“There were really enjoying themselves and very chatty. I’ve never seen that side of them before” 

Barnardo’s and Avenue teamed up once again to bring young people some creative, fun summer sessions as part of Avenue’s CashBack Connecting Through Creativity Project. During the three weeks, the Creative Practitioners introduced a range of new art activities like: paper marbling, cyanotypes and Lego printing. Right away the young people were very engaged when it came to badge making, some of them ended up with 10 badges by the end of the session! They had lots of fun mixing different inks together and getting messy while doing paper marbling too. Each session aimed to improve the young people’s confidence and social skills all while having fun and being creative. The group went on a little nature walk to collect some nice leaves and flowers to do some cyanotypes, hammer printing and plant rubbing which was enjoyed by all but tiring. The final session was filled with exciting activities, everyone enjoyed making their own Lego dot designs then printing them.