Trysordy - Treasure House recycles materials for Creative, Educational and Recreational use

A Relaxing Creative Play Day for Adults on November 1st

jonathan gaunt — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:00:59 +0000

“David Pitt (”The Crowman”) invites you to Trysordy for ”Here’s One You Made Earlier”, on Saturday November 1st 2008. Come and join a group of up to 10, playful, not-so-grown-ups for a day of creative making activities in a prepared space using quality materials, scrap and simple tools. Masks, hats, puppets and things that make silly noises will be on the agenda. Stories and gongs will also feature! David has been working with schools and family groups for nearly 15 years and has also made “things-that-they-made-earlier” for television. Price £60. For more information, including times and booking details, please click on “Events and Courses”.

Annual Open day for Members and Supporters, October 4th

jonathan gaunt — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:08:33 +0000

You are warmly invited to our first Annual Open Day, on Saturday October 4th, from 10am to 4pm. This is an opportunity for you to drop in, look around, meet the directors and

let us know what you think about Trysordy
suggest any improvements to our current services or new things you would like to see us doing
hear about our up-and-coming plans
learn how to make Artists’ Charcoal (DVD and practical demonstration)
make something fun out of Scrap Materials to take home

Nature Games outside weather permitting.

Children are welcome, under accompanying parent or carer supervision. Free Light Refreshments will be provided.

Membership and Scrap Materials keep growing…..

jonathan gaunt — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:38:13 +0000

We are thrilled that membership has now topped 400, roughly split between organisations and individuals or families. And thanks to recent multiswap events with other scrapstores hosted by Gloucester and Bristol, the variety of things we now offer has grown significantly. So much so that we have opened up a third display area. To get an idea what is now in stock, with colour pictures, click on “What you’ll find at Trysordy”.

Gaia Leadership….a free taster workshop

jonathan gaunt — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:20:41 +0000

Trysordy will host a Gaia Leadership Taster Workshop on Thursday September 25th……and it’s free!. The day will concentrate both on the inner work of the individual and coaching skills needed to play a part in the rapidly evolving conversation in society on environmental challenges and responses, as we make the monumental transition to a low-carbon economy. For more information, click on “Events and Courses”.

New Opening Hours

jonathan gaunt — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:50:20 +0000

From September 16th onwards, you will be able to come in and buy materials at the following times:

TUESDAYS 9.30am - 12.30pm
THURSDAYS 10.00am - 6.30pm
SATURDAYS 10.00am - 1.00pm

Equipment you can hire

jonathan gaunt — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:35:47 +0000

Thanks (again) to a grant from Carmarthenshire Childrens Partnership, we have bought a Badge Maker. This is the first of a range of equipment we hope to acquire over the next 18 months for members to hire at minimal cost. Parachutes and Circus skills equipment will be next.

Lending Library opens

jonathan gaunt — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:33:38 +0000

Thanks to a grant from Carmarthenshire Childrens Partnership we have started up a free Lending Libraries for all members. The books give practical guidance on using a wide range of arts and crafts materials and environmental education issues, particularly the reuse of materials. Some books are aimed at teachers developing their own resource.

material for teaching, others are for carers and parents to use directly with children. Up to 2 books may be taken out at a time, and may be held for 3 weeks.

Volunteers wanted for Display work

jonathan gaunt — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:23:34 +0000

Part of the wonder of working at Trysordy is being able to let your imagination run riot with the Scrap Materials and turn wild ideas into something real. Even if you have never done anything like it before …but you feel this is something you might enjoy doing for a few hours on a Thursday or Saturday, then we would love to hear from you.

Students shooting Promotional film for Trysordy

jonathan gaunt — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:00:44 +0000

2 teams of students from the Film and Media department at Lampeter University are each shooting 30 second advertisements that we hope will entice more people to visit Trysordy.The project is part of the students course work that will contribute toward their degrees. We hope to post both advertisements on this website soon for you to see.

Gift to Local School

jonathan gaunt — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:59:13 +0000

A large circular wooden bench has been donated to the Primary School in Johnstown. The bench was made at Trysordy during private vocational training sessions by a number of fully supervised individuals serving Probation orders, as part of their rehabilitation programmes