Creative Communities Group

The CCGUK aims to empower people, locally, nationally and internationally for positive change through volunteering and community engagement. Supporting University and Community partners in a variety of activities including, the Arts, Sciences, History, Health and Social Awareness The CCGUK also supports Creative teaching as a pathway to inclusion and accessible education.

Events

HAPPY #LANCASHIREDAY

HAPPY #LANCASHIREDAY

Blackburn

Sat 15/06/2019 - Sun 16/06/2019 (Ends in 118 days days)

Lancashire is a county of making culture — so as part of #LancashireDay we’re excited to reveal that The National Festival of Making will return to Blackburn in June 2019 with new dates! 15th & 16th June 2019 After attracting an audience of 40,000 visitors in 2018, a new F...

Creating Active Communities 2019

Creating Active Communities 2019

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Thu 02/05/2019 - Thu 02/05/2019 (Ends in 73 days days)

Sport England have invested around £100m into 12 grassroots projects in order to build healthier, more active communities across England. The Local Delivery Pilots will be used to trial new and innovative solutions that make it easier for people in these communities to access sport and physica...

Promoting The Importance Of Human Relationships

Promoting The Importance Of Human Relationships

Kings College London

Tue 19/03/2019 - Tue 19/03/2019 (Ends in 29 days days)

A BASW event in association with Making Research Count which explores relationships in all aspects of social work practice. Featuring workshops by social workers and people that use services, on relationship-based practice in learning disability, social work practice with refugees and people experie...

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Classic Album Night - The Continental- 8pm- 11pm - 21/2/19

~ Drug abuse, poverty, and the Vietnam War. These are themes that are explored in great depth on the late Marvin Gaye’s 1971 concept album ‘What’s Going on’. The songs are told from the perspective of a Vietnam veteran returning to his home country to witness hatred, s...

The Birley Branches Out - Summer 2019

~When a creative person begins their career it may take a considerable amount of work to build on their portfolio following a recent degree at the local University. Through social networks and finding a desirable platform their field of interest begins to grow. Peer groups start to widen ou...

Future Engineers Club - Harris Museum Preston - 1pm-2pm - 16/2/19 - 9/3/19

~All the great engineers had to start somewhere. These include, Brunel, Stephenson, Telford and their contemporaries. They would have had to start relatively young and learn their craft whilst studying to have a career as an engineer. The same is much true in our day. UCLAN have recently built a ...

Loneliness Seminar- UCLAN - 4pm- 5.30pm- 13/2/19

~Were you the child at school who played on your own? As a teenager did you gaze out of the window longing for time out with your friends? When you became an adult were you superficially happy in an attempt to hide your sadness? These feelings are not uncommon. All of us experience some kind of ...

Classical Concert At The Minster - Church Street- Preston - 1pm-2pm- 13/2/19

~The harp and the saxophone are two very different instruments. The harp has a lush, softening sound whereas the saxophone has a more louder yet appealing interpretation. It would be a unique experience to have the two instruments in the same venue played by accomplished musicians. The long...

Chinese New Year Celebrations - Preston - 11am - 9/2/19

~Every year Manchester is light up in China Town to celebrate The Chinese New Year. The celebrations refer to the Chinese zodiac, a classification scheme that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating 12-year cycle. 12 years means 12 animals and 2019 marks The Year of ...

Spotlight On CCG Members :- Mr. Steve Barker

~~Not many media students can say they have interviewed rock god Jimi Hendrix and Beatle widow Yoko Ono in the same week. It’s a skill that a youthful Steve Barker achieved when he began his career in journalism. Let’s learn more as we uncover some fascinating facts about this Lancashire...

Conga Roots - UCLAN - Media Factory - 6.30pm- 8pm - 8/2/19

~34 years ago a hit single was released by American band Miami Sound Machine.With lead vocalist Gloria Estefan, the group created a feel good Cuban sound. But it was their 1985 hit single which defined their legacy. ‘Conga’ was a worldwide smash hit record. Now in 2019 their sou...

Question Health - The Big C- UCLAN Burnley Campus - 6-9pm - 6/2/19

~Recently, the BBC’S Question Time programme has centred around the political theme of Brexit. True, it’s an ongoing concern but there is a much more serious and pressing debate to be had that organisers are convinced will raise more awareness about and create much more discussion around...