Hailsham care home residents get back to nature

Residents at a care home in Hailsham picked up their pencils and went back to the drawing board for The Big Draw Festival 2020.
Jennifer Bennett, resident at Bowes House, celebrates the Big Draw SUS-201028-101512001Jennifer Bennett, resident at Bowes House, celebrates the Big Draw SUS-201028-101512001
Jennifer Bennett, resident at Bowes House, celebrates the Big Draw SUS-201028-101512001

Bowes House, on Battle Road, celebrated all things nature by creating works of art around this year’s theme, A Climate of Change.

As part of the event, residents and team members were taken on a virtual tour of Knockhatch Adventure Park, which is home to animals such as owls, racoons and even meerkats.

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The residents then used the tour as inspiration to create art depicting their favourite furry and feathered friends from the interactive virtual tour.

Residents also took to the care home’s garden for inspiration for their artwork, drawing and using watercolours to paint wildflowers.

Launched in 2000 as part of the Campaign for Drawing, the month-long Big Draw Festival promotes drawing as a tool for learning, expression and invention, and has encouraged more than four million people to get arty since its inception.

A Climate of Change, this year’s theme, focussed on the relationship between people and their environment.

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It offered the opportunity for older people to reminisce about their favourite nature spots, as well as trips in younger years to the great outdoors, and how the focus on looking after the planet has changed in recent years.

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