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- Start Over Fifty (3)
- Start Time Out (1)
- Start Youth Arts (1)
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If you or someone you know would like to join Start in Salford see the Step by step guide or call us on 0161 351 6000.
Leisure Activities
Start Over Fitfy sessions April - June 2009
Start Over Fifty sessions April-June 2009 (please note this project was previously called 'Creative Start fifty+'):
Streetgate sheltered accommodation, Off Baronsfold, Little Hulton.
Linda Collins is delivering an introduction to abstract landscape painting. She is encouraging the group to work on a large scale with acrylics.
Monday 10am – 12noon.
St Mary’s Church Hall, Cadishead.
Sue Archer is delivering an introduction to printing. Using imaginative techniques, this block use’s printing as a means to create a canvas painting. Monday 1-3pm.
Recyle fabric to make a folksy wall hanging
From a heap of unpromising looking old clothing and material remnants, the textile taster group created striking looking folksy hangings.
An old wire hanger was turned into a metal hoop. People then tore strips of material (about 15cm by 2) and knotted them onto the hoop, combining a mix of colours and materials. The tearing part was fun and satisfying! After a tea break we sewed little hearts out of the same materials and filled them with lavender-infused stuffing, finishing off to create an unusual, attractive and scented hanging for the wall, window or even front door.
If you’d like to transform a piece of worn out clothing into a beautiful folksy hanging, you can download illustrated step-by-step instructions here.
Arts for all: evening classes and workshops
We have regular open days at Start providing the opportunity for members to invite friends and family along to see their work and to try some sessions for themselves. In the longer term we plan to offer more intensive evening and weekend workshops for everyone in the community.
We are currently running a pilot scheme offering Life Drawing evening classes for members and other artists within the local community. This has been very successful so far and as well as generating income for Start it also promotes the facilities we have available.
