fifteen Queen Street have launched a group for creative people in Colchester to meetup and collaborate. Whether you are a commuter from a London design agency, school teacher, community group member or artist based locally, no matter what your creative talent, we want to hear from you and learn what 15 Queen Street can do for you.We have many forthcoming community engagement activities, workshops and events. To join the group, and keep up-to-date, simply click the 'join us' button on the top rig …

I was looking for a way to uncover all my strengths and to free myself from habitual self-constricting patterns. Tried meditation but I don't seem to have the patience for it. Found a dynamic but little-known exercise, originating in Java, which seems to integrate all the parts (body, emotions, mind and spirit). This requires no teacher, guru or "expert". Each person's experience is unique. No fees. There is an introductory period to give a person time to make sure they are ready for a process t …

I created this group with two aims in mind. First, to organise social get-togethers for writers, and second to arrange 'write-ins'. For anyone familiar with National Novel Writing Month, write-ins will be a familiar concept. To anyone not, the idea sounds odd, but it works! A small group of writers get together with their laptops, iPads, notebooks, whatever, and for two hours they just write. Chat afterwards, but the two hours is for quiet writing. The combination of an arranged time and peer pr …