The community engagement programme involves a range of participatory workshops.

Arts, Crafts, Heritage & Culture

Drawing/ Contemporary Drawing

Drawing is the most basic form of expression for humans and contemporary drawing offers a new perspective on this ancient art form. Participants learn techniques of mark making, experimental drawing, use of materials and exploring own ideas.

Rangoli

Rangoli is one of the most popular art forms in India. It is a form of floor painting/ decoration that uses finely ground white powder and colours, and is used commonly outside homes in India. Rangoli can be wall art as well as floor art. The term rangoli is derived from words rang (colour) and aavalli ('coloured creepers' or 'row of colours').

Creative writing

Whether it is ‘Writing your own life story’ or ‘Poetry’ or ‘Writing from Imagination’ – this workshop will help participants discover the joy of simply – Writing!

Bead Jewellery making

Make bead jewelleries for your friends, family as gifts and impress them. Discover the joy of designing, ideating and making.

Multi-cultural workshops

Cultural Diversity Awareness Training

The aim of this workshop is to help develop a greater understanding about issues of diversity and equality at workplace.

½ day training
Full day training

Bollywood dance

The atmosphere of festivity can be experienced further through dance and music. Over four weeks, the children can learn basic steps and moves of Bollywood dance. A short piece will be choreographed that can be presented to the whole school to enjoy.

Sari dressing / multi-cultural dressing

Participants learn the art of draping this traditional six yards garment and gain an understanding about the various styles of Sari dressing.

Henna

Participants can experience the beautiful designs painted on their body using Henna, a natural herb that leaves temporary colour on the skin. This is very popular among women and children of all ages.

Storytelling for young people

Through interactive resources such as video and objects, stories from Indian mythology are brought to life for young people to help understand the cultural traditions and festivals.

Diwali Workshops

Unique to Sangini, we have developed a series of workshops, such as:
• Story of Diwali: Story of Rama and Sita are told to help understand why Diwali is celebrated in India.
• Mandir: (Temple/ Altar) The festival is brought to light by creating a small temple where children can see Lakshmi, the God of Wealth, Ganesh, The Elephant God and ask questions. The temple is decorated in true Hindu style with fruits, flowers, and other offerings. They will learn to light the Diya, the lamp at the altar.
• Multi-cultural dressing to celebrate Diwali
• Diya making: Make traditional lamps ‘Diya’ as part of Diwali celebrations
• Thorans/ buntings making: Learn to make traditional Indian buntings – ‘Thorans’, used to decorate the doorways.

Health and Wellbeing

Rangoli for health

This traditional art form is fantastic for those suffering from any health issues, especially mental health issue such as depression. Highly therapeutic, this workshop helps the participants to immerse themselves into colours, lines and designs.

Indian cooking for health

Discover the joys of cooking Indian cooking, but in a healthy way. Learn how to cook vegetables, lentils and rice to create a healthy balanced diet that could even help with the weight loss.

Know your Spices / Spice for health

The aim of this workshop is to help understand the importance of ‘spices’ and their benefits in our daily lives.

We also offer the following workshops

Mental Health Awareness
Meditation
Yoga for beginners