Whats On

Just Write!

Young People's Writing Workshop with Claire

Part of Morecambe Poetry Festival 2026

@ Morecambe Library

Saturday morning 18 September

More details to follow

Just Speak! @ Morecambe Library 

Claire does something she nevers stop doing ... talking! A 30 minute spot [ if you let her ...] sharing words that need to sound like poems.

Saturday morning 18 September 

Part of Morecambe Poetry Festival 2026

More details to follow

First Fundraising Table in Morecambe on 22 November 2024

An Open House event for Good Things Collective. A wild wet day with few daring to go out but still made almost £100 for Imagine Senegal.

UPCOMING EVENTS FOR 2025/6

Storytelling events in Morecambe Library during School holidays. Next event Saturday 1 November 2025 at 10.30 a.m.

Exhibition of Art in Morecambe

Buttermere Exhibition at Morecambe Library in August and September 2025

Writing workshops for children, young people and adults

Writing workshop for young people as part of Morecambe Maritime Festival Summer 2025

IN PROGRESS

An Anthology of words

A second Children's book

A second illustrated Memoir 

Thank you to the whole team at Morecambe Library for hosting Imagine Senegal's first exhibition in Lancashire during Autumn 2024

       Storytelling in Lancashire libraries 

         Morecambe Fringe Festival  2024  

      20 July 10.30 a.m.  Morecambe library 

 Where's the magic dust? 

Whose are those shoes?

KENDAL TORCHLIGHT FESTIVAL

September 2021

Imagine Senegal's English storyteller with the Mayor of Kendal holding the storyteller's staff and South Lakes District Council leader holding the storyteller's pocket watch.

An illustrated memoir!

"Buttermere Return"

by Claire Griffel

Only 36 years in the making a second book published by Imagine Senegal in November 2021 is available for sale.

Please contact us for details.

Storytelling at Kendal Library

KENDAL COSPLAY

Sunday 15 July 2018

Ruskins in Kendal hosted this festival.
It's a Home and Away Fundraiser!! Supporting local charity Space2Create and Imagine Senegal's voluntary projects in West Africa.

Our festival invited cosplay entries from ALL ages and promises an action-packed fun day. The festival kicked off at 2.30 pm and carried on into the evening. There were new and established musicians, face painting, magic and dance acts performing and of course food for well-deserving cosplayers, family and friends. There was a public vote with trophies and medals and even a cosplay character art auction.
 

Tickets £5 solo £10 family 

BOOKINGS AVAILABLE

KENDAL UNITY FESTIVAL

Saturday 23 June 2018

Celebrating Diversity!!

Claire will be offering fun Storytelling sessions for children at Kendal's Children's Library 11am - 12 and 2 - 3pm .

Children will also be able to make up their own stories inspired by some exciting props.

My book "Quet-zal's Tail" will be available. ( See Shop page)

THE TEMPEST

Friday 13 April 2018

A night of fun, merriment and silliness!!
7.30pm at Ruskins (Smokehouse Yard opposite The  Birdcage in Kendal LA9 4ND)

Fundraising for Imagine Senegal's voluntary projects and supporting our local theatre group, Chaos Collective, going to Edinburgh Fringe.

Fundraising Exhibition in 2017

First Fundraising Exhibition in 2016