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Creative (re)presentation

‘Creative (re)presentation - Telling stories through a participatory and voice-led approach and the making of the film Healing Pitch' - is a free online session focused on including people's authentic experiences in creative ways that empowers people without exposing them to harm. If you are…
Published 11 Mar 2026 in Events

What do you want?

 The creative power of personal outcomes ‘Motivated people think more clearly. They focus more resources on their current project and the result is more creativity’ — Zig Ziglar, Success for…
Published 26 May 2014 in Features

Making the biopic 'Rufus Stone'

The short, professionally made film Rufus Stone is the key output of the three-year ‘Gay and Pleasant Land?’ research project led by Bournemouth University academic, Dr Kip Jones.
Published 23 May 2014 in Features

Being able to explain art

One of the projects I'm involved with at the moment is focused on end of life care and understanding the skills that people have to offer and the skills that they can learn even as they approach the…
Published 19 May 2014 in Features

Reconstructing ourselves

This week I started a new project. Reconstructing Ourselves is an artist in residency project combined with a research strand. It has been funded by Arts Council of Wales. We will be working with…
Published 16 May 2014 in Features

The sky is not the limit

Do we limit the expectations of service users from our own ideas of what they are capable of?
Published 15 May 2014 in Features

Making mistakes

We learn and grow by making mistakes. By listening, observing and trying out things, then reflecting on them, we figure out what works and what doesn’t. Then we use our assumption about why something…
Published 14 May 2014 in Features

Visit the Creative Quarter!

Creative Quarter is part of an Iriss project to understand and learn from disciplines that specifically recognise creativity as a central feature of their identity, so that we can inspire and…
Published 12 May 2014 in News

Matter

Matter is an online community for young adult carers which has been created by Carers Trust. The Carers Trust works to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges…
Published 12 May 2014 in Features

The sheet of possibility

I sat down today to write about goats, but that will have to wait for another time. Instead I got diverted into the power, and pull, of a blank page. As I sat musing about where to start, or how to…
Published 9 May 2014 in Features

Self determination

In my daily work, I research new models to support disabled people. I am passionate about the move towards choice and control for people with disabilities.
Published 9 May 2014 in Features

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