Free For All Worcester

What an amazing week we have just had to finish the Free For All tour in Worcester!  It's been a long break since Sierra Leone, and we were all a bit rusty on the workshops, but it all came flooding back as we led over 650 children between Tuesday and Friday through the history of the slave trade abolition.

Worcester Cathedral was also celebrating the 1000 anniversary of the birth of St Wulfstan who was a very key figure against slavery way before Wilberforce was ever thought of!  So, Dan worked in some new scenes for the children to act out showing the story of St Wulfstan and how he became the bishop of Worcester, and remained the only bishop at one point due to William the Conqueror's admiration of him.

Ade worked with some singers on the Friday and together they produced an amazing rendition of Swing Low, Sweat Chariot.  Many thanks to Sue Adeney, Schools Officer, who pulled together such a full week, and also to the teachers who were so keen to get stuck in.

The stars of the week were of course those children who took part.  You'll hear some of them on next month's trax16 podcast, and you can see pictures of them here.

So, we would like to thank all the team who have helped made this tour happen.

To the actors and singers:  Sian, Zoe, Ade, Lloyd, Willan, Yo and Marcus.
Sierra Leone team: Judith, Lisa and Charlie
Creator:  Dan
CMS team: Anita, Dave and Mike

We have been joined by several others throughout the year who have given over their time and energy to the project - thank you.