We’re very excited to announce that, thanks to great support from the Wellcome Trust, Fun Palaces HQ are hitting the road for a series of workshops.

We’ll be in Manchester on the 2nd of July, Bath on the 7th, Chatham, Kent on the 23rd and Edinburgh on the 28th. Read on for the full invitation:

Culture belongs to us all! Find out how anyone anywhere can make a Fun Palace, where everyone is an artist and everyone a scientist. Change the world with radical fun!

YOU are invited to the FREE Fun Palaces Workshops

2nd July, 1:30-4:30, Gallery of Costume, Platt Field Park, Manchester M14 6LA
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2nd July, 6pm-8pm, Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3JL
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7th July, 6:30-9:30, Burdall’s Yard, 7A Anglo Terrace, Bath BA1 5NH
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23rd July, 6:30pm-9:30pm, Nucleus Arts Centre, 272 High Street, Chatham, Kent
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28th July, 6pm-9:30pm, Eric Liddell Centre, 15 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, EH10 4DP
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Free, but please book your place as space is limited.

Fun Palaces is an ongoing campaign for culture at the heart of community, with an annual weekend of simultaneous events every October. In 2015 the dates are the 3rd and 4th of October. Around the UK and beyond, local people will be gathering to make and share arts, sciences, learning, games and FUN – this workshop is your chance to find out more and share the skills needed to make it all happen. You don’t need to be an expert to make a Fun Palace (and experts are allowed to make Fun Palaces too, if they want), and your Fun Palace can be as tiny or huge as you like.
Are you are interested in taking part, finding out what your neighbourhood is capable of, and sharing skills, knowledge and of course, fun? Then come along to find out more.

Don’t worry, by coming to the workshop you will not be signing up to anything, and taking part in Fun Palaces is always free.

2014 was Fun Palaces’ pilot year, and 130 free, local and very exciting Fun Palaces were created across the UK (with 8 in other countries too). 3183 people took part in making a Fun Palace happen, and 40,000 took part over the weekend. Fun Palaces were made by big institutions, small organisations, and groups of neighbours who had never done anything like it before.

You can find out more here, or watch this four-minute video to see what happened at Fun Palaces 2014.

Any questions? Prefer to book by phone? Get in touch! E-mail Kirsty using the form here or ring 0208 692 4446 ext. 203 and leave a message