Every June Refugee Week stands to remind everyone that migrants, asylum seekers and refugees should be celebrated and welcomed with empathy and understanding into UK society.
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This year, we worked with the members of Brighter Futures on a Creative Zine project. The group explored eight positive emotions: Joy, Hope, Serenity, Gratitude, Pride, Interest, Awe and Love…
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Build was created in a space impacted by much trauma and adversity. We set out to amplify the voices of the young people in the PRU setting and give them the opportunity to experience creativity and access critical protective factors.
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This year we have been delighted to be able to work with the Baytree Centre to deliver a series of creative workshops over several weeks, culminating in a celebration at the end.
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The trauma-informed approach that we take in our Apollo project enfolds different aspects of health and wellbeing into a collaborative and participant-led programme that aims for wellbeing and personal growth beyond the participant’s time in hospital.
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In June 2023 20 members of Brighter Futures came together to launch a campaign for better housing solutions for asylum seekers in the UK, focusing on safe and adequate provisions that avoid re-traumatisation.
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We are proud to stand alongside refugees and migrants. Refugee Week’s 2023 theme is ‘Compassion’ and for this week and every other week, we must be compassionate.
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Amplify is a yearlong research and development project that we embarked upon to challenge assumptions in our practice and discover new ways of working aligned with our trauma-informed approach.
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Welcome to the Acorn Ward at Whipps Cross Hospital, after a week of our Apollo programme creative workshops.
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In 2021 and 2022 our organisation was able to regain its footing and continue reaching children and young people impacted by adversity. There was a renewed sense of optimism and connection felt as each workshop returned to in-person delivery.
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Across the UK thousands of children and young people are experiencing a rapid and frightening change in their living circumstances, as the cost-of-living crisis threatens their survival.
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We are proud of our strategy 2022-2025 and everything that it represents, from past learnings to future goals. We are thrilled to be able to share our plans with you for the first time.
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How can we mitigate the effects of trauma in care-experienced children and young people? Alex Evans, our Artistic Director explains more about the impact of trauma and the pathways to recovery.
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Every year in June, Refugee Week celebrates the resilience of refugees and the myriad of positive ways they have contributed to the fabric of this country. In 2014 we received funding from the National Lottery Community Fund that enabled us to put together materials and animations that could be used to educate students in schools.
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Recently, members from our Brighter Futures project joined a panel of speakers at an event at Kings College London to discuss how engaging with the arts can have a profound effect on mental wellbeing.
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It became apparent to us through our workshops with children and young people, that rights were not something widely understood by our participants. We knew immediately that this was likely to be a wider issue that must be confronted.
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In the post-Covid-19 world the troubling truth is that there will be more children and young people having been through adverse experiences and needing nuanced support.
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At Kazzum Arts we are unsure how we would have survived the Covid-19 pandemic without the hard work and creative action from our wide net of collaborators and community. Our latest Impact Report has been brought together to reflect on the period of 2020-2021.
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This year we were generously funded by Waltham Forest Council and Children in Need to deliver 3 week-long residencies at Whipps Cross hospital, coinciding with summer, autumn and winter. The resulting artworks and installations are a reflection of the resilience, creativity and originality of children and young people on the ‘Acorn Ward’.
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Trauma-informed practice emerged as a key modality for us to build our resilience as an organisation and commence our own personal journeys towards health, within an integrative framework which aligned to our existing values, skills and processes.
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