An evening for parents, teachers, and anyone concerned about bringing more kindness into schools and other learning environments. In the first half of the evening, Masha Kastner has generously agreed to be interviewed about her experience as the mother of a 13-year-old daughter, Helena, who took her own life in January 2024. Heli often asked: “Where is all […]
Drop by for a friendly welcome and to join in with various activities. Learn mandala art with Terésa, write a kindness letter and hide a message of kindness in library books about to be delivered. Find us on a stall outside the market 10am - 2pm.
An hour of song and poetry with John Hegley, Angie Arnold and Frome's own Mike Tomes with a chance to join in on the choruses and also, to participate emotionally alongside the DIY frog, crabs, camel and ladybird.
The Gift of Water. A story of kindness and unkindness in Frome, past, present and future. Jayne Sadgrove (Chair, Frome Society) with Simon Keyes Our taps now give us drinking water. We take it for granted. But it took over ten years for town leaders to agree that Frome needed piped drinking water in the […]
Purple Elephant stay and play is a weekly session for local families with preschool children who want to spend quality time with their little ones, meet other parents and carers, and have fun. Sessions are informal with a focus on play, with a wide range of toys, games and books available to keep young minds active. […]
Join Cheryl Sprinkler for a Kindness Festival special and dance your socks off to a specially curated playlist of songs. A twist on Cheryl’s regular class, full of dance, joy and silliness!
Become a co-counsellor and you’ll become part of a worldwide network of co-counsellors (‘cocos’) who can meet and practise with regularly, effectively, gaining a wonderful skill and ‘free therapy for life’ This will be a fun intro and a chance to learn some of the core techniques (and see if coco is for you…) Tonya […]
“Bold, Beautiful Frontline Folk” from the renowned southwest 7-piece combo, with passionate, anthemic songs to inspire us in our struggles for a kinder world. Seize The Day are an English acoustic band in the radical folk tradition, who draw on global musical roots. They write songs about whatever needs to change or be defended in […]
An interactive workshop inviting you to rethink self-care through kindness, compassion, and a more human understanding of wellbeing. Self-care is meant to help us feel better. Yet for many of us, it has increasingly become another area of pressure, something we should be doing “properly,” keeping up with, or fixing ourselves through. This interactive workshop […]
An extraordinary journey from shock and pain to profound love, the Grief Opera may be the most emotional show you see this year. When rock musician George Linacre died by suicide, his father Nigel started to write. And Vladimir Miller, a contemporary music band leader, began composing using George’s bass rhythms. Together, they created the Grief Opera. An extraordinary […]
Join your host Esmé Patey-Ford to showcase the poems created by the young people of Frome on the theme of imagining more kindness. Image credit: Dave Sherwood
Rosie Jackson & other local poets read poems, their own and others’, inspired by practices of kindness. Poetry is a perfect way to imagine and carry stories of kindness – to ourselves, to others, to the world, to the future. These readings are for everyone who cares about exploring what it is to be more human, and […]
