Fun Palaces at the Library
Do you sing, dance, draw, make things or do something else special that you could share with others? Then join our Fun Palace!
For the very first time, Fun Palaces will be taking place in the Outer Hebrides on at both Stornoway Library and Liniclate Library on Saturday 5th October.
The Stornoway and Liniclate library Fun Palaces are part of Fun Palaces 2019, a free, nationwide campaign for culture at the heart of community and community at the heart of culture happening over the weekend of the 5 & 6 October 2019. There will be different things happening at each library including; art & craft sessions, textiles, virtual reality experiences & games, origami bookmark-making as well as 3D-design and printing. But we are still looking for more lovely members of the community who would like to join in and volunteer to share their skills and talents with others on the day.
Each Fun Palace celebrates the unique skills and passions of local people – run by, for and with the local community. Since 2014 a total of 1367 Fun Palaces have been made across the UK and worldwide by 32,800 local people (‘Makers’) with 450,000 taking part. This year will be the sixth Fun Palaces weekend, and the first for the Outer Hebrides.
Fun Palaces create events that bring together arts, science, craft, tech, digital, heritage and sports activities – but above all PEOPLE – to work together, create together, have FUN together, and in doing so, connect our own communities, from the grassroots up.
Eilidh Maclean, Library Development Officer at Liniclate Library said:“We are really excited to be holding our very first Fun Palace and hope that it is something that will happen every year. It is an opportunity for communities to get together to share their interests, skills and talents with others and we would love people to get in touch if they feel they have something to share with others. We want the library to be buzzing that day!"
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