On Saturday we invited ourselves along to a Take Art event, part of the Made In Somerset programme which saw a whole day of performance arts workshops happening in Langport.
Originally, we'd wanted to offer our building as a venue for one of their events during the day, but we got in touch just a little bit too late...
...fortunately the organiser, Sarah, was very interested in our project and the effect it will have (and is having) in Langport, and welcomed the idea of us giving a 5-minute presentation at the end of their day.
We were able to share information about the project, talk about the building, and the ways we will be connecting with the community to learn about the options for new uses. After the presentation we invited anyone who was still interested (at the end of their long day of performing!) up the hill to have a look around the building.
The response was very positive and we made some very useful connections! As well as being able to open the building to new visitors the event also served to give some of the New Saints more experience with speaking to members of the public. We even managed to entice some of them onto our email-newsletter mailing list!
Speaking of which, newsletter number 2 is in the works, keep an eye out and get in touch if you want to join the mailing list!
