A creative arts group for women aged 18+

• Discover and feed your creativity.

• Improve your wellbeing.

• Make new friends.

Join our warm and welcoming weekly group for women and explore a variety of exciting arts and crafts — from linocut printing to feltmaking, photography, silk painting, ceramics, leathercraft and so much more! No previous experience is needed and people of all abilities attend our sessions.

Sessions are FREE to attend and include a FREE lunch!

When? Fridays 12pm-3pm (term time only)

Where? Jack Drum Arts, St Cuthbert’s Centre, Church Lane, Crook, DL15 9DN

Forthcoming Sessions
Fri 10th October 2025
Origami Textile Butterflies with Sabina Poonwassie

Fri 17th October 2025
Leathercraft Pouches with Wendy Elsdon

Fri 24th October 2025
Bakik Silk Painting with Wendy Elsdon (part one of two sessions)

Fri 31st October
Break for half term

Book Online Here
Sessions are popular so we are releasing the bookings in stages to give everyone who wants to a chance to attend. You can book online on our Ticketsource page here:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/jackdrumarts

Contact
For further information and if you are unable to book using Ticketsource contact Jill Chambers.
📧 jill@jackdrum.co.uk (please include your full name and use the subject line: “Artful Connections”)
📞 01388 765002

Partnerships
Delivered by Jack Drum Arts with support from visiting professionals and guest facilitators.

Impact
This programme has been designed to help maintain and improve the mental and social wellbeing of participants. It aims to support women facing a range of challenges, including poor mental health, social isolation, financial hardship, long-term unemployment, and those furthest from the labour market. The focus is on reducing loneliness, improving resilience, and fostering community. If you are part of a social prescribing network and would like to know more, please contact Jill using the details above.


Past Sessions
Fri 19th September
Monoprinting from Nature with Cath Hodson

Fri 26th September
Enchanted Linocut with Cath Hodson

Fri 3rd October
Felted 3D Mushrooms with Sabina Poonwassie

Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund