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Submitted by Rick Cross on 16th February 2010
A Participative Cultural Workshop
Towards a Cultural Recovery and Renewal Programme
Thursday 25th February
12.30pm to 4.30pm at The Saints Rooms, Cockermouth
with contributions from John Fox and Sue Gill
Share Personal Experience
Develop Process and Practice
Co-create new Cultural Initiatives
Taking place : 25 February, 2010
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Six Questions and Five Themes
The Confluence Network
Over 40 people and organisations responded positively to this initiative and over 30 people attended, representing a wide cross section of community and cultural interests including Artists, Designers, Sculptors, Storytellers, Musicians, Textile Designers, Film Makers, Craft Workers, Poets, Musicians, Dancers, Actors, Educators, Therapists and Local Businesses including several people with direct experience of losing their homes and businesses in the floods. Organisations represented included The Kirkgate Centre, Soundwave, Cockermouth Amateur Dramatics Society, Storytree, Allerdale Borough Council , Cockermouth School, Cumbria Community Foundation and the Soroptimists.
The Six Key Questions
1. Security
How can we strengthen community security while living with physical insecurity?
2. Healing
How can we mark the anniversary in an appropriate way, to enable community healing?
3. Recovery
What have we lost that needs to be recovered?
4. Rebuilding
What needs to be renewed or built differently?
5. Reconnection
How can we enable a reconnection to the rivers that have hurt us?
6. Learning
What can we do to foster community learning and build resilience for the future?
Five Emerging Themes:
1. Celebrating The Home
2. Confluence of Rivers, People and Creativity
3. Storytelling
4. Arts and Crafts Development
5. Community Creative Resource Development
The Confluence Holding Group
A Holding Group is being formed from individuals who offered to get involved to develop the emerging themes. If you are motivated to get involved, please let us know by registering on this site and posting your interest, or through the Contact button on our Home Page.