Spare Tyre

What does Spare Tyre actually do?

Casper Cok, Placement

27 June 2014

This is a question a lot of people back home ask me when I tell them about the work I do at Spare Tyre. In this placement, I get what I like to call: the full Spare Tyre experience. I work a day in...

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Gwanwyn Festival Wales 2014

Arti Prashar, Artistic Director

06 June 2014

On tour with the Spare Tyre Once Upon A Time crew at The Gwanwyn Festival. It was about intimate spaces in care homes and the beautiful open spaces of the Gower peninsula. We were running workshops...

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Five promises…

Vicky Tweedie, General Manager

11 April 2014

Whilst my triathlon training is in full swing, I’d like to boost up my sponsorship – I’m aiming to raise a hefty £5,000 for Spare Tyre.

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Creative Minds

Lucy Dalzell, Marketing and Admin Officer

19 March 2014

Last week, I attended the Creative Minds conference in Brighton, focused around the quality of art in the disability sector.

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Feeling Green

Arti Prashar, Artistic Director

03 March 2014

Ahh its been awhile since I put pen to paper – actually fingers to keyboard. Which is more environmentally friendly? Yes, that’s the theme for today! Environment, being green, recycling, re-using....

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In memory of Cassandra Hasanovic

Tess Garrett, Picture Me Director

28 February 2014

In a week's time we celebrate International Women's Day...we have come a long way ...and there is much to celebrate in Fahma Mohamed success in persuading Michael Gove to write to schools in England...

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An Hour Just For Me

Tess Garret, Picture Me Director

24 February 2014

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Train in the Rain

Vicky Tweedie, General Manager

02 February 2014

It’s 6 months till I (hopefully) complete an Olympic Triathlonfor Spare Tyre. I’m so terrified by this prospect that I’ve already been in training for 3 months.

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Death – a very public affair

Arti Prashar, Artistic Director

26 November 2013

I know it’s not what we are supposed to talk about - death and dying - but we are. ‘Cos its all around us and death after all is a part of life!

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Product vs Process

Jo Paul, Spare Tyre Artist

31 October 2013

I recently took on the role of Facilitator, representing Spare Tyre for an external project. A number of participatory arts organisations were matched with groups from a variety of disability...

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Product vs Process

Jo Paul, Spare Tyre Artist

31 October 2013

I recently took on the role of Facilitator, representing Spare Tyre for an external project. A number of participatory arts organisations were matched with groups from a variety of disability...

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A Local Affair

Lucy Dalzell, Marketing and Admin Officer

28 October 2013

So, as some of you may have noticed from our tweeting / facebooking / newsletters and our overall excitable leaping about, Spare Tyre are going to be part of the Lord Mayor’s Show this year.

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