Cartwheel Arts

	Cartwheel is one of the leading participatory arts groups in the North West. Based in Heywood, we work throughout Rochdale borough and across the region. We use a wide range of artforms to create memorable, enjoyable, high quality projects. These involve people of all ages - and from diverse backgrounds - in making exciting, innovative work, helping to build stronger, safer, healthier communities.

Middleton

Open Mic

is bigger and better than ever.

Write Out Loud invites all poets to join them!

The next Open Mic is on Sunday 28th February 2010

The Olde Boar's Head,

Long Street, Middleton

£1 in

A friendly and supportive environment guaranteed! No previous experience required.

Forthcoming attractions...

Darnhill Christmas Festival took place on Monday 14th December 2009. The theme for the festival this year was Northern Lights and it was absolutely wonderful! A very big THANK YOU to everybody that was involved in making the festival happen. A full report will be on the website soon plus photos.

Now it's time to start planning for the Summer festival on July 3rd!

The theme will be 'Rainbow Nation' - as the festival coincides with the World Cup in South Africa.

If you would like to volunteer at the festival, please get in touch and we will pass your details on to the Darnhill Festival Associaton.

Art For Wellbeing, a series of visual arts courses for people from Rochdale borough with mild to moderate mental health issues, is currently running in Heywood with artist Peter Walker and support from Rochdale MIND.

For more information click Here.

We have lots of beautiful publications available for you to download, including: all the issues of Scribble magazine, our lovely children's story book Children of the Dream, Folk on the Hill - a beautiful book about Langley and Homelands - a book of stories written by African people now living in Rochdale. They are also available by post.

Click here for Publications.

Rants, Rhymes and Reflections is a new book celebrating the 300th anniversary of Tim Bobbin. Click here to buy the book or download the exhibition.