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Weekly Roundup – 7th – 13th August 2023

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It’s time for another Weekly Roundup of all that’s been going on at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. There’s been group visits and mocktails this week! Read more below.

Tuseday 8th August 2023

On Tuseday we had a group visit come to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It’s always nice to see groups enjoying their visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It is essential that group visits book in advance. Learn more here>

Wednesday 9th August 2023

Today we also had a group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It was great to have them. You can learn more about group visits here>

Friday 11th August 2023

In the evening, Monica, The Devil’s Porridge Museum’s Youth and Communitiy Engagement Officer, headed off to the Xcel Youth Centre in Langholm to offer a mocktail masterclass to the young people there! Brilliant to have her repersenting The Devil’s Porridge Museum!

Saturday 12th August 2023

Today we had another group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It was brilliant to see them enjoying their visit to the museum! Learn more about group visits here>

It may have been a bit too rainy for gardening club this morning, but all the plants are looking very good and the rain did a very good job of watering them for us! Learn more about gardening club here>

Take a look at some of the flowers they have been growing in the photos below.

Thanks to Emily for sharing these three beautful photos of our garden too!

That marks the end of this week’s Weekly Roundup! Be sure to check in again this time next week to keep up to date with what’s been happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. We still have some events comming up soon, including an exciting Bee Celebration next week! Check out what’s happening on the events page here>

As always you can read last week’s Weekly Roundup here>

See you next week!

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Weekly Roundup – 31st July – 6th August 2023

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It’s time for our first Weekly Roundup in August 2023! This week’s Weekly Roundup is a wee bit shorter than usual, but we’ve got some exciting workshops still to come (including scriptwriting and mocktails). Be sure to check out our events page to learn more! Read more about what’s been happening below.

Saturday 5th July 2023

Our gardening club were once again hard at work! Take a look at some of their hard work in our Dig For Victory Garden in the photos below.

A huge thank you to all the young people who come along to the gardening club and to Wendy! She is a huge help with many activities and more at The Devil’s Porridge Museum including gardening club! Our Dig For Victory Gardern wouldn’t be anywhere near as successful without her!

Gardening club is ideal for children and teenagers aged up to 16 years old. Why not join us? Learn more about our gardening club and how to book your place here>

Sunday 6th August 2023

It was brilliant to have representatives of The Devil’s Porridge Museum at a local Family Funday event held in Annan. Thanks for having us!

That’s all for this week’s Weekly Roundup. Be sure to come back again next week to keep up to date with all that is happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. We’ve still got some events coming up at the museum, so be sure to take a look at our events page here> You can take a look back at last week’s Weekly Roundup here>

Have you had chance to visit our book box yet? You are welcome to browse the selection of books in our phone box within The Devil’s Porridge Museum’s opening hours. A £1 donation is required per book. Current UK currancy only please! All funds raised go back into The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

Thank you to Graham for the idea and all his time and hard work on this! Another thank you to anyone who has donated books for the book box so far!

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Weekly Roundup – 24th to 30th July 2023

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We may be nearing the end of July, but there’s still a lot happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. This week we’ve had rock art, wax painting and even some mocktails! Thanks go as always to everyone who came along and all those which helped us with this week’s workshops! Read all about it below.

Monday 24th July 2023

Today we had rock painting! It was fantastic to see so many young people join us for this workshop and see all their creativity. Take a look at the photos below.

A huge thank you to everyone who has been volunteering to help us out with all our workshops so far. We always really appricate your help!

Wednesday 26th July 2023

This evening we had a mocktail masterclass at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It was brilliant to see how everyone decorated their mocktails!

Thank you to a youth worker from Youth Work D & G for joining us for this event.

Thursday 27th July 2023

On Thursday morning we had a group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It was great to see that they enjoyed themselves! Just a quick reminder it is essential for you to book any group visits and catering for the group in advance. Learn more about group visits to the museum here>

We also had a wax painting workshop for young people in The Devil’s Porridge Museum. Take a look at some of the beautiful artwork, created in workshop in the photos below. If you attended the workshop and have yet to collect your artwork please remember to drop by the museum and pick it up from the front desk! Thanks again to everyone who volunteered to help us with this!

