Re.Future

17/12/2024

Hi everybody! We stopped using our Facebook account over Covid and focused on Twitter and our Website instead. You can find us on www.refuturecollective.co.uk and . We will look to get Facebook back up and running in 2025 as part of a planned social media strategy. Many thanks, the Re. Future Team

Home NEXT SESSIONS: Art Pad: Saturday mornings once a fortnight from 11:00-1:30pm at Perrott’s Folly, B16 9AL. Art at the Folly: Thursdays once a fortnight from 2:00-4:00pm. This is an invite only session. Form of Clouds: Wednesdays and Sunday afternoons once a fortnight from 1:00-3:30pm at Perrot...

03/10/2021

This Autumn, join us for a range of free creative sessions for all ages at Perrott's Folly (B16) and online.

• Art Pad - arts-based youth club for 8-11yrs. 11am-1.30pm, Saturdays Fortnightly.
• F.Y.I. - exploring visual arts and design in a creative setting for 12-15yrs. 11am-1.30pm, Saturdays Fortnightly.
• Form of Clouds - arts-based social prescription program for adults experiencing isolation or loneliness. 1-3pm, Wednesday and Sundays (fortnightly).
• Tiles for the Toilet - creating tiles for the new toilet at Perrott's Folly. Adult sessions run 1-3.30pm, Wednesdays and Sundays fortnightly; young people sessions (8-14 yrs) run 11am-1pm, Saturdays weekly. See dates on the posters.

Please read the posters for specific information about each session, and how to sign up!

08/09/2021

Thanks so much to Graham Birmingham Live for joining us today at Perrott’s Folly.

Graham did a live link for Facebook whilst we were finishing up our ceramics sessions. A great look inside the building, on a glorious day!

The film article will be out shortly!

Our next workshop is on Sunday (12th Sept) - we have a few spaces left so please contact [email protected] to book in.

Thanks to our participants that took part in the session (and said hi to Graham!) and Severn Trent Water and Birmingham City Council Adult Social Care Prevention and Communities Program for making it possible!

https://www.facebook.com/birmingham.live/videos/574813640231233/

23/08/2021

🎉 Announcing 🎉 our success in securing funding from Severn Trent to install an on-site toilet at Perrott’s Folly 🚽 We're so excited about this next step in Re. Future Collective's development!

We are co-designing the toilet facilities with Studio Polpo, a Sheffield-based social enterprise architectural practice. The interior will be decorated with handmade tiles produced by the local community in partnership with Sundragon Pottery, a community-based studio at The Old Print Works, Balsall Heath, Birmingham.

WE NEED YOU! Join us throughout September and October for tile designing, making and glazing workshops, to celebrate the history of the Folly, and be part of Re. Future Collective's next stage.

Workshops are free, and open to local participants of all ages. Places are limited and booking is required. See the flyer below for dates and times, and how to book!

For further information on the funding, project and workshops:
http://refuturecollective.com/toilettime/

03/07/2021

We’ve managed to pop out of the city over the last fortnight for Art Pad and F.Y.I. We took a trip to see Rebecca Louise Law ‘Seasons’ exhibition at Compton Verney

Our YP loved the European Collection and Law’s installation. Our YP found it excruciating not being able to touch the flowers and were intrigued by the shadows cast. The Carline and Lambs ears were their favourite flowers.

Today we had a race up the hill to enjoy the Capability Brown Landscape and spent a lot of time in the church/ sneaky sunbathing.

Our young people aren’t able to get out and about too much, or are newly arrived to the UK. We would not be able to run these kinds of activities without The National Lottery Community Fund and Heart of England Community Foundation and BBC Children in Need funding the activities.

And of course the wonderful Alicia Community Environmental Trust who drove us in the minibus.

29/05/2021

We’ve had a lovely (if not wet and windy) couple of months post lockdown at Art Pad (kindly funded by Children In Need) and F.Y.I. ( kindly funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and ) at Perrott’s Folly.

We’ve done screenprinting, copper work and accessories- phew!

You can see some of the great makes included below.

Next month we will be going on a trip to Compton Verney to see their exhibitions. It will be interesting for our young people to see another Georgian building, but this time in more of its original landscape!

We are grateful to everybody that helps us at our youth clubs and to our young people who have remind so bright and energized over the last year.

British Red Cross Barnardo's

04/04/2021

We had a lovely weekend at the Folly with our two youth groups FYI and Art Pad. Over 2 weeks we will be making drawstring bags inspired by the windows at the Folly/ independent designs with our artist Eliza.

Thanks to BBC Children in Need for their ongoing support and . For helping us through their funding.

We can’t wait to get out and about to visit venues and outdoor spaces next month with Community Environmental Trust

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20/01/2021

We are less than three weeks into 2021, but have been super busy already!! Jewellery designer Anisha Parmar London has worked with us to design Mandalas that will be laser cut and painted. John McCrea has taught us about perspective with buildings.

All of our programs are open to new members at the moment - please get in touch via email [email protected] for referrals.

Children In Need The National Lottery Community Fund Birmingham City Council BVSC - Birmingham Voluntary Service Council

25/11/2020

On the 18th of November we did acrylic painting with member Jenny instructing us on different techniques. Through either copying a picture or for one created from our imagination we painted pictures of farmlands/ countryside.

09/11/2020

On Friday we continued on our garden project, making wicker fences and painting boxes, with our environmental artist Alicia. While some continued on weather thermometers with Rachel. The weather stayed nice and I myself completed a fence.

07/11/2020

We are feeling very fortunate to have received a grant from the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport as part of their supporting Perrott's Folly to include facilities on-site.

We had gone into 2020 looking to increase our local offer by expanding our community programs and opening the building to the public more frequently over the summer. Coronavirus, evidently, had other ideas as to how the year would play out. Without support from the Culture Recovery Fund, the building would have had significant issue going into 2021.

It's also really great that the DCMS have given money to an organisation the size of Re. Future - we're (very) small compared to organisations looking after other heritage sites in the city, but we have not been overlooked.

On behalf of Re. Future and all our participants, Thank you again Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport thanks also to all of the organisations that have helped us in the last few years with funding and support Historic England Birmingham City Council National Lottery Heritage Fund Bbcchildreninneed The National Lottery Community Fund