Hello, I’m Bethan Page, and I’m the Fun Palaces Ambassador for North Wales, working with the National Trust. We’re trying to make ‘Tiny Revolutions’ of connections between people, and with me being bilingual and based…
Make your front window or flat balcony a gallery – if you’re home-schooling put your kids’ paintings up in the window, facing out for those on their way to vital work to see. Artist &…
Dexy teaches us how to make your own table tennis game at home.
A great way to involve those NOT online. Several local online groups are offering this suggestion – anyone with basic knitting or sewing skills can make sections of a quilt, perhaps adding embroidery or applique…
Sarah Deakin is an ex primary school teacher and bookseller with a passion for sharing books, and often collects donations of unwanted books to hold fundraising bookstalls (the most successful to date was for the…
Learn some useful phrases in Scots Gaelic with Lewis, our Scotland Ambassador in Edinburgh.
From Alis, our Scotland Ambassador in the Highlands – a way of staying connected with friend and neighbours that are not online or on a screen. Going out and making more personal contact at a…
from our Northern Ireland Ambassador, Siobhan you can listen to Siobhan teaching us 1-20 in Irish here: and here are the numbers in words, in case it helps to read them too: 1 – a…
from Dr Tehmina Goskar, Curatorial Research Centre Tehmina is part of a group playing traditional Cornish music & says they’ll play outdoors in parks & public spaces (keeping safe distances) as long as the weather…
from Sarah Dickenson, writer & dramaturg Front Doorstep Teas People who live on streets or have neighbours along a balcony, arrange a front doorstep cuppa on a daily basis at a certain time (eg 3.30pm)…
This is Jack. One half of our Cornwall Ambassadors. And a coat hanger. And something fun to do in self-isolation. Jack says: The thread needs to go over the ends of your fingers, your fingers…
Loads of possibilities for connection on your street or block of flats … From Bev, Fun Palaces Ambassador Sheffield Create a discovery trail in local woodland / green space using unwanted toys, i.e. plastic dinosaurs,…
A prescription for an anxious neighbour … from Carine, Farnham Fun Palace nb – strict handwashing safety is important before passing on any objects to others. (we know you know this, just saying …) Hello…
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Get Ready! Register for Fun Palaces 2020 from March 17th It’s been a very busy start to the year, but we are almost good to go, and we’re looking forward to seeing loads of you…