Friday 28th July 2023

The Devil’s Porridge Museum was very busy today with another group visit! Learn more about group visits here>

Saturday 29th July 2023

Our gardening club were busy in the garden today, even if things did get a bit rainy!

You’d be welcome to come along and join our gardening club. Learn more about this here>

Thanks for joining us for this week’s Weekly Roundup! Catch up with us again next week to keep up to date with what is happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. In the meantime you can check out what events are coming up at The Devil’s Porridge Museum here> and find our previous Weekly Roundup here>

We would love to see your photos of your visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum or any activities that you came along to at the museum! Tag us on our social media platforms! Find them here>

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Weekly Roundup – 17th to 23rd July 2023

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Catch up with all that’s been happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum with our weekly roundup. This week we’ve had gardening, living history reenactors and we’re thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Scottish Thistle Awards!!! Read all about it below.

Monday 17th July 2023.

On Monday we were delighted to welcome another group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. Find out all you need to know about group visits here>

On this day in 1944 the decision was made to abandon RAF Annan. At its peak RAF Annan could boast a staff of 400 RAF personnel housed across its 200-acre site. Tragically, many pilots lost their lives while training at RAF Annan.

You can learn more about RAF Annan by visiting The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

Thursday 20th July 2023

Today we discovered that we were once again in finals for the Thistle awards!

We were thrilled to have been shortlisted for the South of Scotland Thistle Awards Regional Finals in the following categories:

Celebrating Thriving Communities
Best Visitor Attraction.

We were delighted to find out that our chairman, Richard Brodie has also been shortlisted for Tourism Individual of the Year in the South of Scotland Thistle Awards Regional Fianals.

We are looking forward to the 5th of October 2023 to celebrate the best of South of Scotland tourism!!! Good luck to everyone who is nominated.

Friday 21st July 2023

Today we had Strasbourg Youth Symphony Orchestra visiting us for a look around The Devil’s Porridge Museum! It was fantastic to have them all visit.

Saturday 22nd July 2023

Our gardening club was hard at work growing fresh food and flowers this morning. Why not come along and join them? Gardening club is ideal for children and young people aged up to 16 years old. You can learn more about this here>

Take a look at this beautiful flower they have grown below. It’s one of the many things they have grown so far!

Visitors to The Devil’s Porridge Museum could also see two living history reenactors from On War Service as part of their visit to the museum today. They were in uniform as WW1 military nurse and her patient, a German soldier.

On War Service also had authentic items from the World War One on display in the museum’s education room.

It was brilliant to have two members of On War Service at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. You can learn more about On War Service here>

That brings up to the end of our weekly roundup! Remember to join us again next week to keep up to date with what’s been happening at The Devil’s Porrridge Museum. If you want to read more about what has been happen in the meantime check out last week’s weekly roundup here>

You can also take a look at our events page to see if there’s anything coming up that you would like to get involed in here>

Planning a visit with your family? Take a look at our brand new family visits page to find out all you need to know!

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Weekly Roundup – 10th to16th July 2023

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Recently there’s been so much happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum that we’ve decide to start a weekly roundup to keep you all up to date! This week there’s been creative writing, jewellery and more! Read the full rundown below.

Monday 10th July 2023

We started off the week with a group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

Tuseday 11th July 2023

Today we had not one, but two Jewellery Workshops!

We had an amazing experience at the Teenagers’ Jewellery workshop. It was a pleasure to create beautiful pieces of jewellery with such talented and creative teenagers. Their skills and imagination were truly impressive. Take a look at some photos of this below!

We also had so much fun in the Little Girls Jewellery Workshop!!! Have a look at their beautiful creations in the photos below!

