Creative Writing - All I Want for Christmas - Newark Buttermarket - Adult Learning

About this course

Children still write Christmas lists – but what would you ask Santa for? More time with your family? To not mind when the glitter goes everywhere? This is a session of light-hearted creative writing, to focus on the Christmas you really want and deserve.  

We will also be trying out some simple techniques for staying calm and de-stressing.  

This course is for everyone who wants to come along. No creative writing experience is needed.  

On this course we will cover:

• - Breathing technique for calming and focus 
• - Visual techniques for finding calm   
• - Using writing prompts to kickstart creative writing  
• - Christmas and midwinter traditions in different times and cultures  
• - Writing a short haiku poem 
• - Setting intentions for Christmas in the form of a Christmas list    

Resources Required

• Some paper and a pen. A home printer is useful to print out handouts beforehand.   
  

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course  please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

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• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

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