Waterside Together WNP

25/08/2026

📷🌿 STEP INSIDE A CAMERA! 🌿📷

👀 What if you could turn an entire room into a camera?

Join Denzil Browne on 26th and 27th September at the Waterside Women’s Centre for a special Camera Obscura & Pinhole Photography Workshop, as part of Waterside Together, our PEACEPLUS shared green spaces project. 🌳📸

🔭 But what is a camera obscura?

A camera obscura is a darkened room where light enters through a small opening, projecting an image of the outside world onto the walls inside.

🏠✨ For this workshop, we’ll transform an entire room at the Waterside Women’s Centre into a giant camera obscura.

👁️ From inside the room, you’ll be able to watch the world go by on Spencer Rd, with views stretching up towards Ebrington — seeing the outside world reflected inside the room. 🌳🏘️🚶‍♀️🚗

It’s a chance to slow down and look at a familiar shared space in a completely different way — noticing the people, movement, buildings and green spaces that surround us. 🌿👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🏙️

🤝 Connecting people & shared spaces

This connects to the heart of Waterside Together: exploring how shared spaces can bring people together and encouraging us to see the places around us in new ways.

🔄 By turning our view of the outside world inside, we’ll be thinking about the connections between people, communities and the shared spaces that sit between them.

📸 And we'll be making pinhole cameras too!

As part of our Intergenerational Photography Programme, participants will make their own pinhole cameras and use them to create photographs, experimenting with the same basic principles of light and image-making. ✨

📅 DETAILS

🗓️ Saturday 26th and 27th September 2026
📍 Waterside Women’s Centre
🕙 10am–12.30pm
🕐 1:30pm–4pm

👥 Four sessions - participants attend only one session for the full workshop
🎟️ Maximum 6 participants per session
💚 FREE to attend!

👨‍👩‍👧 Children & adults take part together - children should be aged 7+

An adult must attend with their child. Where possible, we would particularly encourage families/friends to come as groups of three.

🌟 No previous photography experience is needed — just curiosity and a willingn

18/08/2026

📷🌿 **STEP INSIDE A CAMERA!** 🌿📷

👀 **What if you could turn an entire room into a camera?**

Join us on **29 & 30 August** at the **Waterside Women’s Centre** for a special **Camera Obscura & Pinhole Photography Workshop**, as part of **Waterside Together**, our PEACEPLUS shared green spaces project. 🌳📸

🔭 **BUT WHAT IS A CAMERA OBSCURA?**

A **camera obscura** is a darkened room where light enters through a small opening, projecting an image of the outside world onto the walls inside.

🏠✨ For this workshop, we’ll transform an **entire room at the Waterside Women’s Centre** into a giant camera obscura.

👁️ From inside the room, you’ll be able to **watch the world go by on Spencer Road, with views stretching up towards Ebrington — seeing the outside world reflected inside the room.** 🌳🏘️🚶‍♀️🚗

You’ll have the chance to experience the **historic science behind the large camera obscura**, exploring how light, lenses and exposure have been used to create images for centuries.

📸 **MAKE YOUR OWN CAMERA!**

Participants will then create their own **working pinhole camera obscura** and experiment with light and exposure to capture their own images.

🖤 **FROM LIGHT TO PRINT**

You’ll also get to experience **darkroom printing**, producing your own **black and white photographs using one of the oldest forms of photography**.

It’s a hands-on opportunity to explore the science, history and creativity of photography — from seeing the outside world projected inside a room, to making your own camera and creating your own photographic prints. ✨📷

🤝 **CONNECTING PEOPLE & SHARED SPACES**

This connects to the heart of **Waterside Together**: exploring how shared spaces can bring people together and encouraging us to see the places around us in new ways.

