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Posts by Author: Candida Wingate

Passion = hwyl. Leave they frogs be. Broadmoor alarm Monday 10am. Getting on the same wavelength. Listening to music keeps my husband alive. 7. Chicken roundabout. I cannot stand the sound of a lone piper. My dad took me to my first match at 11 in Norwich. Welsh National Anthem sung by a choir or a crowd Blog posts

Extra Time – for the last time – at Britten Court

Shelly and Candida revisit Britten Court, this time with the Extra Time banner and story box, for a football-inspired chat with the residents. The conversation may have started with football, but by the end we had covered everything from the etiquette for entering a house to the optimum time to attempt a break out from Broadmoor.

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A large football banner with the words Extra Time in the background, beside a TC screen showing an image of a female footballer and the words This is heritage brought to life. In the foreground is a display case with old photos and smaller details framed with clay models made of individual players Blog posts

With thanks to National Lottery players

As Extra Time goes in to extra time, we are delighted to showcase some of the beautiful work created over the past couple of years. The exhibition, at the Hold in Ipswich, home to Suffolk Archives, features work from Lowestoft, Halesworth and Leiston and runs until the January 4th 2026.

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A monotone photograph of a women's football team, circa 1925, with three rows of women in football kit flanked on either side by a man, one in a dark waistcoat and the other with a towel over his shoulder Blog posts

Extra Time performs at the Seagull Theatre, Lowestoft

Candida and poet Dean Parking take the Extra Time Footballing Story Box along to the Memory Cafe at the Seagull Theatre and meet up with champion bowlers, magnum-winning marathon runners and a gold tap dancer.

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Portman Road to the Dell, by way of Broadlands Blog posts

Portman Road to the Dell, by way of Broadlands

The Extra Time Footballing Story box gets put through its paces at not one, not two but three different fixtures – and wins every time.

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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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