CREATIVE WELLBEING Session 17th Martch – FREE TO ATTEND – Thank you to everyone that came and made it such an interesting event. Thank you to our generous funders: Clarion Futures – East/North Communities Team
PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY. We need to raise funds so we have set up a Just Giving page. Because of the lack of icy weather in the UK the Ice Walk has now taken place in Lapland. The money raised has not been used for this purpose. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/creative-walden?utm_term=QB5mx8gkN Writers Room, now in it’s seventh year has…
Children from Writers Room performed an original song ‘Dear Santa’ at the Winstanley Extravaganza in Saffron Walden Town square on Friday 1st Dec 2023. Dear Santa Please let me see a Puffin dance And teach my Dog to chat Teach my teddy to do my chores Turn my pig into an acro-bat Santa I have…
The girl who reads (And sometimes writes) poems standing on her head has had a book of her poems published. Creative Walden took the opportunity to launch the book at the recent Poetry recital in Saffronm Walden Town square (1st September 2023). Vivien is an exceptional writer with a keen eye and a sharp wit….
Literary stars of tomorrow were on show on Sunday at Creative Walden’s poetry recital. Saffron Walden mayor, Heather Asker was there to hand out the prizes, including Courage awards for Lily Worboyes, 12, Vivien Neupaverova, 8, Lily Frisenda Thomas, 9, who will all become authors in their own right this year. Alice Bromell, who started…
We had been suffering with colds for a few days and feeling generally a bit rubbish but it was half term and we were in the Lake District to complete our sponsored climb of Scafell Pike, to raise money for the amazing Writer’s Room. We were there for three days so we could pick the…
Lily Worboyes, a 12-year-old year old girl who attends Creative Walden’s writing group at Fairycroft House, is climbing mountains. After completing Mount Snowdon in 2022, she has set her sights on England’s tallest peak, Scafell Pike. A challenging neurological condition (Sensory Processing Disorder) means Lily experiences the world differently. She is under a constant…
When the diminutive figure of the seven-year-old Lily first attended The Writer’s Room, on Alice Bromell’s recommendation, she was the youngest ever to join our weekly group. Any concerns about her age soon melted away as her dazzling talent shone from the pages of her doodle-laden notebook. Within the space of two weeks, I produced…
