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A young woman sitting in a wheelchair is creating artwork. Artists' stories

Amber climbs the O2

“My name is Amber, I am an artist with cerebral palsy, With the support of my wonderful ‘climb crew’ I will climb the O2 on the 18th of June 2025.”

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The Hold from a ship's precious cargo is like the archives Blog posts

Sticky clay, busy classrooms and Suffolk Archives

The Manor Farm Corncrakes get good and mucky as they get stuck into their clay work whilst the children experience some primary research courtesy of a visit from Suffolk Archives and rather a lot of press cuttings.

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A boy laughs as two women, one seated, one standing attend to a magnetic football game on the table in front of them Blog posts

The Wild Kessingland All-Stars play the Manor Farm Corncrakes

The children from Kessingland Primary school (aka the Wild Kessingland All-Stars) visit residents at Manor Farm Care Home (aka Manor Farm Corncrakes) for the first match of the season and the result was unanimous – they want a replay.

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Three brightly coloured wooden figures on a handmade football pitch Blog posts

There’s a lot of everything out there

As residents at Manor Farm choose their team name and prepare their players, the Wild Kessingland All-Stars tie themselves in knots and discuss team colours and tactics.

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Re>Charge

Re>Charge is a new creative arts programme for people aged 18 years or over living in Lowestoft and Waveney with long term-health conditions.

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A gentleman concentrates on drawing round an object inside a cardboard box Blog posts

Football pitches and roaring crowds

It was all hands on deck this week, as Manor Farm residents constructed a series of Extra Time football pitches and rows of spectators to line the sides. The afternoon was spent at Kessingland Primary where the children engaged in some energetic pen football, before creating their own football grounds in readiness for the forthcoming match.

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A woman has her hands up in the air, having just launched a black and green foam football across the table. Her companion is seated beside her, looking across the table Blog posts

And the fans go

Goalie-poet Dean Parkin visits Manor Farm Care Home, where the team engages in some poetic table football, after which he moves on to Kessingland Primary School, in search of a team name worthy of such a talented group of children.

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A cut-out figure of a man wearing a bowler hat and long grey coat holding a timer in his hand Blog posts

Extra Time in Leiston

The Extra Time team visit Year 5 at Leiston Primary school to chat about the connection between Garretts Engineering and football in the town and make some football characters of their own.

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