🔄 By turning our view of the outside world inside, we’ll be thinking about the connections between **people, communities and the shared spaces that sit between them.**

# # # 📅 WORKSHOP DETAILS

🗓️ **Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 August**
📍 **Waterside Women’s Centre**
🕙 **10am–12.30pm**
🕐 **1pm–3.30pm**

👥 **Four sessions**
🎟️ **Maximum 6 participants per session**
💚 **FREE to attend!**

👨‍👩‍👧 **CHILDREN & ADULTS TAKE PART TOGETHER**

An **adult must attend with their child**. Where possible, we would particularly encourage families/friends to come as **groups of three**.

🌟 No previous photography experience is needed — just curiosity and a willingness to experiment!

⚠️ **Spaces are limited and booking is essential.**

📧 **[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])**
📞 **028 7134 2959**

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💚 **Waterside Together** is kindly supported by the **PEACEPLUS**, a programme managed by the **Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB)**, and delivered by **Waterside Neighbourhood Partnership**.

📷🌿 **Come and see the Waterside from a completely different perspective — and make your own photographs along the way!** 🌿📷

13/07/2026

A couple of spots have just opened up for this programme that starts at 11am TODAY!!! Please phone 028 7134 2959 or email [email protected] to register for FREE.

📸 YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAMME 🎞️

🛎️ Calling all creative young people aged 15–18!

Ever wanted to shoot on a real analogue camera and develop your own photos in a darkroom? 👀✨

Join us this summer for a FREE hands-on photography experience at Waterside, Derry-Londonderry!

📍 Waterside, Derry-Londonderry

📆 Monday 13 – Friday 17 July 2026

💰 Completely FREE!

Over four exciting workshops, participants will:

📷 Learn how to shoot on analogue film cameras

🖤 Develop and print photographs in a black & white darkroom

🌆 Capture favourite places and hidden gems around the Waterside

🎨 Gain creative skills that connect directly to modern digital photography

PLUS — each participant will have one of their photographs featured in the intergenerational *Shared Spaces 2026* photo calendar distributed across the Waterside this December! 📅✨

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in photography, art, creativity, or storytelling through images.

🤝 Supported by PEACEPLUS, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), funded under the theme of Community Regeneration and Transformation through Derry City and Strabane District Council’s PEACEPLUS Local Co-Designed Action Plan.

📩 To register your interest, email [[email protected]] or DM us here today! 📸

02/07/2026

Shadow Puppet Workshops
11am-1pm
Monday 6 - Friday 10 July 2026
For ages 7-12 years
Taking place Irish Street Community Centre & Clooney Community Centre
To book for FREE please email [email protected], DM us, or phone 028 7134 2959

16/06/2026

🌿 Looking Back at the Waterside Together Shared Green Spaces Festival 🌿

We're excited to share this wonderful video looking back at the recent Waterside Together Festival weekend at Woodburn Urban Park.

Captured by videographer Sean Óg Morrow , this video showcases the fun, friendship and community spirit that made the weekend such a memorable celebration. From circus activities with In Your Space Circus, Qi Gong sessions with Feel Free Tai Chi, bug hotel and wind chime making with The Conservation Volunteers, rhymes and games with An Cultúrlann, yoga for children with Michael, community singing with Music Kin, a special live performance by a group of young people who participated in the Waterside Together-Nerve Centre Music Hothouse, to amateur baking competition for children and adults judged by Laurent Pirone of Oui Bakery, barbecue, ice cream and plenty of opportunities to connect, there was something for everyone to enjoy.

The festival was all about bringing people together and celebrating our shared green spaces. As a cross-community initiative, Waterside Together helps reimagine local parks and open spaces as welcoming, inclusive places where everyone can come together, build relationships and enjoy the outdoors.

A huge thank you to all of our facilitators and performers, to for putting on a great show! and for our volunteers and everyone who joined us over the weekend and helped make it such a success.

Waterside Together is kindly supported by the PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), and delivered by Waterside Neighbourhood Partnership.

10/06/2026

🚨 ONLY A FEW SPACES LEFT! 🚨

✨ FROM SKETCH TO SPOTLIGHT ✨
🎭 Step Into the Shadows. Bring Stories to Life.
🤝 Kindly supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by SEUPB (Special EU Programmes Body)

Looking for a meaningful and creative activity to share this summer?

