CHILDREN and young people with disabilities from across Somerset will have the chance to participate in an after-school animation club thanks to support from Short Breaks at Somerset County Council.

The club is being run by Somerset Film at The Engine Room, Bridgwater and will take place on Thursdays from 5.30pm till 7.30pm for six sessions starting on January 28.

The cost is £25 and is aimed at those aged 13-25 years. The club, which ran for the first time last year, explores stop-frame animation using a wide variety of materials including Lego.

Somerset Film aims to bring people and technology together to create, innovate and empower communities.

Over the past 15 years, from a start-up investment of just £5000, Somerset Film has generated over £4,500,000 investment for creative media arts in Somerset, having commissioned and employed over 200 arts and media professionals.

A spokesman for the group said: “Our films have won awards from Canada to Croatia, and have been shown at festivals around the world.

“We work with people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, prioritising those at risk of social or physical isolation or exclusion, not just in Bridgwater, but right across Somerset with projects like Family Connections and Capture Burnham, and recently our satellite Pop-up initiative.”

To book your place visit somersetfilm.com or email info@somersetfilm.com.