Examples of community projects Fiona has devised and coordinated
A multi-generational project in a city park: Park Life Poetry Project and Spoken Word Event
Poetry workshops in schools and with gardeners, mums and tots, older people, walkers and dog lovers
celebrating and getting to know the park's flora, fauna, history and present day activities
'Fiona displayed excellent community engagement skills creating poetry from all generations in Staple Hill'
J Suffolk, Page Park Activities Coordinator
A writing group for adults exploring creative writing and life stories: Paths and Connections
'Fiona guides writing workshops gently, offering plenty of well thought out prompts. She is happy to work with whatever arises, allows things to unfold at their own pace, and is very attuned to what’s in the room, whether spoken or unspoken. Recovering a sense of playfulness, enjoyment and spontaneity seems to me a big part of taking pleasure in creativity, finding authentic self-expression and as a way of re-engaging more lightly with life itself.'
Louise, a participant
A writing group looking at themes in later life: Stories I Tell Myself and Others
'Fiona helped me find a voice that can express the things I see, the experiences I go through, the challenge and the rejoicing of life. I learnt from the course the different forms of writing, We experimented, we took risks, we lived adventurously!'
Hilary, a participant
Article on Stories for Wellbeing in Later Life READ HERE
Poetry and movement workshops with primary school children
Arts Across Learning Festival, Aberdeen
'We created our own stories and brought them to life'. a participant
Creative Writing for Counsellors
CAPPP Annual Conference 2018
'...freed me up to explore what was coming up in me in a safe and helpful way. The writing provoked thoughts and reflections in me that I didn’t know existed. I enjoyed the process'
Heather, a participant
A multi-generational project in a city park: Park Life Poetry Project and Spoken Word Event
Poetry workshops in schools and with gardeners, mums and tots, older people, walkers and dog lovers
celebrating and getting to know the park's flora, fauna, history and present day activities
'Fiona displayed excellent community engagement skills creating poetry from all generations in Staple Hill'
J Suffolk, Page Park Activities Coordinator
A writing group for adults exploring creative writing and life stories: Paths and Connections
'Fiona guides writing workshops gently, offering plenty of well thought out prompts. She is happy to work with whatever arises, allows things to unfold at their own pace, and is very attuned to what’s in the room, whether spoken or unspoken. Recovering a sense of playfulness, enjoyment and spontaneity seems to me a big part of taking pleasure in creativity, finding authentic self-expression and as a way of re-engaging more lightly with life itself.'
Louise, a participant
A writing group looking at themes in later life: Stories I Tell Myself and Others
'Fiona helped me find a voice that can express the things I see, the experiences I go through, the challenge and the rejoicing of life. I learnt from the course the different forms of writing, We experimented, we took risks, we lived adventurously!'
Hilary, a participant
Article on Stories for Wellbeing in Later Life READ HERE
Poetry and movement workshops with primary school children
Arts Across Learning Festival, Aberdeen
'We created our own stories and brought them to life'. a participant
Creative Writing for Counsellors
CAPPP Annual Conference 2018
'...freed me up to explore what was coming up in me in a safe and helpful way. The writing provoked thoughts and reflections in me that I didn’t know existed. I enjoyed the process'
Heather, a participant