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Teignbridge Taiko for Health and Wellbeing
Teignbridge Taiko for Health and Wellbeing
October 25 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Teignbridge Taiko for Health and Wellbeing
Friday 25th October – Friday 29th November
10.00 – 11.00am or 11.15am – 12.15pm
Rowell Room, Newton Abbot Museum
Thanks to a grant provided by Teignbridge Arts Project, (more info here) Taiko South West are able to offer a six week taiko drumming course FREE for adults taking place in Newton Abbot town centre.
We will be running the free sessions over six weeks from Friday 25th October to Friday 29th November in the Rowell Room in Newton Abbot Museum in the town centre. There will be two one hour sessions: 10am – 11am or 11.15am – 12.15pm and clients can sign up for either. Ideally we’d like participants to be able to attend at least 4 of the 6 sessions as each week we’ll be building on what they’ve learnt so by the end of the six weeks participants can play something altogether.
At TSW, time and time again, we witness the benefits of taiko drumming for people’s mental health and wellbeing, across ages, gender and abilities. We are very excited that this funding opportunity is, for the first time, enabling us to run free taiko sessions in Newton Abbot, specifically aimed at people using mental health & wellbeing organisations within Teignbridge. Taiko drumming is not only good brain gym, but also quite physical so ultimately, it’s a fun activity that requires focus, providing participants with a welcome break from anything else that might be going on.
There are a few stipulations to meet the grant criteria,
- Places are limited in each session so people will need to book in advance to avoid disappointment. To book they need to email [email protected] and let us know which session time and date they would like to attend. They also need to tell us which Teignbridge mental health and wellbeing service they are using.
- Participants must be 18 years +.
- Participants must be from Teignbridge and be an active user of a mental health and wellbeing service.
- There is no need for any prior knowledge of drumming, or music.
This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit UK Shared Prosperity Fund.