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We are delighted to present a programme of FREE creative workshops taking place at the Span Arts building and online across the next month! See below for the full schedule: CREATIVE WRITING with DEB WINTER  24 February 11:30am – 1:30pm (Online)  All welcome to this lively Creative Writing workshop run by Deb Winter, a prize-winning writer & storyteller. All you need to bring is your imagination (& something to write with). You’ll surprise yourself as the words leap out of you onto the page!  CLOG DANCING and SPOONS SESSION with JESS WARD & HOLLY ROBINSON  1 March 11:00am – 1:00pm (Span Arts building)  Come along and celebrate St David’s day with some Welsh toe-tapping and spoon rattling rhythms! A relaxed and informal Welsh Clog Dance workshop led by experienced dance caller Jess Ward and accompanied by folk fiddler Holly Robinson playing traditional Welsh tunes. Clogs provided!  WELSH TASTER with LEARN WELSH PEMBROKESHIRE  5 March 10:00am – 12:00pm (Online)  Come and see what learning Cymraeg is all about! Suitable for complete beginners who have not studied Welsh before, this fun and informal session will be led by one of Learn Welsh Pembrokeshire’s friendly tutors.  CREATIVE WRITING with KERRY STEED  9 March 11:30am – 1:30pm (Online) 

An online artistic programme to reduce isolation and loneliness, alleviate fear, stress and boredom, and build community networks in Pembrokeshire.
This programme had its roots in Span Digidol, enabling us to respond quickly to the COVID crisis.

Span Arts welcomed BBC Radio 4 Gardeners’ Question Time to Narberth for the very first time on Tuesday the 28th of June 2022. Gardener’s Question Time has become a Radio 4 institution since its inception in 1947, and attracts 2 million listeners every week. Audience members had the chance to submit their questions to a celebrated panel of gardening experts during the recording of two episodes. Gardeners’ Question Time chair Kathy Clugston was joined by queen of pests and diseases Pippa Greenwood, house plant specialist and greenhouse grower Anne Swithinbank, and garden designer and long-time GQT expert Chris Beardshaw, fresh from another Chelsea gold medal. “The panel NEVER see the questions before the recording. Their encyclopaedic, seemingly effortless answers are completely spontaneous and reveal their huge experience and depth of gardening knowledge. Being on the GQT panel is not for the faint hearted!” BBC Radio 4. Previous panel members have been guests of a diverse range of gardening clubs and other organisations, broadcasting from within both Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street, and even atop Mount Snowdon! “After the pandemic cancelled our first attempt back in 2020, SPAN Arts is truly delighted to be able to bring BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners

The 4th May 2024 will mark SPAN Arts’ 29th BIG Plant Sale in Narberth. The BIG Plant Stall is not only an important date in the gardening calendar, but it is also hugely important for SPAN as a charity; all profits from the stall will aid us in providing performances and arts experiences for people across the county. More details on this years’ event coming soon. Previous BIG Plant Sales have welcomed over 1,300 visitors flocking to see the impressive range of flowers, herbs and vegetable plants, as well as plenty of food and music for good measure. The event is held near the SPAN Arts building, Town Moor, Moorfield Road, Narberth, SA67 7AG. We have a number of pitches available for local businesses to book here, or speak with a member of our staff on 01834 869323. or email VCO@span-arts.org.uk This event is kindly sponsored by PPLPRS. Get Involved Each year, we are very kindly supported by a small army of volunteers who grow plants from seed and cuttings for donation to the sale. If you would like to donate any plants to the sale in aid of Span Arts, please contact us on 01834 869323 or email info@span-arts.org.uk.

An online artistic programme to reduce isolation and loneliness, alleviate fear, stress and boredom, and build community networks in Pembrokeshire.
This programme had its roots in Span Digidol, enabling us to respond quickly to the COVID crisis.

Over the Summer of 2021 Span Arts worked with PLANED and artist Rowan O’Neill to produce a Radio Ballad in response to the Preseli Heartlands from Crymych to Cwm Gwaun. The Ballad titled The Song of the Golden Road was launched at a listening party at Tafarn Sinc on the 6th November 2021. A radio ballad is an extended sound piece weaving together oral speech, ambient sound, traditional songs and newly created music and lyrics. The work was created between May and October 2021 through a series of talks, walks, interviews and music workshops with sound material recorded at each event. The events took place at different locations throughout the Preselis encircling the Golden Road, a name given to the ancient trackway that runs across the Preseli ridge. The final bilingual programme is an hour in length and draws from the rich and deep material recorded, skilfully weaving together the lived lives and languages of the Preseli area. Artist and Community Producer Rowan O’Neill said, “It’s been incredible to be able to realise this wide-ranging project with the support of Span Arts and PLANED. It has engaged so many different people all connected by their love of the Preselis, the landscape and

An online artistic programme to reduce isolation and loneliness, alleviate fear, stress and boredom, and build community networks in Pembrokeshire.
This programme had its roots in Span Digidol, enabling us to respond quickly to the COVID crisis.

Caring Choirs is a programme of singing workshops in care settings in Pembrokeshire targeted at older people and people living with dementia that have been running when funding allows since 2015. The project capitalises on the restorative power of singing to deliver positive physical and mental health benefits. This singing workshop programme has proven to be hugely successful and a powerful tool in improving wellbeing. “Having the singing in the lounge has been like a ray of sunshine on a grey day.”