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| John Watts, at the Young Vic |
By Mat Amp
Raging Calm’s second 'Flight' 'workshop as part of the Scorched Earth project, unearthed raw personal and inspiring stories, at the St Mungo's Recovery College, on Sept 9th.
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Showing posts with label Big Issue online journalist. Show all posts
Social Saturday 2015 continues to inspire people to BUY Social!
By Sana Amos
Social Saturday marked another huge success on 10 October, with well over 50 events nationwide showcasing the contribution of over 70,000 social enterprises to the UK.
The momentum of the awareness day campaign received widespread coverage across local and national press, as well as on social media. With high profile twitter support including the Prime Minister and Jamie Oliver it was no surprise that #SocialSaturday2015 was trending across social media platforms.
Enterprises across the UK got in the spirit of Social Saturday by running events to showcase and promote their services to the public and highlight how every day they make a positive social and environmental impact.
One good example that truly demonstrated how social organisations can bring the community together was Divine Chocolate, the award winning chocolatier and social enterprise. They celebrated the day in style by hosting a free fair, that brought London’s social businesses in fashion, food and drinks sector together at the Lexi Cinema, itself a social enterprise.
Speaking of the significance of the day Peter Holbrook CBE and CEO of Social Enterprise UK, said: “Social enterprises are redefining how business gets done. When you buy from them, society profits. Social Saturday is all about celebrating and raising awareness about our growing movement. This year we want to really put social enterprise on the map through a range of events across the country.”
At Poached Creative we are proud to be working with Social Enterprise UK to produce the branding and campaign materials for the Buy Social campaign, that helps to support and promote social enterprises like ourselves across the UK.
Social Saturday marked another huge success on 10 October, with well over 50 events nationwide showcasing the contribution of over 70,000 social enterprises to the UK.
The momentum of the awareness day campaign received widespread coverage across local and national press, as well as on social media. With high profile twitter support including the Prime Minister and Jamie Oliver it was no surprise that #SocialSaturday2015 was trending across social media platforms.
Today is #SocialSaturday2015, the day to celebrate social enterprises. Use your spending power and #buysocial today! pic.twitter.com/M6w7L7Rrik
— UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) October 10, 2015
Today @SocialEnt_UK & @cabinetofficeuk celebrate #SocialSaturday2015 small changes make a big difference #buysocial http://t.co/KopBb6TuBy
— Jamie Oliver (@jamieoliver) October 10, 2015
Enterprises across the UK got in the spirit of Social Saturday by running events to showcase and promote their services to the public and highlight how every day they make a positive social and environmental impact.
One good example that truly demonstrated how social organisations can bring the community together was Divine Chocolate, the award winning chocolatier and social enterprise. They celebrated the day in style by hosting a free fair, that brought London’s social businesses in fashion, food and drinks sector together at the Lexi Cinema, itself a social enterprise.
Speaking of the significance of the day Peter Holbrook CBE and CEO of Social Enterprise UK, said: “Social enterprises are redefining how business gets done. When you buy from them, society profits. Social Saturday is all about celebrating and raising awareness about our growing movement. This year we want to really put social enterprise on the map through a range of events across the country.”
At Poached Creative we are proud to be working with Social Enterprise UK to produce the branding and campaign materials for the Buy Social campaign, that helps to support and promote social enterprises like ourselves across the UK.
We were all born to shine
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| Jeanette Rourke |
Nobody knows the importance of inclusion for marginalised people in the arts more than actress and creative Jeanette Rourke. Her life took her from living on the streets to making an acceptance speech at the BAFTA Awards for the short film she starred in:
“I never had any less value as a human being from being
homeless to going up on that stage. I was still the same person with the same
worth. We were all born to shine.”
Her personal experiences and long working history with St.
Mungo’s Broadway inspired her to approach them in January to set up a weekly
Wellbeing Day, to give people with experiences of homelessness the opportunity
to get involved in the performing arts. She spent six months promoting the idea to
organisations like the young Vic, the old Vic, and Streetwise opera to them on
board.
Her persistence and dedication paid off, and now each week the
Wellbeing Centre in Clapham hosts Wellbeing day which includes creative
workshops, ranging from creative writing, poetry and music, to drama, costume
and set design, by organisations like Streetwise Opera:
“Everyone is welcome here, you don’t have to be referred,
it’s a drop-in creative space. We share challenges and achievements by
increasing confidence and motivation.“ says Jeanette.
As part of Wellbeing Day, Jeanette will be putting on a show
called ‘The Universe is Shutting Down’, completely produced by and starring
people attending the centre.
The show will run this Christmas at the Clapham Omnibus
Theatre, and performances will be free and open to all.
One of our own Big Issue trainees – John Watts - will be starring in a leading role! So head on down to the theatre this Christmas and support social inclusion in the arts.
One of our own Big Issue trainees – John Watts - will be starring in a leading role! So head on down to the theatre this Christmas and support social inclusion in the arts.
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