We are looking forward to seeing you at our next Creative Connection Club, a space for Neurodivergent adults to connect over creative exploration.
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When & Where
Date: Thursday 15th January 2026
Time: 7 to 9pm (please do not arrive early – doors open at 7)
Location: 46 High St, Ramsgate, CT11 9AG, (see “Access & Transportation” details below for public transport and car parking details.)
What is the Creative Connection Club?
The NDFT Creative Connection Club is a programme designed to complement our regular social meetups and coffee mornings, offering a dedicated space for Neurodivergent adults to explore a range of creative activities shaped by community interest. Each month, sessions are facilitated by professional artists and practitioners, with a focus on creativity, connection, and environmental sustainability.
Painting with Nature, Workshop Details
Painting with Nature is a hands-on, playful art workshop for Neurodivergent adults who want to explore creativity using everyday, sustainable materials.
In this session, you’ll learn how to make simple, water-based paints using things you may already have in your kitchen or can find on a walk around Thanet – including kitchen scraps, spices and other natural ingredients. By working with materials that might otherwise be thrown away, you’ll explore low-waste ways of making art that are affordable, not harmful to the environment and easy to continue at home.
You’ll get to experiment with making different colours, and you can make a personal colour chart to help you remember what you discover. You can then use your handmade paints to make an artwork of your own. If starting from a blank page feels tricky, there will be optional pre-drawn outlines inspired by plants, animals, and natural patterns that you can colour in or adapt.
The workshop is designed to be low-pressure and supportive, with clear structure, gentle pacing and plenty of choice. The focus is on curiosity and play rather than technical skill or being ‘good’ at art. You don’t need any previous art experience – just an openness to experimenting!
All materials are provided, and there’s no need to bring anything unless you want to wear old clothes / an apron or bring your own notebook / sketchbook for personal notes.
Due to the nature of working with food stuffs, please let us know if you have any allergies.
Workshop schedule
- 7-7.15pm – welcome and settling in
- 7.15-7.30 – intro
- 7.30-8.40 – workshop activity
- 8.40-8.50 – tidy up
- 8.50-9 – feedback forms
- 9 – close
Facilitator Bio
Carole is a Margate-based Neurodivergent artist, facilitator and teacher whose creative practice spans printmaking, collage and textiles, as well as making and using naturally-made paints, inks and dyes. Her work is informed by nature, sustainability and heritage. She is particularly interested in making art accessible, playful and community-centred.
Over the past 16 years, Carole has facilitated creative learning in schools, museums and community spaces. She has led workshops on making natural dyes and paints, including at Kew Gardens, and run inclusive art sessions for groups such as Margate Pride Youth Group. Before moving to Margate she lived in Canterbury, where she founded Pride Art Canterbury, a pop-up studio and community gallery at Canterbury Pride, creating welcoming spaces for people to make and share art together.
Carole brings warmth, structure and lived experience of neurodivergence to her workshops, creating environments where participants feel safe to experiment, play and connect.
Is the Creative Connection Club for you?
Who are our workshops for?
Neurodivergent Friends workshops are for Neurodivergents adults from all backgrounds and all abilities, whether diagnosed, self-identifying or questioning*.
*Neuro-curious (questioning whether you might be Neurodivergent) and self-diagnosed/self-identifying individuals are absolutely welcome.
Who are our workshops NOT for? (must read)
Neurodivergent Friends workshops are not for anyone seeking unpaid emotional labour from our community.
Additionally, they are not a place for you to carry out research, arrange consultations or solicit feedback or gather information for your own agenda.
Finally, they are not for anyone being paid to attend on behalf of an organisation.
If you have a feeling that this might be you, please send us an email at info@ndft.org.uk and we’ll do our best to assist you appropriately.
The only non-Neurodivergent people welcome at this event are support-people/caregivers and potentially venue staff.
Only adults who are 18 years old or older can attend our events. Even if accompanied by a parent or guardian, we cannot allow under-18s to attend. This policy is in place to ensure the safeguarding, safety and well-being of everyone involved, including yours.
Welcome Pack & Code of Conduct
We ask all participants of our Creative Connection Club to read, agree and comply with our code of conduct, therefore ensuring the safety of everyone involved as well as their own.
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Access and Transportation
Travelling by Public Transport
Bus Stops 2 mins walk from venue: ‘Broad Street’ 48; 48A; ‘Staffordshire Street’ 48;48A;
Bus Stops 3-5 mins walk from venue: ‘Leopold Street (Stop B)’ 9; 9X; 34; 45; 45A; 48A; 946; Loop; ‘Harbour’ 9X; 45; 48A; 946; BK1; Loop.
Travelling by Car
Carparks (charges apply), from closest to furthest to venue:
Staffordshire Street Car Park (2 mins), Meeting Street (2 mins); Cavendish Street (2 mins) Albion Place (3-5 mins); Leopold Street Multi-storey (3-5 mins).
Free street parking:
All street parking spaces labelled as “pay and display” are free after 6pm across Thanet.
See our venue’s visual story below for visual information about access and transportation.
Venue’s Visual Story
Our visual story is a handy document that shows you what to expect about the venue and where things are. Read it before you come, we hope it helps you enjoy our Creative Connection Club even more!
Is Booking Required?
We recommend booking in advance because we limit the number of tickets available to book for safeguarding reasons. Therefore, once maximum capacity is reached, we won’t be able to let anyone else in.
You don’t have to book a ticket to come, however, it’s the only way to absolutely guarantee your place for the Creative Connection Club.
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