Open Dawes

Education, Activities & Fun for Children, Families & Friends

Open Dawes was launched in 2011 to provide a broad programme of workshops, activities and events. This programme will be centred on pre-school and primary children and is provided to support and supplement their formal education.  We hope to include the children’s families and encourage the participation of their community as much as possible and to bring the community together around the education of the newest generation.

Open Dawes will provide new opportunities for everyone to access the diverse skills and knowledge of the people who live within our community, to appreciate the natural and built environment around them and to enjoy the rich history and culture of Hernhill parish and the surrounding area.

We will also provide a programme of arts workshops and events, giving the community a new way to access the arts, including music, drama and dance workshops and performances. All local families and friends are welcome to join in. The more the merrier!

These activities & workshops will be provided for the benefit of children, families and friends, who live or are educated locally and members of the Dawes Community Association, however, we encourage anybody and everybody to take advantage of all these new opportunities for education and enrichment.

If you have skills or knowledge to share and can offer a workshop, activity or event please contact us.

If you would like to request a workshop, activity or event, please contact us and we will do our best to organise it.

Please contact:

Miriam Layton            miriam@machin.f9.co.uk

Daniel Harding            hernhillforum@hotmail.co.uk

Coming Soon:

• A Day in the Life of Hernhill Parish Photography Project: A Day in the Life

If you would like to join any of these workshops/events/activities please contact Dan or Miriam at the email addresses above, or ask at the Exchange Cafe.

Past Workshops & Events:

• Bird Walk at Oare Nature Reserve: Oare.22.01.2012
• Walk to Crooked Oak: Crooked Oak. 29.01.2012
• Children’s Golf Lessons: Golf.14.09.11
• Orchard Walk: OrchardWalk 03.12.11
• Art Workshop for Families: ArtWorkshop 15.1o.11
• Sign Langage for Families: BSL 01.10.11
• St. Michael’s Flower Festival: Flower Festival
• Satin & Cross Stitch : Cross Stitch 16.09.11
• Butterfly Walk at Lydden Down : Butterfly Walk. 14.08.11
• Hernhill Singers Wednesday 13th July : HernhillSingers.13.07.11
• British Sign Language Brunch : BSL.09.07.11
• Music For a Summer’s Day Classic Opera 03.07.11 & MusicforaSummersDay
• Family Father’s Day Nature Walk : Nature Walk 19.06.11
• Day out at Wildwood : Wildwood 17.06.11
• Cheerleading Workshop 10 June 2011: CheerleadingA4
• Walk of the Battleground : Bossenden Wood.22.05.11