Caldmore Village Festival Ltd based in Caldmore, Walsall, has the following vacancy for enthusiastic and experienced play scheme lead worker:
Lead Play SchemeWorker
Hours:
7 hours per day, 6 days a week during three half – term holidays, Easter and Summer school holidays (10 weeks in a year).
Salary: £14 per hour
Start date: February 2022 (3 year contract).
Place of work: Caldmore Community Garden, Carless Street, Walsall WS1 3RH.
Ideally applicants will have a relevant Level 3 NVQ or diploma, preferably in Playwork or Youth Work, but we will consider other equivalent qualifications. Applicants must have experience of working with 7 – 13 year olds in a play environment.
Experience of working in a supervisory capacity is essential.
All posts are subject to receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure for a regulated activity and reference checks.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your CV and cover letter to Anna Webster at caldmoregarden@gmail.com.
It is time to get in the festive mood – join our Christmas celebrations at Caldmore Community Garden! Santa will be waiting for children in his Grotto – there will be free presents and free professional family photographs! George Northall will play Christmas and seasonal songs on a saxophone, we will be making Christmas cards ready to be posted to your loved ones. Take part in Christmas tombola, try a mince pie and our home-made cakes, and have some mulled apple juice at the Cafe! It’s time to be together again!
A week of creativity, music, poetry and performing arts in Caldmore to light up all the community.
MONDAY 1st November
6PM LET THERE BE LIGHT – SWITCHING ON CALDMORE COMMUNITY GARDEN ILLUMINATIONS
Time to turn on the lights! Infamous Arts have been working tirelessly to light up the Garden and the Alleyway and open the celebrations of our Festival of Lights! Come and admire the secret wonder of Caldmore – let’s reclaim the night!
6:30PM – FIRE PERFORMANCE WITH HELTER SKELTER
An incredible fire performance by Helter Skelter Arts that will light up the Garden with its flames and daring stunts! A great show for all the family. (Keep an eye out for the duo around the Garden as well, as they paint patterns and images in the air with their amazing LED props!)
TUESDAY 2nd November
4-6PM PAGE, STAGE, DIGITAL AGE WORKSHOP – Make your own animated spoken word poem
Bring your gmail, your laptop and your yearning for spoken word development into the digital age. Live spaces at venue workshop and also zoom places for the live workshop webinar – to register e-mail caldmoregarden@gmail.com.
6:30PM – OPEN MIC POETRY
7PM – POETRY MINI SLAM – 4 poets leading to 2 head to head final 3 minutes each
7.30PM – WORKSHOP POETS SHOWCASE
8.15PM POETRY PERFORMANCE – DREADLOCKALIEN
We are calling all poets and word mischief-makers to take part in Poetry workshop, Open Mic and Slam at Caldmore Community Garden! The event will be led by DreadlockAlien – the slam and performance poet and former Birmingham poet laureate as well as a host of BBC Radio 4 Slam Poetry – and will finish with DreadlockAlien performing his own verse on the Garden stage.
WEDNESDAY 3rd November 7PM – LIVE MUSIC – RSVP BHANGRA BAND
Veterans of Glastonbury, WOMAD and Boomtown – and now performing at our Festival of Lights – RSVP Bhangra’s unique blending of Punjabi Indian music with dance beats and mainstream pop has created a new and irresistible sound that audiences everywhere love and keep on coming back for!
THURSDAY 4th November
10am – 1pm LANTERN WORKSHOP WITH SAM HALE – for all ages
Come and help us make lanterns for our Lantern Procession on Sunday! We will be working with artist Sam Hale to create willow structures covered with decorated plastic – everyone is welcome.
7PM – LIVE MUSIC – NOT QUITE DEAD YET
Not quite Dead Yet have been described as “a tin of Punk Rock Sardines spilling onto the stage” – it’s a bunch of punks, old and young, playing a mix of their own songs and old favourites on ukuleles. What a treat to see them return to Caldmore Community Garden after a few years’ break!
FRIDAY 5th November
5PM – LANTERN WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST SAM MACE
Join us for a creative lantern making workshop delivered at the Garden in partnership with New Art Gallery Walsall. Drop in, no booking necessary.
6:30PM – A STRING OF LIGHTS WITH PETER CHAND AND FOX & ROCHA
As the nights stretch out and a chill fills the air, join us for a very special evening mixing storytelling, music, and song.
At the time of Diwali, what better way to celebrate light and brightness with an amazing and lively event for the whole family. We will be mixing incredible storytelling with beautiful singing in various languages, and the magical sounds of harp, diatonic accordion, and a host of interesting percussion instruments. Join us as we celebrate the light and warmth that is all around us, even at the darkest times.
SATURDAY 6th November 6:30PM – MY SHADOW AND ME – SHADOW THEATRE WITH DREW COLBY
My Shadow and Me is like a cartoon created live out of nothing but darkness and light. One person (and his shadow) meet and go on an imaginative journey where creatures emerge, engage and transform beautifully. Little encounters between characters are explored and tiny stories unfold. Many are funny, some are sweet. The ever fascinating and adorable hand-shadow bunny makes an appearance as part of a simple magic trick, and the show ends with a colourful and impressive finale in which multiple shadow characters appear all at the same time – made with just two hands!
