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Dig-iT Attends Showing of Award Winning Film “I Am Dyslexic - The Movie"

25/2/2020

On 15th February, a handful of Dig-iT volunteers attended the screening of the Leamington Spa Film Festival 2020 winner “I Am Dyslexic” at the Royal Spa Centre, Leamington.

News of the award was published in the Stratford-Upon Avon Herald newspaper in January and in the Leamington Observer a few weeks later.

As you may be aware, Dig-iT has been an avid supporter of the film and its creator Thom J Davies since 2015 and so we were really happy to go along to congratulate Thom at this celebratory screening of the film at the Royal Spa Centre’s 188 seat Studio Cinema.

The event was well-attended and following the screening, there was a questions & answers session with the film-maker and a few of the cast, plus Becki our lead adult volunteer.

SPLAT! 2017

30/6/2017

A Dig-iT led story-telling and story-making initiative called SPLAT! comes to Tamworth on Saturday 15th July to coincide with Tamworth Library’s launch of their Summer Reading Challenge.

Starting at 10:30 in the morning with workshops and talks in St Editha’s Community Hall and Tamworth Library, the event will bring some fun into the idea that stories aren’t just about words, but pictures, films, spoken word, animation and much more.

The day long event will have professionally led workshops on comic book illustration, animation, children’s books, spoken word, video-making and much more. There will also be talks on being an author and film-making.

Details for all activities and any bookings can be found here.

In addition, at St Editha’s Community Hall there will be a Book Fair selling audio books, graphic novels and comic books as well as other stalls and of course, tea, coffee and cakes on sale!

Finally, in partnership with Tamworth Arts & Events and Community Together CIC, in the Castle Grounds there will be an interactive storyteller in the Bandstand and craft activities in the Community Hub.

Visit the SPLAT! website for full details.

Let’s Go Fly A Kite!

3/8/2016

Fancy some summertime fun? Of course you do! Then pop along to our Summer Picnic and Kite Making event on Sunday 14th August at Tamworth Castle Grounds.

Kicking off at 12:30pm with some kite making fun for the kids, at the Community Together CIC Hub (based at the old outdoor swimming pool building), we’ll then move outside to the Castle Grounds for a picnic and kite flying.

All kite making materials will be provided. Please bring your own picnic.

This is a FREE event with suggested donation of £2 per child.

All children must be accompanied by an adult with parental responsibility.

Interested? Book your place by email: office.tamdyslexia@gmail.com. See you all there.

Festive Story Fun with Tamworth LitFest

24/11/2015

We’re really pleased and excited to be supporting our friends Tamworth LitFest at a Festive Story Fun day on Saturday 12th December 2015.

The event, which takes place at St Editha’s Church, Tamworth town centre, promises to be lots of fun for all the family, with children’s authors and illustrators on hand giving story-telling workshops and book-readings.

Local comic book shop Comictopia will be running a ‘create a festive super-hero’ session and in-between all the author sessions, kids can get creative with card-making and other craft activities.

And, of course, the day is free to attend. Amazing!

Full event details here. Click on the picture to download the flyer.

SPAN Information Day - Coton Centre

23/3/2015

Dig-iT is pleased to announce that it will be taking part in the Staffordshire Parent Action Network (SPAN) Information Day at the Coton Centre on Thursday 26th March between 10:00am and 2:00pm.

This event is FREE to attend and is for parents and carers of children and young people with additional needs. Children are most welcome. There will be a children’s area with balloon making/magic man.

Please take a look at the flyer (on the right) for further information, or contact SPAN by email: span.staffordshire@gmail.com.

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Positively Different: FREE Variety Show Tickets!

26/10/2014

Tickets to our FREE 'Positively Different' variety show are available from:

Wilnecote School/ Leisure Centre (reception)
Tamworth Information Centre, Corporation St, B77 7DN

Get them while they're still available!

We'll be having a raffle on the night - to help us raise much-needed funds - so please do come along and support us!

For more information on the event and our 'Positively Different' exhibition at the Jubilee Building, South Staffordshire College, Croft St, B79 8AE, please see our Positively Different 2014 page.

Positively Different 2014

7/10/2014

Dig-iT is really pleased to announce that nominations for our annual "Positively Different" event are now open. See "Positively Different 2014" for more details.

But be quick, as nominations close on Friday 24th October.

It's Nearly Time to be 'Positively Different'!

6/10/2013

Submissions for our annual 'Positively Different' event are now closed and we're really looking forward to showing them all to you.

The event opens at 9:30am on Saturday 12th October at Tamworth Town Hall, Market Street.

As well as the exhibition, we've got activities and refreshments on offer. Please do call in, entry is completely free. See here.

Positively Different Submissions - Closing Date Extended

20/9/2013

We've extended the closing date for submissions to our Positively Different event this year. Latest date for submissions is now Monday 30th September.

See here for more details.

Positively Received

3/5/2013

We're starting to think about planning our 'Positively Different 2013' event and thought we'd remind you how well our first event went last year. So take a quick look at these two Tamworth Herald stories:

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