TWO days of family-friendly activities take place in Furness this October.

Dalton Creatives are holding a Fun Palaces event on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8, featuring arts, science and upcycling with a bit of something for everyone.

The free event at Dalton Community Centre brings together a host of local people giving their time for free to the community, with all the organisations involved having a link to Dalton.

Shaun Blezard, director of Dalton Creatives, says: "This is going to be such a great weekend in Dalton, we are all so excited.

"I’ve been a fan of Fun Palaces since they started in 2014 and the ethos of culture by, for and with all - that everyone an artist, everyone a scientist.

"It is amazing that we have such a wide breadth of skills and such talented people living in our community. To be able to come and build something from Lego, try out a brass instrument, help write a poem that will be in loads of shop windows in town, learn to make things from scrap and play Dalton Whispers with Sound Mirrors, what’s not to like?"

Among the activities taking place are: Leonard Cheshire YouthAbility Lego and Minecraft; cat masks with Ulverston Scrap Store Plus; Dalton Town Band Young Learners; Tales in Shop Windows with Sarah Miller; breadboard guitars with Octopus Collective; arts session with Dropzone; upcycling with Growth Therapy; Sound Intervention present Sound Mirrors; Peter Digs A Den with Amy Stretch-Parker; and Dalton Creatives Crafty Corner.

Dalton Creatives are a group of creative thinkers and activists, aiming to bring people together in shared spaces with shared activity, delivering a range of art and community projects, both separately and in partnership with other local organisations and agencies.

Fun Palaces is a movement campaigning for culture by, for and with all – with a firm belief that community belongs at the core of all culture – and an annual weekend of events, where arts, crafts, science, tech and digital are a catalyst for community engagement and full participation for everyone, from the grass roots up.

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<b>Fun Palaces timetable</b>

<b>Saturday October 7</b>

10am - 1pm Dalton Town Band Young Learners

10am - 4pm Leonard Cheshire YouthAbility Lego and Minecraft

10am - 4pm Cat masks with Ulverston Scrap Store Plus

10am - 4pm Breadboard Guitars with Octopus Collective

10am - 4pm Arts session with Dropzone

11am - noon, and 2pm - 3pm Tales in Shop Windows with Sarah Miller (in partnership with Dalton LitFest)

<b>Sunday October 8</b>

10am - 2pm Upcycling with Growth Therapy

10am - 3pm Sound Intervention present Sound Mirrors

10am - 3pm Crafty Corner with Dalton Creatives

10am - 3pm Can U Fix it?

Noon - 1pm Tales in Shop Windows with Sarah Miller (in partnership with Dalton LitFest)

1.30pm - 2pm Peter Digs A Den with Amy Stretch-Parker