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A huge thank you to @_wildrumpus for generously g

A huge thank you to @_wildrumpus for generously gifting The Portland Inn Project and our neighbours complimentary tickets to Just So Festival. It was such a wonderful experience to come together, explore the beautiful woodland and enjoy all the fantastic activities and entertainment the festival had to offer. ✨

Here's what we've got on over the next couple of weeks...

This Week:

🤾🏾‍♂️ Tuesday 1st September
⏰ 4 - 5.30pm
📍 Youth Club at The Pippin

🌻 Tuesday 1st September
⏰ 4 - 5.30pm
📍 Gardening Club at The Pippin

🪑 Tuesday 1st September
⏰ 6 - 9pm
📍 Upholstery Workshop at Acava

🏀 Saturday 5th September
⏰ 3 - 4.30pm
📍 Sports at The Park

Next Week:

🤾🏾‍♂️ Tuesday 8th September
⏰ 4 - 5.30pm
📍 Youth Club at The Pippin

🌻 Saturday 12th September
⏰ 1 - 3pm
📍 Gardening Club at The Pippin

🏀 Saturday 12th September
⏰ 3 - 4.30pm
📍 Sports at The Park

🖼️ Saturday 12th September
⏰ 4 - 6pm
📍 Neighbourhood Exhibition at The Pippin

#stoke #summer

Gardening Club today with @msdmeanar we started wo

Gardening Club today with @msdmeanar we started work on some drawings for the nettle zine that is being made with the nettle paper made at our summer celebration. We also collected some fennel seed to grow next year and to use in cooking- gardening club members tried the seeds and shared knowledge about this special plant - that had been passed from grandmother to mother to daughter / one neighbour shared that It is useful after giving birth and another that their mother gives it to them if they are feeling dizzy or sick. In case you were wondering what music we like to listen to while gardening - Big Guy had a prominent position in today’s session and we ended with a dance show.

Introducing our new Studio Manager, Emily Davidson

Introducing our new Studio Manager, Emily Davidson-Brett! Emily will be leading the day-to-day running, development and delivery of the creative studio and workshop provision at PIP, with a particular focus on clay and ceramics. As the studio is currently in development as part of the capital project, a key focus of Emily’s role in the next few months will be to support the set-up of the space - establishing systems, processes and working practices that enable its safe, efficient and sustainable long-term operation.

Emily lives in Stoke and has just graduated from Clay College, based at Middleport. She says ‘Hi I’m Em! I’m so excited to be part of bringing art and creative fun to PIP! I am a ceramic artist and I love all things clay, I make pottery and also sculptural pieces but I want to make clay as accessible as possible so everyone can enjoy the squishy goodness and feel creative in their own way. I also love walking with my staffy and enjoying our parks and green spaces. I’m so happy to be part of this amazing project and looking forward to meeting everyone!’

A selection of photos from the last two weeks of o

A selection of photos from the last two weeks of our summer programme!
We had a brilliant summer gathering to end our programme this year and we wanted to thank all our neighbours, team, volunteers and the brilliant people and organisations who collaborated us this year.

Some of the activities you see pictured here are -
🥒 PIP Kitchen - a project led by chef and artist Alex Norcop
💨 PIP Air Lab - as part of our health research with neighbours, we embarked on ways to monitor air with Kavita Purohit
✨ Protecting our Green Space - a ceremony to celebrate and protect it with Deb Rogers and Deb Jackson
🌱 Cordial making with Deb Jackson
🌹 Plant Bingo! With music from Will and Loz 🌞
🍃 Paper making using the nettles Deb Rogers has collected from Gardening Club!
🚲 Bike Marking as part of our services day
👕 Swap Shop with Youth Voice Matters - our Youth Board

It’s our 6th year of The Portland Thinkbelt - our Summer Programme inspired by Cedric Prices’s Potteries Thinkbelt. We might just need to soon share again with you all why the Thinkbelt and the summer programme is important to us and how it came about!

Thank you @renton0 for the 📸