Tuseday was certianly a very busy day! We also had two diffrent group visits to The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

Wednesday 12th July 2023

Today we had a creative writting workshop, which was a huge success! The children were fully engaged and impressed us with their outstanding storytelling skills, they developed prompts, characters and writing with ease.

A big thank you to Laura for sharing her inspiring writing journey with us!

Take a look at some photos from this workshop below.

Thursday 13th July 2023

Today we had another group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. You can learn more about group visits here>

Friday 14th July 2023

There was great fun to be had at our painting workshop today! The kids got creative in our painting class today! Take a look at the variety of shapes and monsters they made in the photos below.

Saturday 15th July 2023

Today we had our gardening club. The young people in our gaderning club are learning new skills and helping us to grow seasonal produce in our Dig for Victory garden that will be used in our café.

We’ve still got spaces in our gardening club if you know a young person who would like to join us! Learn more about it and how to book here>

That’s the end of our Weekly Roundup for this week! Join us next week to keep up to date with what’s been happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. In the meantime, check out our events page to see what’s coming up soon at The Devil’s Porridge Museum!

Digital Takeover

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Join our Youth Panel and take over our digital platforms!

* TikTok videos: Write scripts, film videos or act in the videos! Your choice!
* Photography: Use your smartphone to take pictures for our social media.
* Write content for social media or blog.

All training will be provided.

To book contact: education@devilsporridge.org.uk

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Easter Activities 2023

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Hop along to The Devil’s Porridge Museum for some egg-citing Easter activities for young people. Ideal for 6 to 12 year-olds!

Read more about our fun Easter activities below.

Wednesday 5th & 12th April 2023

Egg-cellent Egg Painting

10am – 11am

Get creative at The Devil’s Porridge Museum and have a crack at egg painting! What egg-straordinary designs will you create?

Donation £1 per child for this activity.

Places are limited. Book your place on Eventbrite.

Book here for Wednesday 5th April>

Book here for Wednesday 12th April>

Thursday 6th April 2023

Egg-mazing Easter Wreath

10am -11am

Create your own egg-mazing Easter wreath in this fun workshop.

Donation £1 per child for this activity.

Places are limited. Book your place on Eventbrite here>

Friday 7th April 2023

Easter Deli Creations

10am – 11:30am

Create some tasty treats for Easter in this egg-cellent workshop.

Donation £1 per child for this activity.

Places are limited. Book your place on Eventbrite here>

Tuseday 11th April 2023

Egg-straordinary Easter Crafts

10am -11am

Hop along to The Devil’s Porridge Museum to get creative with some egg-cellent Easter crafts!

Donation £1 per child for this activity.

Places are limited. Book your place on Eventbrite here>

Thursday 13th & Friday 14th April 2023

Egg-citing Easter Egg Hunt

Join us at The Devil’s Porridge Museum for a very egg-citing Easter egg hunt! You can enjoy this as part of your visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

Can you track down all the colourful eggs around the museum and spell the word to earn your chocolate treat?

Booking online to visit the Museum is essential to avoid disappointment when we are busy. You can book your visit here: https://www.devilsporridge.org.uk/product/tickets

Have you enjoyed our Easter activites? Why not come along to our free gardening club.

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Mid-Term Holiday workshops!

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Mid-Term Holiday workshops!

We have 4 family bonding activities for your kids:

Upcycling workshops learn about recycling.
A Spanish lesson for beginners.
A Board Games Club.

Free events, all materials are provided.
Book by searching The Devil’s Porridge on Eventbrite.
Due to popularity, bookings are limited to 3 kids per adult.

Wednesday, Feb 22, 11am-12:30pm

Upcycling workshop: Save that jar!

Transform your hoarded bottles from trash to high-end & fabulous jars into nice jars to treasure memories, self-care products, and more.

Best suited to ages 7 – 12.

Free.

*Due to popularity, booking is limited to 3 kids per person.

**Parents can join their children, but please only book your child’s place.

Thursday, Feb 23, 11am-12:30pm

Upcycling workshop

Creative boxes: Think it, make it!

