The Talking Shop

The official account for The Talking Shop created by @omidaze @YvonneMurphy111

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Welcome to the official account for #TheTalkingShop
Follow for up to date information on the final forthcoming trial in Blackwood in Caerphilly County. Doors open March 2nd
For full information visit
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We will no longer be using this platform. @omidaze rejects the comments made by Elon Musk & his support of the far right in Germany & elsewhere. We support tolerance, inclusion, acceptance, compassion & understanding. We remember the horrors of WWII & how that began #LestWeForget

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A big thank you to those who joined us for our 'Meet Your Councillors' conversation yesterday. We were joined by Town & County Councillors representing Blackwood & other nearby wards. We had a great conversation and covered many topics!

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Fantastic rag rugging workshop today facilitated by our wonderful new creative host Abril, in collaboration with @theopenuniversity

Our visitors got hands on upcycling old fabrics into beautiful matts, bags and wall hangings

#everyonesinvited #oneconversationatatime #blackwood

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Another brilliant creative clay making workshop by our wonderful facilitator Nathan.Our visitors are having an amazing time developing their clay making skills and making new friends here at The Talking Shop.
Our FREE creative clay making workshop is every Thursday 2-4:30pm 🗓️

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‼️New exhibition alert ‼️
Steffan Johnson captures the endless beauty of local landscapes across the South Wales Valleys in his latest art exhibition. Steffan’s exhibition is here until the 8th March🗓️. Catch it while it’s here!! #everyonesinvited #blackwood #artexhibition

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A huge thank you to Faye and WMC for facilitating our last lino printing workshop today. Our visitors have been learning to design, sculpt, and print their own lino prints. As a collective, they have been creating the map of Blackwood using landmarks of the town as inspiration.

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What a fantastic week of crafting at The Talking Shop🎨
Thank you to our creative host Heidi for facilitating her clay hearts craft workshop this week. Our visitors had a lovely time learning new skills and getting crafty with their clay creations.
#everyonesinvited

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Thank you so much to our new host Abril for facilitating our collage making workshop this morning🎨
Our visitors had a fantastic time exploring, expressing and celebrating what self-love and worth meant to them through mixed media collages for Valentine’s Day💞

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Welcome to our 2nd new creative host Abril☕️ . Abril is a community artist who works in many multi disciplinary ways. She utilises movement, film making and visual arts to create self reflective and expressive art that helps people with their mental health in communities. 🎨🎥

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New workshop alert ‼️

Collage making workshop tomorrow with our creative host Abril 10am-12:30pm at The Talking Shop. Get immersed in the world of collage making and explore themes of self-love, self-worth and dreams this Valentines week💞

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A big hello and welcome to our new host Angelica to the Talking Shop Team☕️

Angelica is a freelance musician and a singer in a Greek jazz band called “Clementinia”🎶
She’ll be using her creative practice to provide singing and body percussion workshops here in the shop.

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Thank you so much to Tracy Harris who facilitated 1/3 of our playwriting workshops this morning with our visitors in The Talking Shop. 📝🎭
Book onto the next workshop on the 18th Feb by either clicking the eventbrite link below or drop into the shop.

https://t.co/CGFPSJFf3z

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Our last FREE lino printing workshop is this Friday 14th February 10am-12:30pm.
If you’re a beginner or an experienced learner, our facilitator Faye will help you get creative and explore the world of lino printing.
Book your place below or in the shop!
https://t.co/Zod94qb4Xt

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Get crafty just in time for Valentine’s Day with our free clay heart craft workshop. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced clay maker it’s perfect for any learner.
Design, mold, create and paint your very own heart for someone special on Valentine’s Day ❤️
#everyonesinvited

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Across all gov departments and all our public bodies shaping our public services together. Not through tick box consultation. Through conversation, information and democratic deliberation using creativity and facilitated by professional creatives. Imagine that.

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Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for our Creative Climate Conversations Part II. We have drafted two reports which we have given to Welsh Government which are now available on our website at https://t.co/oZakxR26k2

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Imagine if we had a Talking Shop in every local authority and a touring Talking Shop without walls in the summer months. Imagine if we had ongoing conversations all year round about democracy and culture with everyone feeding into policy and decision making at all levels

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You can find us on @thetalkingshop.bsky.social
We will be leaving X very soon & would like to take you all with us. Please come over to Blue skies where the world is a much kinder & more positive place