Writing Our Legacy @ Changing Chalk - Celebration Event

Join us at the national Trust’s Saddlescombe Farm for a free sharing and celebratory event to mark the end of the Writing Our Legacy Changing Chalk partnership project.

We welcome you to hear readings from the Writing Our Legacy Changing Chalk Associate Artists, to take part in a creative writing workshop facilitated by Heather Pearson and a Rest Experience with Akila Richards.

WORKSHOPS

‘Let Nature Tell Your Story’ led by Heather Pearson

This writing workshop, lead by local writer and poet Heather Pearson, is an invitation for you to connect to nature, and connect to yourself. We will explore how our words can cultivate inner and outer change; and how our connection to the natural world can help us understand, ground, and empower ourselves.

It is inspired by Heather's poetry project for Changing Chalk, 'Home-Made: a pilgrimage through the South Downs Way' which Heather will share in the workshop.

Rest Experience with Akila Richards.

Akila’s artistic year-long residency at Brighton Dome in 2021 led to the development of The Rest Experience offering a range of participatory activities, events, collaborations and programmes. As a socially engaged artist her belief is that rest is a collective experience which leads us to our purpose and true self, where we are rested and relevant , connected and visionary and the impossible becomes possible, here and for futurity. Akila is a proud member of the Inscribe Group an imprint of Peepal Tree Press whose support and encouragement have also led to her first novel writing. Her poems and stories speak to our humanness, of complex lives and ultimately the deep joy of liberation.

INFORMATION FOR THE DAY

Audience: General public - open to all.

Refreshments: Light refreshments available

Dogs: This event is unable to cater for dogs.

ACCESS

The Learning Barn has disabled access and a disabled toilet. Cars can pull up right outside the front door. There is loose gravel on a flat surface around the perimeter of the Learning Barn, which is accessible by wheelchair.

Transport: We have 16 spaces (1 wheelchair user) available for minibus pick up from and to Brighton Station. This can be chosen while making the booking. Just choose Ticket + transport at checkout. Please note that this is on a first come, first served basis.

Please let us know if you have any access needs we need to be aware of or for more information, by emailing [email protected] or [email protected].

See our Access Policy for more info about how we can support.

About Changing Chalk

The scheme is part of our programme for the Changing Chalk project, a multi-partner, multi-project initiative led by the National Trust that aims to restore lost habitats, bring histories to life, and provide new experiences in the outdoors.

Changing Chalk is a partnership of organisations led by the National Trust and supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the People’s Postcode Lottery and The Linbury Trust.