Join us at a Leeds Meet Up & more in our August Update
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The events over the last weeks have shaken the UK. We stand in solidarity with all those impacted by the racist?and hateful violence that has taken place across the country. Many leaders from the networks?we work with are embedded in these impacted communities and we know their communities will be looking to them for support and guidance. We stand with them against Hate. Steve Arnott, Founder of the Hull Beats Bus wrote this blog in response to the riots in Hull.
We've got something special coming up on the 23rd September for anyone based in the North!?As a sequel to the amazing London in person meet-up at the Festival of Learning, we're heading to Leeds with some of the Spokesperson Network to host a morning of networking and exciting guest speakers. Keep reading for details of how to join.
As the summer has finally arrived, we've pulled together?five books for your summer reading list for those passionate about social justice.?Ashley Baptiste's?Looked After: A Childhood in Care?and the anthology Free loaves on Fridays?with contributions from Lemn Sissay, Sally Bayley, Kirsty Capes and many more, both shine a light on the care system from those that have experienced it firsthand. Evie Muir new book Radical Rest: Notes on Burnout, Healing and Hopeful Futures. And not new, but still relevant reads;?People Like Us: What it Takes to Make it in Modern Britain by?Hashi Mohamed on inequality and social mobility and?Stronger: Changing Everything I Knew About Women’s Strength?by Poorna Bell exploring?notions of strength as a woman,?investigating intersections of race, age and social background.
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Best wishes
Jude, Helena and?Amal? @sounddelivery?
Festival of Learning: Leeds Meet-Up?
Come together with charity staff, leaders with lived experience, funders and?media professionals at our September Leeds Meet-up. This is a northern edition?to our in-person London meet-up as part of the?Festival of Learning - Harnessing the insights of leaders with lived experience.?Hear from guest speakers, meet new connections?and create opportunities for communities to speak up and be heard.
When: Monday 23 September 10am-1pm.?
Where: St George's Conference Centre, Leeds
Guest speakers include:
Steve Arnott, Founder of Beat Bus Records, Hull
Anna Hall, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Candour Productions Leeds
Debs Teale,?Consultant and Advocate for Creativity for Mental Health
Rachael Mole, Moleworks Solutions, Accessibility and Inclusion Consultant
Emma Pears, Founder and CEO SELFA Children's Charity, Skipton
This event would benefit user-led organisations, campaigning and advocacy organisations, or communication teams within larger organisations who are looking to involve lived experience expertise in an ethical and impactful way. If you had a Festival of Learning ticket RSVP for free, or book a?low-cost place here.?
And don't forget?if you missed out on our Festival of Learning last month, you can register for?a pass?now to get access the recorded sessions, transcripts and key learnings.
Future Voices 2024?
Our wonderful?#VODWFutureVoices network had another busy workshop on audio storytelling and blogging.?We talked through what ingredients make a compelling blog and powerful audio, and the group put this into practice to create their own pieces.?
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In the afternoon, we were joined by the amazing Payzee Mahmod, who shared her journey of becoming a public spokesperson and campaigner, and talked about the patience and perseverance it requires to effect meaningful change. Thank you so much Payzee for the encouragement, and the important reminder that we own our stories.
The latest from the Spokesperson Network
Our Spokesperson Network have been busy sharing their expertise in the media, at events and on platforms where they have the power to influence change. Here are the latest highlights:?
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If you are a journalist or programme maker and want to talk about ways to work together with our network please get in touch: [email protected]?
Things to watch, listen to, and do
A View, from a bridge.?We're fans of this project from artist and filmmaker Joe Bloom. A person on a bridge picks up a signature red phone and shares their view with the world. It has covered everything from?what they learnt from?growing up with lesbian parents, to addiction, division and diversity,?to simply sharing their good news that day. If you're a fan of Humans of New York, we think you'll love this account and the simplicity of hearing from strangers.?
A Stab in the Dark is a new documentary from our friends at Candour TV as part of their Catching A Killer series for Channel 4. It tells the story of Kyron Lee, a 21-year-old man,?who was chased, knocked off his bike, and tragically stabbed to death. Director Anna Hall worked with Lee's family to tell this story, and to put a spotlight on?the knife crime epidemic facing our young people. You can watch it on All 4 now.
You may know fitness coach and presenter Joe Wicks for his lockdown exercise videos aiming to give us happier healthier lives. Along his journey as a presenter he has shared some of his own lived experience growing up with a dad with addiction and his mum had mental illnesses and how that impacted him. In his new podcast?The Body Coach: Extraordinary People, Joe speaks to an extraordinary guest who has used?fitness or nutrition as a tool to help them?overcome traumas and hardships and?is now living a happier and healthier life. Listen to the first two episodes here.
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