Friends Around the Table
Offering family carers, and adults living rurally, relaxed and enjoyable creative get-togethers exploring food, culture and nature.
Introduction
Friends Around the Table sessions are led by professional artists, chefs and food-led practitioners.
Regular sessions in locations across Suffolk offering opportunities to meet new people, learn new skills and improve your physical and mental wellbeing through inspiring activities.
All workshops are free of charge, no experience is necessary and reasonable travel costs can be provided.
Participants are welcome to attend as many or as few of the workshops as they are able.
‘Lovely to share an activity. I went away inspired to do more’
Summer rolls with flowers
Activity Box
What inspired this project?
Friends Around the Table uses practices, learning and resources from previous Suffolk Artlink projects to build broader and more sustainable communities.
'The sessions I have attended, have been very educational, welcoming and comforting. I would not normally see or talk to anyone all day.' Stowmarket Participant
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Blog posts
Printing workshop with Jac Cambell
Families created amazing prints, experimenting with colour and the patterns and forms created by the plants when rolled through the printing press.
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Blog posts
Suffolk Artlink on Tour
The Friends Around the Table Craft Group in Stowmarket created their own flock of paper birds with artist Jac Campbell, using recycled or natural materials.
Find out moreProject contact
Siobhan Watson, Project Development Officer (she/her)
Suffolk Artlink
Units 13 & 14
Malt Store Annex
The Cut, 8 New Cut
Halesworth
IP19 8BY
telephone: 01986 873955
Email: siobhan@suffolkartlink.org.uk
Project partners, funders and supporters
Friends Around the Table is made possible thanks to generous funding and support from Suffolk Community Foundation (Realising Ambitions East).
