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The video camera gets a close up of a man menacing looking man brandishing a spear and shield.

As Seen on TV!

Our new Virtually Off the Page workshops caught the attention of BBC Look East!

A mature man wears a cowl and other Viking clothing while talking in a workshop filled with historical artefacts.
Managing Director David Lyness.

Off the Page featured in the 19th October 2020 broadcast of BBC Look East (West).

Off the Page was included as one of two Cambridgeshire businesses that altered business models due to coronavirus. We were pleased to talk about the creation of our new Virtually Off the Page workshops as an alternative to our in-school days.

The TV crew spent about two hours at our Cambridge workshop filming interviews and discussing how coronavirus affected our business.

“When March 20th happened and that was our last day in schools before national lockdown, we got to a point that we had no idea when we’d be allowed in schools again”, Managing Director David Lyness told BBC Look East. “If we didn’t adapt, we would not have enough income to survive.”

Adapting to change

A woman in an old-fashioned jumper and hair curlers speaks in a small studio filled with Second World War artefacts.
Off the Page Teacher Sue Langley

Fortunately the company created a new virtual offering: Virtually Off the Page. The nine virtual workshops mix hands-on learning with a prerecorded video that can be viewed in classrooms. The new workshops are “Covid-secure” and expand the company’s offerings throughout the UK.

 

“Now we’ve got something we can offer as well as going into school, but we can also send it to as far afield as the post takes us,” teacher Sue Langley told BBC Look East.

Regrettably the story is no longer viewable on the Look East website. We were thankful, however, to be on television and share our story.

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Posted on 19 Oct '20

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