Community Archives - Make, Do & Friends

A show reel to celebrate all that is Make, Do & Friends

After just over two years of visiting village halls, village greens and more recently laptop screens, iPad’s and the like, we bid a fond farewell with this round up of…

Moving Words

Not so much a Zoom session, more a virtual Dance Hall, in which choreographer Tim Casson and poet Dean Parkin partnered up to combine words and movement in surprising new…

A watercolour of a river, a hill with trees in the background and a bright orange buoy bobbing on the inky black water

Buddying Up with Make, Do & Friends

We are delighted to be working with the Buddy Up scheme, managed by Community Action Suffolk, and we are now offering relaxed, informal creative chats to volunteers and their buddies…

Talking Trees: a conversation with remarkable trees

The Talking Trees sessions, run by Lynn Whitehead and Jacquie Campbell, have now concluded. Our thanks to everyone who took part and posted images of their favourite trees to the…

Hands Up with Gillian and Dean

Poet Dean and photographer Gillian collaborated to deliver this amazing session, via Zoom, in which participants wrote about their hands and then created layered images, via the magic that is…

#TinyDance Suffolk

Tim Casson & Friends present their brand new #TinyDance, based on what people love about living in their village. Inspired by postcards sent in from Combs, Laxfield and Risby, the…

A Community of Writers

Dean’s next workshop is on 1st March 2021 – and like the previous ones, it will be free, informal, and great fun; it will also lead you through some simple…

Radio Drama Listening Club

Our next session will be on Monday 22nd February – and new members are always welcome. Have you ever listened to something on the radio and thought, ‘I wish I…

Bubble Wrap

Wonderful Beast Theatre Company and Wardens Trust bring you fun, free, weekly creative Zoom sessions for the over 65’s (online series February 16th to March 10th 2021). Fed up with…

Community Skill Sharing

Join Lynn, via Zoom, on Monday, 30th November from 11:00am to 12:30pm, for a little light-hearted skill sharing. Zoom meetings can be fun – and this free skill sharing session…

Fancy a Virtual Tea Dance?

This year, responding to the coronavirus restrictions, Britten Pears Arts has created a Virtual Tea Dance, suitable for all ages and abilities – and anyone can sign up for it.…

A Community of Writers

Zoom in on a creative writing session with poet Dean Parkin on Tuesday, 3rd November from 10:30 to midday. Join Dean (via Zoom) for a relaxed, informal creative writing session…