Background information to how RBW were formed and track record of community events and publications
The founders of RBW met on a Keele University Creative Writing course in Sept 2004. The writers' group was formed at Rising Brook Library in April 2005. RBW rapidly progressed into a registered charity and activities have expanded each year.
RBW also provides opportunities for writers in an online workshop bulletin every Friday.
Year by year at a glance:
2011 EVENTS
2011 June 4th OPEN DAY Gatehouse Theatre Plays and launch poetry collection STILL WATERS
2011 May RBW Adult Learning Achievement Certificated (3rd year running)
2011 March SDVS presentation of Access to Volunteering Award
2011 March Community Touring Workshops begin (8 new groups)
2010 EVENTS
2010 October - National Poetry Day Celebration Monday 4th October Spanning The Generations event at RB Fire Station Community Room with students from Stafford Sports College
2010 24 July - OPEN DAY DRAMA & POETRY CLICK HERE End of Festival Fringe Event at the Gatehouse Theatre - plays and poems - Video clips also on YouTube (Rising Brook Writers' page)
2010 June - Stand at the County Show - powerpoint display on big screen and static displays - come and meet the team
2010 May - Launch of Stafford Remembers Series: "Oh! We DID like to be beside the seaside!" at the Shire Hall Gallery during Open Staffordshire celebrations
2010 March - Stafford Remembers Series: "Oh! We DID like to be beside the seaside!" photographs and stories on display in the Guildhall Shopping Mall Stafford
2010 February - Touring Workshops distribution round begins - this tour of contributing groups will continue until June
2009 EVENTS
2009 December - On stage RBW team joined in the Quest Revue Evening at Littleworth Community Centre
2009 October - Launch Where There's A Will There's A Weigh - Riverside Civic Offices in presence of The Worshipful The Mayor of Stafford Borough (See Download Books page for more information about this event)
2009 October - National Poetry Day Afternoon Recital (see Events Page for link for video, poems and pictures)
2009 July - Bookfest OXFAM Shop Recital Afternoon - raising money for stocking libraries in developing countries
2009 June - Drama Day at the Gatehouse Theatre
2009 JUNE - Launch Eclectic Mix poetry collection
2009 JANUARY : Launch COLDWYND SANDS book and audio track Shire Hall Library Stafford - audio track donated to Stafford and Stone Talking Newspaper, Stafford and Cannock Hospital Radio and the National Prison Radio Association. RBW also acknowledged grant aid from Cllr Mike Poulter which provided much needed IT equipment for the charity.
Above presentations to Hospital Radio Stafford and SCC Library Service.
2009 : JANUARY : 'Where There's a WILL There's A Weigh' Project and Online Service supported by Staffordshire Community Foundation begins
2009 : JANUARY : One hour broadcast on Stafford and Cannock Hospital Radio
2009 : FEBRUARY : 'Oh! We DID like to be beside the seaside!' Touring Workshops Project begins funded by Heritage Lottery Fund and SCC Arts and Museum Service. See Workshops Page for full details
2009 SEPTEMBER: Where There's A Will There's A Weigh project:- Book/DVD/Audio Track production completed.
See Books Downloads Pages for 31 free download MP3 tracks - nearly three hours of story tracks available free of charge - radio quality suitable for broadcast
2009 : JUNE : Eclectic Mix Poetry Collection launched - funded by SDAC
Movie Clip Launch of Eclectic Mix 2009
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Over 15 poets took part performing three works each - one hour of performance - 45 new works. (Events Page listing coming shortly)
2009 : JUNE : DRAMA DAY Gatehouse Theatre - with Etruria Cafe Theatre and Rotten Park Road Theatre Company (Mitchell Memorial Theatre Stoke on Trent company in residence)
2009 : JULY OXFAM BOOKFEST PERFORMANCE - raising funds for stocking libraries in developing countries: -
2009 AGM and LUNCH - ROYAL OAK STAFFORD
2008 EVENTS:
2008 - Extensive programme of publications and events which featured our DRAMA writers and POETS - as well as production of a major non-fiction community publication: Stafford Remembers the 1940s and early 1950s as a result of a Touring Community Workshops Project.
2008 APRIL : Stafford Remembers launched to widespread media interest - the significance of the project which recorded oral history is marked. The Staffordshire Archive,William Salt Library, Stoke on Trent Archive hold copies of the book and a set of the three hours of recordings on 3 CDs.
(Cosmic Studios Trentham are gratefully acknowledged for their support on this project)
2008 JUNE : RBW provided a prelude to Stafford's Summer Arts Festival with a DRAMA DAY on 21st June at the MET Theatre - in conjuction with professionals from Etruria Cafe Theatre. A FREE of CHARGE EVENT
Award Presentations to some of the Play Wrights
2008 - launched Staffordshire Introspective a collection of works from 15 Staffordshire Poets supported by Stafford District Arts Council. LIVE Poetry Performance Event 21st June Gatehouse Met Theatre.
2008 March LIVE poetry reading Band site opens: Some poems are set to music . . . www.myspace.com/risingbrookwriterslive
2008 OCTOBER: National Poetry Day - Celebration LIVE Poetry Performance Afternoon RB Library
2008 FACEBOOK page opened
RBW OPERATE A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP PROGRAMME TO VISIT SENIOR CITIZENS' ORGANISATIONS WITH OUR TOURING WORKSHOP TEAM. SPEAKERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE
Below library workshops in action.
Before all the above in 2007 we published Tales of the Supernatural and launched the book at the Ancient High House.
CALLING ALL LOCAL BUSINESSES & ORGANISATIONS . . . .
PUBLICITY OPPORTUNITIES :
Do you want to get involved with supporting the ARTS in a local way but don't know how? Is it time to put something back into your local community? Why not give us a call?
Sponsorship of a senior citizens' community arts project might be just what you have been looking out for to highlight your 'community spirit'. Can you imagine your logo splashed all over our outside events as an 'official sponsor' or tucked away centre stage on the cover of our widely publicised publications?
How about being photographed attending one of our book launches? How good would that feel? Getting the idea? Hey why not pull out all the stops and become Rising Brook Writers 'Patron of the Arts'?
Now for the legal requirement stuff . . . (boring but necessary, sadly)
Complaints procedure
Not happy
with some aspect of RBW?
RBW are
always happy to receive comments, feedback and suggestions, and provide a
variety of means by which you can do this.
RBW will:
- Treat complaints seriously
and deal with them properly
- Resolve complaints promptly
and informally whenever possible
- Learn from complaints and take
action to improve
- Ensure that complaints are
treated in confidence
What to
do if you have a complaint
It is
always better if you can to let us know straight away. Most complaints can be
sorted out quickly by a member of the Trustees and our Trustees will welcome
the opportunity to do this if at all possible.
If it is
not possible to complain at the time you can contact RBW by email from our
website. www.risingbrookwriters.org.uk
or RBW can be contacted by letter Rising Brook Writers, c/o Rising Brook
Library, Merrey Road, Stafford, ST17 9LX
What
happens next?
If you complain
by email RBW will endeavour to acknowledge your complaint within 14 days, and
do everything we can to resolve it with 28 days. If this is not possible, we
will explain why.
What if
the complaint is not resolved?
If you
are not happy with our response then you can get back in touch with us. Your
complaint will be reviewed by the full Board of Trustees and the Trust’s
response will be given in writing within 14 days.
If for
any reason your complaint is still unresolved then please address your
complaint to the Chairman. He will ensure that it is passed to an external
adjudicator who will provide a final decision on the complaint.
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