Category: Monday Group

Council Leader attends film premiere

Post author By lauren@keighleycreative.org
Post date March 21, 2025
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Bradford Council leader Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe visits the Monday Arts for Brain Health meeting at Keighley Creative.. Photo: Bob Smith Photography

Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe joined members of our Monday Creative group for the premiere of our new short film

Keighley Creative were thrilled to have a visit from Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe to watch the premiere of our new Arts For Brain Health film, showcasing our Monday Creative group.

Monday Creative is our weekly creative group for people living with dementia and their carers, where attendees have the opportunity to meet new people, discover the well-being benefits of art, and most importantly be creative!

It was a great opportunity for Susan to meet our Monday Creative service users, and find out more about our growing Creative Health programme.

This film was supported by Give Bradford, National Lottery Awards For All, the Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership and the KWV Community Partnership, and will help to publicise the importance our our work.

Thanks to Susan, film-maker Danny Hardaker, project leads Ailsa Lewer and Carine Brosse, and our amazing service users.

To watch the film yourself, visit our Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEmV8tF-INg

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Visit to local art gallery for Monday group

Post author By KeighleyCreative
Post date July 25, 2024
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Recently one of our Arts for Brain Health groups took a field trip!

10 people from the Monday Creative group visited Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in Bradford with facilitators, Ailsa Lewer and Carine Brosse. The Monday group welcomes participants who are affected by dementia and their carers.

We hired a minibus from Keighley Community Transport to take the group there and picked participants up along the way.

The group spent over an hour in the main gallery where people had an opportunity to look around and then we sat round two paintings. We talked about the paintings, discussing the artists and what people thought about the paintings. We also talked about the connections between the subject matter of the two paintings as both are about textile making – the Lowry showing a smoky. industrial landscape of textile mills in Manchester compared to the peaceful, domestic scene in “The Arab Weaver”.

Lowry at Cartwright Hall — Studying a Lowry

Many thanks to staff at Cartwright Hall from Bradford Museums who made the visit possible – helping us with access to the disabled entrance, providing chairs and making refreshments.

We look forward to further visits to Bradford Museums.

If you are any to find out more about our Arts for Brain Health project and the Monday Creatuve group, please visit our website.

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Monday Group Ongoing

Exhibition of Monday Creative group’s work

Post author By KeighleyCreative
Post date November 20, 2023

Many of our followers have been keen to find out more about our Monday Creative group for those affected by dementia so we decided to have an open day to promote our Arts for Brain Health project.

Therefore on Tuesday 17th October 2023 we opened the doors at Keighley Creative and hosted a small exhibition of artwork and stories created by our Monday Creative: Living Well with Dementia group throughout the day.

Visitors were invited to drop in any time to meet the Arts for Brain Health facilitators, Ailsa and Carine, and view the beautiful artwork and inspiring stories that have been created by the group attendees over the last year.

The open day aimed to show more about what the group offers and allow people the opportunity to see if the Monday Creative group might be good for you and a family member.

To find out more about the Monday Creative group, please email ailsa@keighleycreative.org

Monday Group Ongoing

Monday Creative dementia art sessions

Post author By KeighleyCreative
Post date November 20, 2023

Have you heard about our Monday Group?

Keighley Creative’s Arts for Brain Health group is held weekly on a Monday, from 1.30pm till 3.30pm and offers people living with dementia and their carers a chance to meet new people and have a go at creative activities together.

Hands-on group work is proven to bring health and happiness benefits and can involve people of any ability or at any stage of dementia. They use lots of different methods and materials to create art or tell stories.

The group ensures it is friendly and welcoming to all, and new members are welcome. It prides itself on offering a kind, caring, fun and stimulating learning environment in the heart of Keighley.

The Monday Creative group is run by qualified art therapist, Ailsa Lewer, and artist, Carine Brosse, both of whom have many years experience in working with and supporting those affected by long-term neurological conditions.

To book a trial session or just pop in for a cuppa, please contact Ailsa on 07423 154855, by phone or text, or email ailsa@keighleycreative.org