice to Blyth to raise money for the Seven Stars Learning Disabled Theatre Company.

You can sponsor the Seven Stars by coming along to the office, or sending this sponsor form to us. Contact us for more information.

Address: 21 Quay Road, Blyth, NE24 2AS
Telephone: (01670) 351962
Email: HeadwayT@aol.com

Lives Worth Living

2010-04-28T15:48:00.000+01:00

Headway Arts would like to invite you to a performance of Lives Worth Living on the following dates:

Alnwick Gardens Pavilion
Wednesday 5th May 1.45pm

The Maltings, Berwick
Thursday 6th May 1.45pm

Dilston Hall, Corbridge
Wednesday 12th May 6.45pm

Isabella Community Centre, Blyth
Thursday 13th May 1.45pm

Please R.S.V.P.
Groups welcome - let us know numbers and or any other requirements
HeadwayT@aol.com or T: (01670) 351962

This powerful drama looks at the relationship between Mark (Kris Brown) who is learning disabled and facing life alone after his mother’s death and his older brother Joe (Steve Byron) who is out of work and unhappy taking on the role of full time carer. Adapted from an original script by Belgrade Theatre Company, Designed & Directed by Alison Walton-Robson, the play joins Mark and elder brother Joe by the sea on the last day of their holiday…

Funded by
The Learning Disabilities Development Fund

Headway Arts booked for Glastonbury

2010-03-23T10:27:00.000Z

Glasto 2010 here we come...look out for our multi-coloured unmissable inflatable outdoor venue Headway's Arty Clarty Theatre Tent at the 40th Anniversary festival in June. For more info or if you would like to book us for your own festival or events contact Creative Director Alison Walton-Robson

Arty Clarty Workshop Programme Booking Now

2010-02-12T14:06:00.000Z

Headway's Arty Clarty Workshops are available now for over the Easter and Summer Holidays. Book one of our creative workshops for your group (full programme and fees on our website www.headwayhq.co.uk) or drop in to or book a place at venues all over the region - for details watch this space...

Come on Down 2009

2009-11-26T15:28:00.000Z

Day Three.

Today we were joined by Tynedale Centre from Hexham, Collingwood School from Morpeth, Riverside Centre, Blyth and Seven Stars, Everyone spent the morning taking part in drawing activities lead by James Johnson Perkins, then in the afternoon we saw films from Tynedale and Seven Stars followed by a game of 'blindfolded "Where is the reindeers nose?". The three day festival was brought to a close with a fantastic performance by Ronnie from Tynedale as Elvis Presley. A great time was had by all.

Thanks to everyone who took part and supported Headway in this event, see you all next year.

Come on down - Activities

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Come on down - Thursday - Participatory Drawings

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Come On Down 2009

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Day Two.

Today was our Play in a Day workshop. where participants devised, rehearsed and gave a performance in just a few hours. We were joined by students from Northumberland College and Seven Stars in todays activities. Everyone took part in a warm up and games which helped people get to know each other. Then the group broke into smaller groups to devise a story each on a chosen theme. The theme for today, chosen by the group was "Christmas Attitudes" Four scenes were created which looked at Christmas spirit, Greed, Selfishness and Respect. The scenes were then rehearsed, and linked together by characters "Rappin Santa and Elfie" we even had a guest appearance from Bob Geldolf played by Stars own Darren Hutton. costumes and music were added and the day ended with a final performance. Everyone agreed they had had a lovely day where old friendships had been rekindled and new friendships formed.

Come On Down 2009

2009-11-24T19:57:00.000Z

Day One.

Today was Performance Day, and we were joined at The Isabella Community Centre, Blyth by Bedlington Day Centre who entertained with three exciting and emotional dance routines with a brilliant vocal performance from Neil Driffield. Berwick Northstar came dressed to the nines and regaled us with an excellent recreation of their Ball from earlier in the year, and Alan"Thriller" German from Northstar danced a great tribute to Michael Jackson. Seven Stars premiered their short movie "Robots from Space" and The Pottergate Centre from Alnwick joined us for the day. Thanks to all who came and took part in another great day.

Would you all please take a bow.

LIVES WORTH LIVING

2009-10-30T14:03:00.000Z

HEADWAY ARTS would like to invite you to a special showcase performance of their production

LIVES WORTH LIVING

4.30-6.00pm 9th November ‘09
At: Cluny 2 36 Lime St, Ouseburn, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ

Please R.S.V.P either way
Do bring a guest or group - let us know numbers or any other requirements
HeadwayT@aol.com or T: (01670) 351962

This powerful drama looks at the relationship between Mark (Kris Brown) who is learning disabled and facing life alone after his mothers death and his older brother Joe (Steve Byron) who is out of work and unhappy taking on the role of full time carer. Adapted from an original script by Belgrade Theatre Company, Designed & Directed by Alison Walton-Robson, the play joins Mark and elder brother Joe by the sea on the last day of their holiday…

Through the kind support of
The Community Foundation and The Sherburn House Charity,
High schools in the region can book a FREE performance during:
5th Oct –23rd Oct & 2nd Nov – 4th Dec

Schools shows (for years 9/10) are accompanied by a workshop programme exploring issues raised within the piece such as bullying, bereavement, prejudice and being different. A teachers guide gives ideas for Key Stage 3 follow up work in National Curriculum areas Citizenship, PHSE, Drama and English.

HEADWAY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2009

2009-10-29T14:31:00.000Z

HEADWAY ARTS are holding their AGM this year on Wednesday 16th December,to be followed by performances of RANDOM TALES and STORIES FROM THE STARS. this event begins at 5pm to be held at ST CUTHBERTS CHURCH HALL, BLYTH. If you would like to attend please let us know.

COME ON DOWN 2009

2009-10-28T15:41:00.000Z

COME ON DOWN is HEADWAY ARTS festival of creavity for adults and young people with disabilities and learning difficulties. Now in its fifth year this growing three day event allows individuals and groups to showcase any creative work, take part in Headway artist lead worshops and create and develop new working partnerships and friendships. The event will be held from Tuesday 24th till Thursday 26th November, 10.00am till 3.00pm, to be held at Blyth Community College. for any further information please contact us.