Organised by Alcohol & Drugs Action
Alcohol & Drugs Action (ADA) are going to celebrate and remember the life of Angela Joss. Angela was a Board member of the charity and worked tirelessly for people in recovery from substance misuse. Angela became interested in bees while she was working with our gardening group on a joint project between Aberdeen Inspired and ADA. This inspired her to learn about bee-keeping and eventually to create her own company focusing on environmental issues and supporting people in recovery.
One of the projects we all worked on was yarn bombing a tree in Aberdeen city centre to tell people about Mental Health Awareness Week in 2019. She got lots of people together from the recovery community, people in recovery, family members and friends and they created a knitted tree cover entitled ‘Bee Kind to Your Mind’.
Angela wrote a children’s book called ‘The Brownies of Brimmond Hill’ which is set on a hill not too far away from Aberdeen City Centre. It tells the tale of Scottish eco fairies who decide to work with humans to save the bees which, in turn, might save the world, and we have asked local writer and performance poet Jo Gilbert to read her book at the event.
There will be a chance for our members to make some bee and fairy related crafts to take home and remember being part of this special day.
All this will be accompanied by the sharing of great memories of Angela and coffee and cake.
Photo credit: Alcohol & Drugs Action