COMMUNITY SOUL CIC

Collective Soul CIC is a non-profit dedicated to provide spaces of well-being, connection & belonging to the local community. In our first year, throughout 2025 various projects received funding and gatherings created. 2026 is beyond exciting with continued funding and the new AWENA Community Music Project!

Free Events

In 2025, with funding from Worcester City Council, we were able to organise 4 free events focussed on well-being. This project was to address the accessibility to well-being and the financial barriers that some face. There was a Soundbath, Yoga & Relaxation, Breathwork & a Drum Circle.

Heart Fire

In the Summer of 25, we organised the first HeartFire, a donation based community gathering for all the family. We had local storytellers, children's yoga, drumming, fireside songs and crafts. I would love offer this again in 2026 and are on the lookout for a venue!

Drum Circles

Also in 2025, with funding from Worcester County Council, I have been able to offer a large number of free spaces to the monthly Drum Circles alongside normal ticket prices. This continues into 2026 and these spaces are for anyone who feels isolated, in financial difficulty, is an Elder/ elderly or struggling with their mental health.

Soul Coffee

This popular community coffee morning has been running since June 2024. So many friendships have been created through this all-inclusive monthly meet and we are always welcoming newcomers.

AWENA

Community. Music. Strength

AWENA is a community music project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. AWENA was created to explore and demonstrate the profound impact music can have on community cohesion, empowerment, and collective resilience. Through collaborative music-making, AWENA invites people back into relationship with the land, with spirit, with themselves & others.

This year long project brings people together as co-creators, weaving percussion, melody, and voice into music that is communal, embodied, and alive.

The journey will culminate in the creation of five original and professionally recorded tracks with a local performance at the end to raise monies for our chosen charity.

OUR SOUND

* Celtic and earth-based traditions

* Tribal rhythm and percussion

* Folk storytelling

* Ethereal vocal layers and harmony

WELCOMING

* Local Worcestershire musicians

* People who love to sing

* Percussionists (especially welcome)

STAGES OF THE PROJECT

*Musicians gathering to co-create the songs

* Musicians Record the basic tracks in the recording studio

* Singers meeting to practice voice & harmonies

* Singers record their voices over the music in the recording studio

* All coming together for a local performance raising monies for our chosen charity

* Whilst the project is a year journey, you will only need to attend for your part.

FINER DETAILS

* Musicians begin on 20th January, meeting on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month 7-8.30pm, at Arch 27, Croft Road, Worcester, WR1 3BD.

Nearby carparks include Croft Road, Crowngate, Pitchcroft & Cattlemarket

WANT TO JOIN US?

If you feel called to be part of AWENA, please message me via the contact page on this website and include your phone number for the WhatsApp group, where dates, details, and creative invitations are shared.

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