By James Powell | July 4, 2025
Suffolk Community Libraries is delighted to announce that The Blank Page Project creative workshops for young people will be returning to several libraries during the summer holidays.
74 workshops will be running from 28 July-29 August in the following libraries: Beccles, Bury St Edmunds, Chantry, Felixstowe, Gainsborough, Great Cornard, Haverhill, Ipswich County Library, Lowestoft. Sudbury and Stowmarket.
Parents and young people can find full information about the Blank Page workshops including a full list of FAQs on our website. You can then book a place via the Eequ website. You can book a place at more than one workshop!
The workshops are free for young people eligible for benefit-related free school meals. There are also a limited number of places per workshop priced at £15 each for young people that are not eligible for benefit-related free school meals. This includes lunch, drinks and snacks. You can check on the gov.uk website to see if you’re eligible for free school meals.
Erin Hamilton, Suffolk Community Libraries Children’s Librarian, said:
“We’re so excited to again be offering Blank Page workshops this summer. Since launching, thousands of young people have booked onto hundreds of workshops with amazing feedback from them and their parents. The workshops have not only helped to build confidence in young people and enabled them to try new things, but have also proved a great way to get young people more engaged in their local libraries.”
Philip Faircloth-Mutton, Cabinet Member for Environment, Communities and Equality said:
“I’m really pleased to see the Blank Page workshops returning to so many of our libraries this summer. They’re a brilliant example of the kind of valuable and creative opportunities the Holiday Activity Fund is making possible for children who receive benefit-related free school meals across Suffolk.”
Blank Page was launched in March 2023 and is funded by the Department for Education’s Holiday Activity Fund. The workshops provide enriching and engaging activities in libraries during the school holidays.
These workshops will cover a wide range of creative activities across various artisitc mediums, including:
- Special effect make-up with Lorna-Jane Garside
- Create your own game world with Evie Capon
- Songwriting with Charlie Law
- Creative theatre with Poppy Stevens
- Stop-frame animation with Lulu Horsfield
- Comic book illustration with Joel Millerchip
- Experimental printmaking with Holly Scholfield
- Upcycled Collage and Decoupage with Clare Sams.
You can also find more information about other opportunities available via the Holiday Activity Fund in Suffolk on the Eequ website.
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