Join renowned puppeteer Karen Torley of Banyan Theatre for a magical week of shadow puppetry, storytelling, and creativity in this special intergenerational workshop programme.

Designed for children aged 7–12, this workshop is all about creating together. Children attend alongside a parent, guardian, grandparent, or another special adult in their life, making it a wonderful opportunity to spend quality time together, learn new skills, and create lasting memories through art and storytelling.

Whether it's mum, dad, granny, grandad, an aunt, uncle, family friend, or another trusted grown-up, you'll work side-by-side to design puppets, invent stories, and bring them to life through shadow theatre.

🌟 Design & build your own shadow puppets
🌟 Learn animation and performance techniques
🌟 Explore light, colour, and visual storytelling
🌟 Create an original shadow theatre piece together
🌟 All materials provided
🌟 No experience necessary

This year's performance will explore themes of good relations, green spaces, community, and coming together, celebrating the connections that make our neighbourhoods stronger and more welcoming places for everyone.

🎪 The week will culminate in a special public performance at Woodburn Urban Park — home to many much-loved Waterside Together events and activities. Families, friends, and the wider community will be invited to attend and see what participants have created throughout the week, making it a truly memorable celebration of creativity, connection, and collaboration.

📅 6–10 July
🕚 11am–1pm daily
👧 Children aged 7–12
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Each child attends with a parent, guardian, grandparent, or other accompanying adult

A week of imagination, storytelling, connection, and shared discovery awaits.

❓If you have any questions about attending with a child or would like to find out more, please get in touch.

📞 028 7134 2959

🎟️ Sign up via the link in our bio.

09/06/2026

📸 YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAMME 🎞️

🛎️ Calling all creative young people aged 15–18!

Ever wanted to shoot on a real analogue camera and develop your own photos in a darkroom? 👀✨

Join us this summer for a FREE hands-on photography experience at Waterside, Derry-Londonderry!

📍 Waterside, Derry-Londonderry

📆 Monday 13 – Friday 17 July 2026

💰 Completely FREE!

Over four exciting workshops, participants will:

📷 Learn how to shoot on analogue film cameras

🖤 Develop and print photographs in a black & white darkroom

🌆 Capture favourite places and hidden gems around the Waterside

🎨 Gain creative skills that connect directly to modern digital photography

PLUS — each participant will have one of their photographs featured in the intergenerational *Shared Spaces 2026* photo calendar distributed across the Waterside this December! 📅✨

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in photography, art, creativity, or storytelling through images.

🤝 Supported by PEACEPLUS, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), funded under the theme of Community Regeneration and Transformation through Derry City and Strabane District Council’s PEACEPLUS Local Co-Designed Action Plan.

📩 To register your interest, email [[email protected]] or DM us here today! 📸

09/06/2026

📸 YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAMME 🎞️
🛎️ Calling all creative young people aged 15–18!
Ever wanted to shoot on a real analogue camera and develop your own photos in a darkroom? 👀✨

Join us this summer for a FREE hands-on photography experience at Waterside, Derry-Londonderry!

📍 Waterside, Derry-Londonderry
📆 Monday 13 – Friday 20 July 2026
👥 12 spaces available
💰 Completely FREE!

Over four exciting workshops, participants will:

📷 Learn how to shoot on analogue film cameras
🖤 Develop and print photographs in a black & white darkroom
🌆 Capture favourite places and hidden gems around the Waterside

🎨 Gain creative skills that connect directly to modern digital photography
PLUS — each participant will have one of their photographs featured in the intergenerational *Shared Spaces 2025* photo calendar distributed across the Waterside this autumn! 📅✨

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in photography, art, creativity, or storytelling through images.

🤝 Supported by PEACEPLUS, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), funded under the theme of Community Regeneration and Transformation through Derry City and Strabane District Council’s PEACEPLUS Local Co-Designed Action Plan.

📩 To register your interest, email [[email protected]] or DM us here today — and don’t forget to include your favourite photo - something you took or something you like! 📸