REclaim
REclaim is back! We bring you our festival of community, creativity and sustainability,
REclaim Weekend is a free entry 3 day bank holiday weekend festival centred around Shoreham-by-Sea's Coronation Green on 25th to 27th May 2024. The festival is all about community, creativity and sustainability and features all manner of activities, performances and stalls for all ages.
The REclaim Exhibition will feature YOUR works of art on the outside walls of The Circular Space for the two weeks surrounding the festival weekend. Check out our drop in REmaking sessions to help make community works for the REclaim Exhibition.
Thanks to the Rampion Community Benefit Fund at the Sussex Community Foundation, the Enjoolata Foundation and the Coop Local Community Fund for their support of REclaim and our surrounding activities.
As usual all our activity sessions are listed on our Events Calendar and also on Facebook. Follow REclaim on Facebook here.
If you want to be involved in REclaim is any way, either by volunteering with us or by running your own activity or stall, let us know!
What's happening at REclaim Weekend?
Below is the full timetable of what's on over REclaim Weekend. This is currently a work in progress and subject to change. We aim to include all relevant links, inlcluding links to booking pages and links to the websites and social media of everyone taking part. We are also producing a printed leaflet including an outline timetable which will be available to pick up from The Circular Space and local businesses and to download here.
We may be able to squeeze in extra stalls and popup activities right up until the last minute and anything that does not make it in the printed leaflet will be features here and on the REclaim Facebook page.
Saturday 25th May
All day REwrite: add to a giant community word collage or do your own creative writing collaging with discarded text, using The Scrap Space's stash, with Swig & Weave. Drop in. Donation
10am to 12pm Nature Makers: 'Stay and play’ type taster sessions of mindful, nature-inspired craft activity using natural and recycled materials. Nature Makers uses sustainable and vegan materials wherever possible. Age 2 to 8. Drop in. Free.
10am to 12pm Adur Repair Cafe, including Bike Hospital. Get help repairing household items including electrical and mechanical devices, textiles and bikes. Email adurrepaircafe@gmail.com to book in your repair or turn up and try your luck. Book/drop in. Donation
10am to 12pm: REfashion your wardrobe: Get inspiration and quick and easy solutions to revitalise your garments and accessories. Get help with simple skills, fast-fixes and ideas to fall in love with your clothes all over again.... Bring along any items you want to work on. Age 7+. Drop in. Donation
10am to 12pm Active Hope Workshop: work through your eco anxiety with climate coach Jo Peters. Age 15+. Book here. Pay what you can.
11am West Sussex County Council waste prevention team recycling talk/games. Drop in. Free
1 to 3pm REbead: jewellery making with reclaimed beads from The Scrap Space's stash. Age 3+. Drop in. Donation
2pm Sussex Underwater talk. Drop in. Free
3 to 5pm REbadge: badge making with reclaimed materials from The Scrap Space's stash. Age 3+. DRop in. Donation.
3pm Gathering Light Choir music performance. Drop in. Free
4pm Future Futures youth jazz performance. Drop in. Free
6 to 10pm Moon & Stars Stage featuring Shoreham Allstars kids' bands and local adult bands. Drop in. Free
Sunday 26th May
10am to 12pm Nature Makers: 'Stay and play’ type taster sessions of mindful, nature-inspired craft activity using natural and recycled materials. Nature Makers uses sustainable and vegan materials wherever possible. Age 2 to 8.
10am to 12pm Adur Repair Cafe, including Toy Hospital. Get help repairing household items including electrical and mechanical devices, textiles and toys. Email adurrepaircafe@gmail.com to book in your repair or turn up and try your luck. Book/drop in. Donation
10am to 12pm: REfashion your wardrobe: Get inspiration and quick and easy solutions to revitalise your garments and accessories. Get help with simple skills, fast-fixes and ideas to fall in love with your clothes all over again.... Bring along any items you want to work on. Age 7+. Drop in. Donation
10.30am to 12.30pm Beach clean with Tideline Trash and Treasures: meet on shingle by Ferry Road. Drop in.
