Open to Ideas Programme

Name: Open to Ideas Programme
Start: 2026-10-10T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2027-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Location: Lakeside Centre

Saturday 10th October 2026 – Saturday 30th January 2027 , 12:00am to 11:59pm

Open To Ideas is a programme to help encourage ways to live a more fulfilled life: focusing on wellbeing and connection. The aim of the programme is to provide a safe and inclusive space for people to feel at ease discussing a range of topics and fully embracing mindful activities.

Free Booking essential

Explore the public programme of events

Open To Ideas Workshop: Talking Tables Part I

Saturday 10 October – 11:00 am Events for artists and creatives Workshops Lakeside Centre, Lakeside Centre Lakeside Centre

Join documentary photographer and yoga teacher Amanda Eatwell for the first Open To Ideas Workshop: Talking Tables. A space to talk, be present and practice mindfulness.

Open To Ideas Workshop: Poetry with Purpose with Carys Hannah

Saturday 21 November – 11:00 am Events for artists and creatives Workshops Lakeside Centre, Lakeside Centre Lakeside Centre

Join artist Carys Hannah for a poetry workshop using mindfulness prompts, freewriting, and storytelling techniques to create your own poems.

Open To Ideas Workshop: Forest Bathing in Lesnes Abbey Woods

Saturday 7 November – 11:00 am Events for artists and creatives Workshops Lakeside Centre, Lakeside Centre Lakeside Centre

Join artist, qualified Shinrin Yoku leader and certified meditation teacher Chris Brock for the second Open To Ideas workshop: an immersive forest bathing experience in Lesnes Abbey Woods.

Open To Ideas Workshop: Printing your own analogue photographs and images without a darkroom -cyanotype taster session with Jo Stapleton

Saturday 12 December – 11:00 am Events for artists and creatives Workshops Lakeside Centre, Lakeside Centre Lakeside Centre

Join photographer and printmaker Jo Stapleton for a printing workshop using cyanotype, photography and collaging.

Open To Ideas Workshop: Talking Tables Part II

Saturday 9 January 2027 – 11:00 am Events for artists and creatives Workshops Lakeside Centre, Lakeside Centre Lakeside Centre

Join documentary photographer and yoga teacher Amanda Eatwell for Part II of Talking Tables. A space to talk, be present and practice mindfulness.

Open To Ideas Workshop: Finding Your Inner Artist with Roni Parker

Saturday 30 January 2027 – 11:00 am Events for artists and creatives Workshops Lakeside Centre, Lakeside Centre Lakeside Centre

Join Roni Parker for an expressive painting session and bring out your inner artist

Open to Ideas is organised with local artist and yoga teacher Amanda Eatwell, in collaboration with the artists and Bow Arts.

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