Sheila Freeman is a recent University of Leeds MA Communication and Media graduate. She has a varied background in paid and voluntary work settings, within education, counselling, IAG/careers guidance, community arts and oral history projects, to name but a few. In recent years, she has developed a passion for social research with a widening participation,…
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Asher Gammon has worked in various roles as a freelancer within the arts and community sector and completed a MA in Peace Studies. He’s worked as an action researcher with young refugees, as well as a workshop facilitator and sports coach. In both Ghana and Malawi he was engaged as a youth support worker working…
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We’ve been working with the team at West Yorkshire Queer Stories for the past couple of years, walking alongside them as they brought this brilliant project to life – a great example of what’s possible when you bring a strong community development approach to a heritage project. Visit https:/wyqs.co.uk for stories, animations, films and resources.
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It’s been a pleasure working with Wellcome Collection over the past few months. We’ve produced a set of observations and learning which we have worked through with the Public Programme team, supporting them in setting priorities for action. Over the course of the assignment, we engaged with over 80 individuals including international artists working at…
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On a cold and miserable December evening just before Xmas, it was heartening to see people turn up to contribute to a stimulating focus group at Kala Sangam – one of Bradford’s landmark arts and cultural organisations. Huge thanks to all who joined us – some from as far away as Leicester – to talk…
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Just returning to Leeds having spent a couple of fruitful days working with Wellcome Collection to gain an understanding of how it works with its collaborators to create stimulating perspectives on arts, health and science through its Public Programme. Huge thanks to Wellcome staff and external collaborators for their thoughtful and candid insights at the…
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‘You … never send me any of the new phrases of the town… Pray what is meant by wellness and unwellness?’ (from a 1655 letter from Dorothy Osborne to her husband, Sir William Temple) Debate about what exactly constitutes health, wellness and wellbeing has been around for centuries. As part of our evaluation work with…
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We’re just embarking on what promises to be an ambitious, multi – layered evaluation of Barnsley MBC’s engagement programmes across its heritage sites. Over the course of two years, we’ll be working alongside programme leads, visitor assistants, learning assistants and volunteers to develop and implement a robust framework which captures the value of the work…
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PATH Yorkshire: Trustee Recruitment Would you like to use your talents and energy to enable communities and individuals to achieve their full potential? If so, here’s an opportunity to join the Board of England’s longest established positive action training and employment provider. PATH Yorkshire is an independent charity established in 1985 in Leeds. Since…
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We’ve been working with Rommi Smith for the past several months, supporting her with raising investment for her multi – tiered performance piece focused on the lives of historical blues and jazz women and subsequently working with Rommi and her team to evaluate the project.The piece has been performed in New York and most recently…
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