Join us for a creative workshop on recycling cardboard to make beautiful boxes to store memories, self-care essentials, and more!

Best suited to ages 7 – 12.

Places are limited to 3 kids per person.

Friday, Feb 24, 11am-12:00pm

Hola! Spanish lesson for beginners

Join us in our Moorside Room for a fun Spanish lesson with a native speaker.

Best suited to ages 8 – 14.

Places are limited to 3 kids per person.

Saturday, Feb 24, 10am-11:00pm

Board Game Club

Come out and play games with friends and family!

Meet new people!

All ages welcome!

Places are limited to 3 kids per person.

Poster for all the workshops and activities held at The Devil's Porridge Museum in October 2022.

History and Halloween

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This Ocotber holiday we have an programme of free ‘History and Halloween’ activities for young people. You can take a look at our full programme of ‘History and Halloween’ events below.

Monday 17th October 2022

Time Bandits

10am – 4pm

Go back in time to learn all about WW1 with the Time Bandits.

They will have costumes, object handling opportunities and more.

No need to book for this event.

Free with entry into The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

Tuseday 18th October 2022

Spooky Storytelling

Haunting Halloween Masks

11am -12pm

Make your very own spooky Halloween mask in this fun free activity at The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

Places are limited. Due to popularity, we have limited the number of bookings to 3 per person.

Please book your place on Eventbrite here>

Friday 28th October 2022

Children’s Haloween Party

6.30pm – 8.30pm

The Devil’s Porridge Museum is excited to host our annual Halloween party! For children ages 5-12.

There will be spooky Halloween decorations, music, food and games!

Dress up in your best Halloween costume and have a chance to win best dressed boy or girl!

Places are limited. Due to popularity, we have limited the number of bookings to 3 per person.

Please book your place on Eventbrite here>

Make a sun from your handprints in this craft activity.

Places are limited. Booking is essential.

Please book your place here>

Monday 4th July – Wednesday 31st August 2022

Mystery Trail

A brand new mystery trail for young people will be in place around the museum. Free with entry into The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

You can book your visit into The Devil’s Porridge Museum online here>

young people

Wednesday 5th & 12th April 2023

Egg-cellent Egg Painting

Thursday 6th April 2023

Egg-mazing Easter Wreath

Friday 7th April 2023

Easter Deli Creations

Tuseday 11th April 2023

Egg-straordinary Easter Crafts

Thursday 13th & Friday 14th April 2023

Egg-citing Easter Egg Hunt

Mid-Term Holiday workshops!

Wednesday, Feb 22, 11am-12:30pm

Upcycling workshop: Save that jar!

Thursday, Feb 23, 11am-12:30pm

Upcycling workshop

Creative boxes: Think it, make it!

Friday, Feb 24, 11am-12:00pm

Hola! Spanish lesson for beginners

Saturday, Feb 24, 10am-11:00pm

Board Game Club

Monday 17th October 2022

Time Bandits

Tuseday 18th October 2022

Spooky Storytelling

Wednesday 19th October 2022

Mexican Day of the Dead.

Thursday 20th October 2022

Create a Halloween Book

Monday 24th Ocotber 2022

Halloween Monster Crafts

Tuesday 25th October 2022

Halloweeen Lanterns

Wednesday 26th October 2022

Create a Halloween Wreath

Thursday 27th October 2022

Haunting Halloween Masks

Friday 28th October 2022

Children’s Haloween Party

Thursday 7th July 2022

Mini Magic Houses

Tuseday 12th July 2022

Rocking Rock Painting

Thursday 14th July 2022

Let’s Go Build a Kite!

Tuseday 2nd August 2022

Young Jewellers

Thursday 11th August 2022

Aquarium Adventures

Tuseday 16th August 2022

Blast Off!

Tuseday 23rd August 2022

Sparkle Snail

Tuseday 30th August 2022

Sunprint Handprint

Monday 4th July – Wednesday 31st August 2022

Mystery Trail

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