East Oxford Community Classics Centre
The East Oxford Community Classics Centre, hosted at Cheney School, will be a vibrant new Classics learning venue for people of all ages to attend events, workshops, lessons, and exhibitions! The Centre will be opened in October 2013, and a schedule of events will be available in the summer. The Centre is founded and will be run by The Iris Project. It will be run in partnership with the University of Oxford.
The purpose of the Centre is both to provide a permanent presence within the school whereby pupils can engage with the Classics in a range of different ways, and also to provide an accessible place for visitors of all ages from the local community to experience Classics and attend lessons and sessions. Most activities will be provided with no charge; some adult lessons may charge a very small fee to cover basic costs.
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