Working with a range of groups and communities – including the South East Area Army Welfare Service (to involve the children of military families in the Aldershot area); Farnham Integrated Care Services (to reach isolated adults in the community); local primary and secondary schools; and a local choir – Farnham Maltings will invite local people to create and curate a brand-new creative project alongside professional artists and makers which will celebrate and remember the 80th anniversary of VE/VJ Day and what it meant to people in Aldershot and Farnham.

A series of creative workshops inspired by Simon Armitage’s stimulus poem will help to develop a celebratory performance and/or exhibition event for friends, family and the local community at Farnham Maltings in mid-November 2025.