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Coseley Nights are back with an exciting 10-week programme of creative Friday night activities!

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Coseley Nights are back with an exciting 10-week Spring/Summer programme of Friday night activities for people of all ages in Coseley.

East Coseley has been working in partnership with Beatfreeks, a youth organisation based in Birmingham, to engage communities of Coseley in creative activities on Friday evenings. For each seasonal programme, a suite of different creative activities are developed and thoughtfully put together as Friday night ‘drop-in’ sessions. Young people have been involved in the design process of each programme to ensure they are invested in its success. So far, the activities have been a great success and have been enjoyed by Coseley residents of all ages!

The last programme of events focused on unlocking the hidden talents and potential of young people in Coseley. Activities included poetry, crafting, filmmaking, circus skills, singing and comedy, and at the end of the programme, creative residents took part in ‘Coseley’s Got Talent’ and were also treated to a pizza oven in the car park!

What we found most important, is that these sessions were enjoyed not only by young people but their families too, ages ranged from 6 years old to grandparent age!

The new Spring/Summer programme will focus on storytelling and is aimed at all ages in the community.

Over 10 weeks the people of Coseley will create and design a magazine, gather stories from around Coseley via various different media, and at the end of the programme will host an exciting event to give out the magazine and show the rest of Coseley what they have been up to! These sessions will include, photography, illustration, collage, poetry and interviewing techniques.

There will be opportunities to join in every week and you don’t need to come to every single session to be able to join in.

The activities will take place every Friday night until the 27 July from 6:30pm – 8:30pm at Mary Dermott Hall. All ages welcome and the nights are free to attend!

Find out more and drop by! Coseley Nights Spring/Summer Programme

If you’ve missed the Coseley Nights experience so far, here is a little taster from one of the Friday night filmmaking activities. This film was produced with young people of Coseley and their families at one of the sessions themed on happiness, and named ‘The Secret of happiness’….

Big Local is getting creative!

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Are you passionate about creativity and Coseley? Get your creative juices flowing on the 21 May and explore how people of all ages can get involved in community activities and projects. Find out how East Coseley Big Local can help you start something in Coseley, and turn your creative ideas into action!

Say hello to some of Coseley’s amazing creatives who are making great things happen in your area, bringing the community together through creativity, unlocking the potential of young people, developing the skills, confidence and talent of local people, and making Coseley a more vibrant place to live.

We’ll be at Christchurch School, Bilston, from 7pm – 9pm for this special event, people of all ages are welcome, whether you are a budding creative genius, passionate about creativity and Coseley, or simply interested to find out more about exciting projects happening in your local area.

Just bring yourselves, friends, family, for a fun evening of creativity! We’ll bring the refreshments… and biscuits of course!

Interested to come along? Register on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-local-gets-creative-tickets-45684912804 or contact Neil for more information neil@eastcoseleybiglocal.net

Meet the people behind some of the wonderful projects that are unlocking the potential and creativity of young people in Coseley…

Beatfreeks – East Coseley is working in partnership with Beatfreeks, a youth organisation based in Birmingham, to unlock the potential of young people in the area. It started with a skateboarding party in the park, followed by a 16 week programme of Friday night activities at Clayton Park Youth Centre, which kicked off with an open-air pop-up cinema last September. The weekly events were rapidly co-designed and hosted with young people, in response to their creative ideas and interests. Activities including poetry, crafting, filmmaking, circus skills, singing and comedy were all enjoyed by young people in the area.

Music Moves – East Coseley Big Local is supporting an exciting new programme called Music Moves and an associated recording studio in Coseley. Music moves is a programme designed to positively impact the emotional well-being of young people.

Maybe you have a passion for making, growing, designing projects or helping people in your community to feel less isolated? Perhaps you have an inventive idea to use one of Coseley’s indoor or outdoor green spaces? There are all sorts of ways you can bring your special sparkle to Coseley.

We’re also on the lookout for passionate people of all ages to join the East Coseley Big Local partnership, to oversee the shared vision and plan for East Coseley Big Local!

Hope to see you at the event!

You’re invited to our Big Local Community Forum

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Nothing beats getting together to share ideas, encourage each other and find out what’s going on. For the last four years we’ve been connecting people and great ideas in Coseley through Big Local Community Forum meetings.

Our next Community Forum will take place on Monday 14 November at Willowfields on Whitehouse Street. It is open to all – if you live, work or volunteer in Coseley, or would like to know more about Big Local please come along. There is no need to book, just turn up. It’s an informal gathering, with lots of time to chat to people. You can expect a warm, friendly welcome, a few short talks about projects and activities East Coseley Big Local is supporting and a chance to talk about what you’d like more of in Coseley.

At this Community Forum we will hear from Phase Trust, a local charity who have been running a Youth Club in Coseley. We’ll also hear feedback from conversations between young people in Coseley and creative youth engagement agency Beatfreeks, and ideas about how we might unlock the potential of young people in Coseley. You can find out about community activities and projects East Coseley Big Local has been supporting, from Crafternoon to Trade School Coseley, a new dance company to community growing. Castle & Crystal credit union will be with us all evening, you can have a chat to them about what they offer, and how they helped Coseley residents save £28,000 in loan interest in a year! We’re also starting to think about ways that Big Local could help to tackle isolation and loneliness in Coseley. We’d love to hear your ideas and experiences.

In December we’ll be updating our Big Local Plan and preparing our budget for Big Local activity for the next 3 years (we have £1 million Big Local funding over 10 years). What we hear and discuss at Big Local Community Forums play a significant part in shaping our Big Local Plan. Join us on 14 November to find out more and tell us what is important to you and the people you care about.