10am to 12pm Toy swap: drop off toys. Get a ticket for each toy you drop off (or 2 tickets for big toys) to exchange for a new toys! Good conditon only, no electrical toys, no cords longer than 30cm, no books (take them to Monday's book swap instead), up to 5 toys per person. Drop in. Donation
11am to 1pm Toy swap: choose new toys! One toy per tickey or 2 tickets for big toys.
11am to 1pm Nature Drawing with Art Club for Adults. Age 16+ Book here. Pay what you can.
11am West Sussex County Council waste prevention team recycling talk/games. Drop in. Free
1pm Beach trash and treasure talk with Tideline Trash and Treasures. Drop in. Free
1.30 to 3.30pm REmodel: upcycle beach litter into art with Tideline Trash and Treasures. Book here. Pay what you can.
2 to 3.30pm REplay: junk instrument making with Happy Tunes Music. Age 5 to 10. Book here. Pay what you can.
3 to 5pm: REweave: what can you weave with?!
3.30pm: REplay: junk and real instrument performance with Happy Tunes Music’s ‘The Kitchen Orchestra’
4pm Community Singalong with Sing by Sea
6 to 10pm Moon & Stars Stage featuring Shoreham Allstars kids’ bands and adult local bands
Monday 27th May
10am to 12pm Nature Makers: 'Stay and play’ type taster sessions of mindful, nature-inspired craft activity using natural and recycled materials. Nature Makers uses sustainable and vegan materials wherever possible. Age 2 to 8. Drop in. Free.
10am to 12pm Adur Repair Cafe, including Toy Hospital. Get help repairing household items including electrical and mechanical devices, textiles and bikes. Email adurrepaircafe@gmail.com to book in your repair or turn up and try your luck. Book/drop in. Donation
10am to 12pm: REfashion your wardrobe: Get inspiration and quick and easy solutions to revitalise your garments and accessories. Get help with simple skills, fast-fixes and ideas to fall in love with your clothes all over again.... Bring along any items you want to work on. Age 7+. Drop in. Donation
10 to 11.30am REwrite blackout poetry workshop with Swig & Weave * Age 6+
11am West Sussex County Council waste prevention team recycling talk/games. Drop in. Free
11.30am to 1pm #BringIt beginners’ poetry writing workshop with Mary * Age 4+
11.30 to 11.45am Split Hairs slapstick drama performance
1 to 2.30pm #BringIt beginners’ adults only poetry writing workshop with Mary * Age 16+
12 to 1pm Drama Games with Split Hairs * Age 4 to 8
1 to 2pm Drama Games with Split Hairs * Age 8 to 12
2.30pm Open mic poetry reading
12 to 4pm REread: Book swap in St Mary’s Churchyard (inside church if wet)
12 to 4pm Nature Craft for Wellbeing in St Mary’s Churchyard (inside church if wet)
2pm to 5pm: REbuild: Scrap Space Gadget Gameshow. Enter teams to compete to make the best scrap gadgets! There will be prizes! * Age 6+
All weekend:
REfuel with vegetarian and vegan food, soft and alcoholic drinks from Presh-Eat and hot drinks from Whimsy Brews
Messy toddler play
Kids’ crafting
Giant games from Hands on Community
Scrap Shark Selfie Station by Donald's Den
Picnics welcome. Feel free to bring a blanket to sit on. We would prefer that you take your rubbish home but if you can’t, please use the recycling bins provided.
Everything takes place on Coronation Green unless specifieid otherwise. You remain reponsible for any children you bring with you at all times. The indicated ages are a guide to the age range suitability of the activity. The programme is subject to alteration if circumstances require it. In the event of any alteration the most up to date information can be found here, at www. facebook.com/reclaimadur and on the days of the event at Coronation Green, including late entries to the programme.
Sessions marked with *: book through www.weareoverthemoon.org/upcomingevents to guarantee a place. You can also try your luck turning up just before the start time but we may not be able to fit you in. Other activity sessions/performances/talks: just drop in. All activity sessions are ‘pay what you can’/ make a donation or free. You can donate by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay using the QR code on the back of the festival leaflet and displayed around the festival, online by card or Paypal when you book a session in advance and in cash at the festival.
Information and application form for REclaim Exibition: