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Update on Looking Well Studios - our new building

Update on Looking Well Studios

 

We are enjoying being in our amazing new premises.  It has been refurbished by local tradesmen and the high standard of their work is a pleasure. Unlike our old building, it is full of light and very warm. We have incorporated as many environmentally friendly systems as possible including a solar panel, high levels of recycled paper insulation and a wood pellet fuelled boiler. The boiler has travelled from the Czech Republic, via Denmark to Bentham. Pioneer Projects is living up to its name as it is the first of its kind in the UK. Thank you to all those people in Bentham and beyond who have given time and money to help us achieve this.

 

There are lots of ways you can make use of our stunning new building. Our current programme of arts and health activities is listed in the What's on Now section of the Looking Well page. We have recently started a singing group and a The Enormous Turnip gardening club. Come and have a look and tell us what new activities you would like to do.

 

 If you are looking for a venue for serviced business meetings or an exhibition, our first floor studio might suit you. The small business units are comfortable and will be fully equipped, including one that can be used as a therapy/treatment room and are available to hire by the session, day or month. You may like to sign up as a ‘Friend of Looking Well’ or volunteer to help with creative or administrative aspects of running the charity. You are welcome to come and visit, we are open every weekday 9.30 am to 5.00 pm.


Looking Well News - Bentham - by Julie Vass

Below are some of the many activities happening at the Looking Well with brief descriptions from the tutors/group leaders.

Digital Image Manipulation beginning 24th February 7.00 – 9.00pm.

What images interest you? What pictures do you like to take?

You will learn how to process your digital images and be creative using Photoshop Elements: - Opening documents, naming files, basic tools and layers palette, combining images, manipulate and restore images, turning the image to black and white/sepia.

Emphasis will be on one to one tutoring and going at your own pace. Designed for those who have very little knowledge of image manipulation but have some basic computer skills.

Men’s Walking Group.
By Peter McCabe

A group of men go out walking from the Looking Well every Tuesday morning at 9.30am.

We choose easier routes and enjoy one another’s company. The pace is fairly easy and we stop to enjoy the scenery and wildlife. The male of the species are welcome to join us. Get your boots on and step out with us!!

Women’s Walking Group
By Sue Badley

Short walks (Mondays, 9.30-noon from Lairgill ), no further than three miles, are led by volunteers who choose routes over gentle terrain, avoiding too many stiles, at a pace suited to the group.

Areas we cover include Bentham, Wenning Valley, Austwick, Hornby, Roeburndale and Ingleton.

The group is welcoming and sociable but we keep our eyes open too and are keen to observe our surroundings, especially noticing the effects on the landscape of the passage of the seasons. Helped by a small collection of reference books, we identify plants, birds and butterflies.

No commitment to walk every week, though members say it’s infectious, and you’ll soon find you do.

Please contact Julie if you are interested in any of the above activities/courses on 015242 62672 or email Julie@pioneerprojects.org.uk .

 

Pioneer Projects (Celebratory Arts) Ltd., 32–34 Main Street, High Bentham, Lancaster LA2 7HN
Tel: 015242 62672 Fax: 015242 64929,
www.pioneerprojects.org.uk Company registered in England No. 3241874. Registered Charity No. 1067976

 

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