Creative Community Commissions

About the event

A host of new arts and creative projects and clubs are popping up across the New Forest, thanks to our recent Creative Community Commissions.

The commissions of up to £1500 were open to New Forest groups setting up projects for local residents that demonstrated artistic flair together with real community impact. The groups were asked to consider co-design as part of their application, to make sure the club fits with the needs of the community and show how it would attract people that are not always able to access traditional clubs.

May

Friday 2nd May

CODA Creative Collective, Free creative arts and music sessions at CODA Music and Arts Trust, Christchurch, 5:30pm-7:30pm

Calshot Cinema, St George’s Hall, Calshot

Beltane – Celtic Wheel of the year Celebration, Four Acre Farm, Ringwood, 7pm-9pm

Wednesday 7th May

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Thursday 8th May

New Forest Big Band at VE Celebrations, Fawley Jubilee Hall, 12:30pm

Waterside Craft Club Clothes Upcycling workshop, Meeples Café, Hythe, 4pm-6pm

Friday 9th May

CODA Creative Collective, Free creative arts and music sessions at CODA Music and Arts Trust, Christchurch, 5:30pm-7:30pm

Saturday 10th May

Nature Journalling with Kat Ward, Ballard Lakes, 10am-12pm

Monday 12th May – Friday 16th May

Wakey Wakey Arts Intervention and Go&See Trip, Waterside

Wednesday 14th May

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Thursday 15th May

Waterside Arts Festival Poetry Club, Hythe Pier, 3pm-4pm

Friday 16th May

CODA Creative Collective, Free creative arts and music sessions at CODA Music and Arts Trust, Christchurch, 5:30pm-7:30pm

Tuesday 20th May

Joli Vyann Taster session, Greyfriars (Ebenezer Hall), Ringwood, 7:15pm – 8:45pm

Wednesday 21st May

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Thursday 22nd May

Waterside Craft Club Clothes Upcycling workshop, Meeples Café, Hythe, 4pm-6pm

Friday 23rd May

CODA Creative Collective, Free creative arts and music sessions at CODA Music and Arts Trust, Christchurch, 5:30pm-7:30pm

Tuesday 27th May – Saturday 31st May

Tyler Hoyland Research and Development workshops, Forest Forge Theatre

Wednesday 28th May

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Friday 30th May

CODA Creative Collective, Free creative arts and music sessions at CODA Music and Arts Trust, Christchurch, 5:30pm-7:30pm

June

Tuesday 3rd June

Joli Vyann Taster session, Greyfriars (Ebenezer Hall), Ringwood, 7:15pm – 8:45pm

Wednesday 4th June

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Friday 6th June

Calshot Cinema, St George’s Hall, Calshot

Wednesday 11th June

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Thursday 12th June

Waterside Craft Club Clothes Upcycling workshop, Meeples Café, Hythe, 4pm-6pm

Tuesday 17th June

Joli Vyann Taster session, Greyfriars (Ebenezer Hall), Ringwood, 7:15pm – 8:45pm

Wednesday 18th June

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Thursday 19th June

Waterside Arts Festival Poetry Club, Hythe Pier, 3pm-4pm

Waterside Craft Club Clothes Upcycling workshop, Meeples Café, Hythe, 4pm-6pm

Friday 27th June

Summer Solstice Celebration, 7:30pm-10:30pm, Four Acre Farm, Ringwood

Saturday 28th June

Creative Caminito Argentine Tango Day, West Totton Centre, 10am-7pm

More projects and events to be added soon!

Previous events and projects

March

Saturday 15th March

Modern Dance taster session at QEII Pavillion, Blackfield, 2pm-4pm. Tickets are £5, contact Jane on 07748 595398

Big Brush Art workshop with Waterside Art Group, Hythe and Dibden Community Centre, 10am-4pm

Thursday 20th March

Nature Journalling with Kat Ward, Wilverley Inclosure, Brockenhurst, 12:30-2pm

Friday 21st March

CODA Creative Collective, Free creative arts and music sessions at CODA Music and Arts Trust, Christchurch BH23 5QL, 5:30-7:30pm

Smartphone Safaris with Jet Black Squares, Woodside Gardens Lymington, 10am-12pm

Sunday 23rd March

Ostara- Spring Equinox Wheel of the year Celebration, Four Acre Farm, Ringwood, 10am-12pm

Monday 24th March

Community Litter Pick with The Hampshire Poet and Greener Brockenhurst, Brockenhurst, 1pm

Wednesday 26th March

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Thursday 27th March

Waterside Craft Club Clothes Upcycling workshop, Meeples Café, Hythe, 4pm-6pm

Youth Dance Lab, Forest Arts Centre, New Milton, 6:30pm-8pm

Madhatters Menopausal Tea Party, Boltons Bench Cricket Pavillion, Lyndhurst, 6:45pm-8:45pm

April

Wednesday 2nd April

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Thursday 3rd April

Youth Dance Lab, Forest Arts Centre, New Milton, 6:30pm-8pm

Friday 4th April

CODA Creative Collective, Free creative arts and music sessions at CODA Music and Arts Trust, Christchurch, 5:30pm-7:30pm

Tuesday 8th April

Jessie May Clark Research and Development workshops, Forest Forge Theatre, Ringwood

Wednesday 9th April

Youth Dance Lab, Forest Arts Centre, New Milton, 10-11:30am

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Jessie May Clark Research and Development workshops, Forest Forge Theatre, Ringwood

Friday 11th April

CODA Creative Collective, Free creative arts and music sessions at CODA Music and Arts Trust, Christchurch, 5:30pm-7:30pm

Smartphone Safaris with Jet Black Squares, Woodside Gardens Lymington, 3pm-5pm

Wednesday 16th April

Youth Dance Lab, Forest Arts Centre, New Milton, 10-11:30am

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Friday 18th April

CODA Creative Collective, Free creative arts and music sessions at CODA Music and Arts Trust, Christchurch, 5:30pm-7:30pm

Wednesday 23rd April

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Cake, Craft & Chat workshops as part of ‘The Jane Austen Fan Club’, Forest Forge Theatre, Ringwood, 2-4pm and 7-9pm

Thursday 24th April

Waterside Arts Festival Poetry Club, Hythe Pier, Hythe, 5-6pm

Friday 25th April

CODA Creative Collective, Free creative arts and music sessions at CODA Music and Arts Trust, Christchurch, 5:30pm-7:30pm

Wednesday 30th April

Waterside Dementia Care Hub, Jubilee Hall, Fawley, 10:30am-12:30pm

Joli Vyann Taster session, Forest Forge Theatre, Ringwood, 5:30pm-7pm