New Regional Groups and Branches
We have two new groups since the last Polynews, Basingstoke run by Heather Robertson, and Leeds run by Ana Townsend - welcome to both groups. The Guild now has 18 groups around the UK. If you want to join either of these, or any of the other groups, just click on the pin on the map on our branches webpage and it will take you to the Branch’s/group’s page.
The Guild also had its usual stand at the Stitching, Sewing & Hobbycrafts Show at the NEC a couple of weeks ago and we picked up 27 new contacts from people interested in joining a Polymer Clay group near them. Their details have been sent to the Group leaders, so hopefully they will be attending a meeting near them soon.
To finish this round up, let me tell you which groups have meetings scheduled for the next few weeks, and / or give you the contact details for those still arranging their next dates. They are:
Embsay (Skipton) – 1st August, 5th September, further details from Andrea Moorhouse, via the BPCG website
Wales – 12th August, near Welshpool, further details from Penny Vingoe, via the BPCG website
Kidderminster – further details from Lisa Walker, via the BPCG website
Oxfordshire - 20th August, 1st October, 26th November, Weston-on-the-Green village hall, near Bicester
Coventry - details of future meetings from Nikki Killinger
East Midlands - 6th August, Long Eaton Art Room
APCG - 17th September, 5th November - Wortham village hall, near Diss, Norfolk
Midlands – 9th September in Longdon, near Lichfield, further details from Ange Smith, via the BPCG
website
Leeds - 19th August, 13th September, at Heckmondwike, further details from Ana Townsend
South Midlands - 13th August, 10th September, 21st October and 11th November 2017 at Hanslope village hall, near Milton Keynes
West Midlands - 30th September, Making Masks, at Stourbridge
Bristol – contact Cara Jane Hayman via the BPCG website for more details
Scotland - 15th July, venue in Edinburgh - future dates to be confirmed
Do support your local groups and branches if you can, as the people who organise these do so on a purely voluntary basis, in order to provide a local venue for Polymer Clay enthusiasts, but are of course completely reliant on your support in order to survive.
Fiona Abel-Smith
Group Liaison Officer BPCG