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Otley 2030 Festival of Kindness

September 24, 2021 - September 26, 2021

Friday September 24th to Sunday September 26th 2021

The festival for people who don’t go to festivals – and those who do!
Kindness to Self
Kindness to Others
Kindness to the Planet

Otley 2030 is a community of people who aim to work together to grow a climate friendly, sustainable, fair and carbon zero town within the next decade.

Please join us!

All events are free, some need free tickets
Key:
All ages: A
Workshop : W
Children’s events: C
Speaker events: S
Over 16s: O

Please ring 07852 683049 if you are unable to access online booking

Friday 24th September. All events are free
Wharfemeadows Park 7pm (A)
Opening Ceremony With Thanda Gumede
Otley Action for Older People Choir
Some ducks, pigeons, gulls and maybe a swan
And You!!
Join us for Zulu songs, songs about love for our planet, and a circle dance for all ages and all abilities
Everyone is welcome! No need to book!

Otley Social Club (fully accessible) Free music event! 7.30 – 11pm
Kites
Men in Glass Houses
Please book through Eventbrite
https://tinyurl.com/O2030mystery
Please ring 07852 683049 if you are unable to access online booking

Saturday 25th September morning. All events are free

Buttercross and Market Square:
10-11am: Kindness Cranes, Art Vending Machine, Directorate of Silliness (Interactive pop up theatre) (A)
11-12pm Kindness cranes (crafting) Art vending machine (creating art) (A) Otley Labour Rooms (Opposite the Library)
10.30 -11am Kindness Meditation – Cath Bush (W)
11am-11.30 Yoga dance and meditation – Annie Raynor (W)
11.30- 12pm Chair based Yoga – Chrissie Chelinsky (W)
Please book these events: chbtherapy@live.co.uk
This venue is downstairs with a wide door. Accessible toilets in the library.

Soma Studio, 57A Kirkgate
9-9.45am: Introduction to Yoga for Children (ages 4-8)
11.15-12pm Mindfulness and Relaxation Workshop for Children (ages 4-8) Spaces are limited to 10 – please book through chbtherapy@live.co.uk
Please note this venue is accessed by stairs

Chevin:
10 -11.30: Connecting Children with Nature: Neil Griffin, Wildlife Friendly Otley- Accompanied children 5yrs-12yrs to meet at the White House
Please book by emailing neil.griffin@outlook.com

Courthouse Robing Room: (fully accessible)
10am – 11am : Access Otley with Otley residents (W)
11am – 4pm: Kindness Rug Making Crafting with Vickie Orton (W)
No need to book these events

Courthouse Courtroom: (Fully accessible)
Linking Leeds: Social Prescribing service – Helen Brand NHS sevice to improve social, emotional and mental wellbeing. Stall all morning No need to book
9.45 – 10.15 Drumming Circle with Matt Evans (A) No need to book
10.15 – 10.45 : Alex Sobel MP: Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill
This event replaces the Greenpeace talk. Please book in person or zoom tickets as if for Greenpeace through the Courthouse box office (S)
11-11.45: Rewilding In Summerbridge with Helen Neave (S) Book in person or zoom tickets through Courthouse box office
12-1pm: Make One and Give One craft activity: Make one for yourself and one to give away – No need to book

Courthouse Gazebo:
10-10.30: Morning Story (A)
10.30-11.15: Nature Nearby with Richard Marsh (S)
11.15-12pm: Directorate of Silliness pop up theatre (A)

No need to book these events
Please ring 07852 683049 if you are unable to access online booking

Saturday, September 25th Afternoon. All events are free

Otley Labour Rooms:
1 – 2pm Mummers Dadders: Folk play costumes and workshop for families (C)
2.15-3pm Mumming and Dadding: Family Showcase participants from the workshop will perform a traditional mummer’s play in their costumes. With Victoria and Matthew (C) No need to book these events
Courthouse Art Room: (accessible by lift)
1pm – 1.45 pm How to Attract Wildlife to your Garden: River Six, Wildlife Friendly Otley (W) no need to book
2pm – 3pm The Wharfe: Natural Flood Defences and Water Purity: Charlotte Simons, Yorkshire Dales River Trust (S) no need to book

Courthouse Courtroom:
1-1.45pm The Larger Us: 10 Skills for Living in the 21st Century with Alex Evans (S)- Please book in person or zoom tickets through the Courthouse box office
2.15-3pm. Cop 26: Local Action and Overcoming Barriers, with Jean Blaylock from Global Justice Now and Ellen Robottom from Yorkshire and Humberside Cop 26 Coalition (S)- Please book in person or zoom tickets through the

Courthouse box office
3.30-4.15. Asylum Monologues with Otley Welcomes (O) Please book in person or for streamed tickets through the Courthouse box office. Not suitable for young children
4.30-5pm: Drumming circle with Matt Evans (A) No need to book

Courthouse Robing Room:
1-3.30pm (A): Kindness Rug Crafting with Vickie and friends

Courthouse Gazebo:
12.30-1pm Afternoon Story (A)
1-1.30pm Qi Gong with Lynn (W)
No need to book these events

Otley Social Club
7.30 – 11pm Double Bill! Redwood River Band + Friends, CJ Smith Band
Please book your free ticket for this gig from Eventbrite
https://tinyurl.com/O2030Redwood
Please ring 07852 683049 if you are unable to access online booking

Sunday, September 26th Morning. All events are free

Market Square Stall: (Farmer’s Market)
10-11.30am (A): Otley 2030 stall and Kindness books for children and their grown ups

Otley Labour Rooms downstairs
10-10.30: Kindness Meditation with Cath Bush (W) Please book via email: chbtherapy@live.co.uk
10.30-11.15: How Not To Be Miserable – Julian Turner (W)
11.30-12.15: Living Well in The Third Age – Penny Redwood (W)

+ U3A information stall
+ No need to book these three events

Otley Labour Rooms Upstairs
10 -11am Family Circle Victoria Smith, Steiner parent and child leader (C) Seasonal Songs and Rhymes, Finishing with a puppet show- no need to book
11am – 12pm Men’s Group – Dan Ward (W)
Please book via email: dan_ward7@hotmail.co.uk
This venue is accessible via wide door and chair lift, toilets not accessible

Please ring 07852 683049 if you are unable to access online booking

Sunday, September 26th Afternoon

Labour Rooms Downstairs:
1 -2pm Women’s Circle – Victoria Smith (No need to book) (W)

Labour Rooms Upstairs:
1 -1.45pm ‘Mimpie and the Rainforest’: Children’s book reading and activities. (C) Rosie Eve- Please book via email shannoncoles23@yahoo.co.uk
2-2.45pm Relaxation and Yoga Nidra – Catherine Bush (W)- Please book via email
chbtherapy@live.co.uk

Courthouse Gazebo:
2-4.30 (C): Sticker Art with Alex Eve -No need to book

Courthouse Robing Room:

2.15-4.30 (A): Kindness Rug Crafting with Vickie Orton- No need to book

Courtroom Courthouse: KEYNOTE TALKS FOR A FLOURISHING OTLEY
2.15-3pm: Where Do We Go From Here? The Otley Doughnut with Otley 2030, Otley Chamber of Commerce (W)
Please book in person or zoom through the Courthouse box office
3.30-4.30: Where Do We Go From Here? Human Flourishing on a Vibrant, Healthy Earth with Jeremy Lent and Paul Chatterton (S)
Please book in person or zoom through the Courthouse box office
4.30-5pm (A): Closing circle, Courthouse with Matt Smith Drumming together for our hopes of a better world

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Start:
September 24, 2021
End:
September 26, 2021
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