SUNDAY 7th November
4PM PUPPET OPERATING WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN by The Fetch Theatre Company
Join us for 4pm to learn with The Fetch Theatre how to operate scrunch puppets made by pupils at Caldmore Primary Academy to join in with the evening performance.
LANTERN PROCESSION (5:45pm meet at the Garden)
Meet us at 5:45pm at the Garden to join in with the Lantern Procession to Caldmore Green and back to show the beautiful lanterns made by children from Caldmore Primary Academy, Garden holiday play scheme, and people from all the community. We will light up the streets of Caldmore and invite everyone to accompany us on our way back to the Garden.
6:45PM PUPPET SHOW WITH THE FETCH THEATRE COMPANY
The Festival of Lights culminates with a bespoke puppet performance by The Fetch Theatre.
This brand new performance that doesn’t yet have a name will be inspired by their previous show, Insect Safari, performed here at Caldmore Community Garden back in August. Expect creatures that might that creep, crawl, fly, flutter and buzz, all inspired by a wealth of fascinating insect facts and international stories that voice myths and folklore of insects from the farthest reaches of the globe.
Doors open half an hour before performance time – café will be open with drinks and refreshments.
A late last-minute addition to our amazing lineup is the very incredible Faye Bagley. She is before many times at the Community Garden and were delighted to be able to welcome her back.
Why not check out one of her videos here:
Unfortunately Trouble and Strife have had to step down due to illness.
Although the weather is looking distinctly autumnal please don’t let this put you off coming. With constructive marquees around the stage to keep the audience dry and there be plenty of hot soup and warm snacks from the community café. We’re also running children’s activities in doors to keep the little ones busy! It promises to be a great day look forward to seeing you there.
A great way to round off the summer with an afternoon of live music including performances from some of Walsall’s best live acts as well as leading national names.
The ever popular Alex Fawson will be kicking off proceedings as well as hosting the day. The afternoon also sees a performance from local legend Martin Breedon who will be bringing his band the Rustlers to enliven The Garden Stage. Fresh from her storming performance at the Arboretum in August as vocalist for Funk and Disorderly, Gemma Niles will be returning to the garden heading up her own band Katsu Cassettes.
Heading up the the M6 from Birmingham singer song writer, Jack Cattell will be taking the stage later on in the afternoon, for a rare Walsall performance, showcasing music from his new EP, Locked Away. https://jackcattellmusic.bandcamp.com/.
Heading up the bill, we are very proud to have the return of the amazing songsmith, story teller and all round national treasure Ash Mandrake, who will be sharing his own unique brand of psychedelic folk. https://ashmandrake.bandcamp.com
This amazing event is brought to you absolutely free and is hosted in the beautiful environs of Caldmore Community Garden.
The event starts at 1.00pm and goes on to 7.30. The garden café will be opening all afternoon serving up hot and cold drinks and a range of cakes and light refreshments. You’re welcome to bring your own picnic and there will be covered areas in the unlikely event that we have any rain showers!
The event is it’s very definitely family friendly, and there is a play area for young children along with hosted activities, so please come on down and chill with us, to round off our summer of great events at Caldmore Community Garden!
CALDMORE ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL A great way to finish the summer. Refreshments available or bring a picnic.
Breaking news ! A late last-minute addition to our amazing lineup is the very incredible Faye Bagley. She has played before many times at the Community Garden and were delighted to be able to welcome her back. Why not check out one of her videos here https://youtu.be/J4QvldtvWMs Unfortunately Trouble and Strife have had to step down due to illness.
Although the weather is looking distinctly autumnal please don’t let this put you off coming. With have constructed marquees around the stage to keep the audience dry and there will be plenty of hot soup and warm snacks from the community café. We’re also running children’s activities in doors to keep the little ones busy!It promises to be a great day look forward to seeing you there.
Join us as we take you into a fantastical world of creatures that creep, crawl, fly, flutter and buzz. Incredible stories and facts from across the world burst into life in this stunning show featuring amazing puppets, original music and a whole lot of bugs!
Take heed of the wisdom of the world’s oldest spiders who roamed the lush, tropical swamps of the West Midlands over 30 million years ago, and join us in celebrating the wonderous world of insects.
The Fetch Theatre Company in partnership with Infamous Arts and the Lapworth Museum present this amazing show at Caldmore Community Garden!
Join us for a Toddler day of fun at Caldmore Community Garden!
Giant bubbles, soft play, ice-cream, fun at the playground and lots of fun around the Garden.
Bezerkaz Circus combine fun, visually amazing and beautiful excitement to capture the imagination of the youngest, up to the oldest attendees of any event, their brightly costumed circus characters will amaze with their colourful and creative skills, beautiful and gigantic bubbles and comedy suited to the youngest audience. Not to be missed!
For children aged 1-4 only – older siblings are allowed, but please remember that this is an event for little ones and we need to make it fun and safe for them first! Spaces are limited.
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