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Posts by Author: Candida Wingate

Frank's mum knitted socks from scrap wool for welly boots Blog posts

Fish knives, knitted socks – and the sound of children playing

Residents at Harleston House in Lowestoft listen to some Extra Time stories, and share a few of their own.

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A pencil drawing of a football match Blog posts

Curious Minds unpick Extra Time stories – and share some of their own

Members of the Curious Minds Legacy group get to listen to some of the Extra Time footballing stories – and share a few of their own.

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A large canvas in blue, green brown and red, depicting a man wearing glasses. He has a light red top, blue trousers and a red apron bearing the words Suffolk Artlink News

Shape, line, colour and a whole lot of fun

From time to time, one of our project officers gets to take part in a different Suffolk Artlink project. This week, Candida, who normally blogs on behalf of Extra Time, visited the Brave Art group in Bury St Edmunds, to find out a little more about what inspires their art.

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Listening to each other and understanding and working towards peace Blog posts

Taking some Extra Time to volunteer

We took along the Extra Time football banner and story boxes to a volunteer event in Halesworth, to explore how it might be used by support staff and carers in the community.

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A plaster shield, with 9 individual discs each bearing a different face and the letters GFC Blog posts

How we work with heritage

We’re delighted to share a short video illustrating how we work with heritage to inspire creativity, nurture confidence and foster connections between people and the places they live.

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A slab of clay, marked in a circle with the word PEACE under the image of a flower and a bird Blog posts

Extra Time at the Heritage Open Days

As part of the national Heritage Open Days festival, Extra Time visited the Leiston Long Shop Museum, to exhibit participants’ work and make clay medals and the Heritage Skills Market at the Triangle in Lowestoft, to do a bit of giant knitting and table top weaving.

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A graphite drawing of a figure with arms in air and clock face. Photo of footballer beside. R Garrett & Sons Leiston Works Suffolk England Blog posts

Watercolours and floor drawings

Our final session with the Extra Time participants in Leiston, as Jo invites us to use all our senses to draw, paint – and create life-sized football characters.

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A stack of old, worn leather covered books with marbled pages Blog posts

Brandy casks and books that smell of church

Artists Kate Munro, Caitlin Howells and Shelly O’Brien join Amanda and Candida and go exploring at The Hold, home to Suffolk Archives in Ipswich.

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