Blog by Helen Willmott - Programme Director at Made With Many.
One of the perks of our jobs is getting to experience great artistic experiences and the last week has been no different. In The Core at Corby Cube, we visited an exhibition by The Eloquent Fold (artist collaborators Carole Miles and Phiona Richards). Beautifully hung in the stairwell leading to the theatre, Belonging consisted of a number of textile wall hangings and lamp shades that were printed with images and words exploring what belonging means to local people.
Belonging by The Eloquent Fold at The Core at Corby Cube
And then at Yorkshire Sculpture Park we saw the work of Jason Wilsher-Mills, a disabled artist who uses an iPad to create large-scale sculptures. The Corby Rocker and PIP Princess were created through conversations and workshops with the learning disabled community in Corby and tell of their hopes and dreams.
The Corby Rocker at Yorkshire Sculpture Park by Jason Wilsher Mills
Both The Eloquent Fold and Jason have part of our Associate Artists, which comes to an end this month after 3 years. We’ve supported four artists, two based in North Northants and two from further afield, to test new ideas for engaging communities in brilliant cultural experiences and to be a core part of our programme. They’ve been mentored by the team and our associates, attended training events and conferences and had time to explore new ways of working.
Liz Clark, an Early Years movement specialist, has delivered workshops and events in both Corby and Wellingborough, using the concept of a ‘play day’ where performance meets playtime for both little children and their families. Whether in a country park, or using everyday objects like sponges and tinfoil, the sessions are always full of delight, laughter and connection.
Liz Clark from Turned On Its Head
We’ve worked with writer Ryan Leder to explore ways in which his writing could be informed by the experiences of other people, leading to the creation of You Must Stay at Home. Compiled through a series of phone interviews during the 2020 lockdown, the publication shared the real stories of the homeless community across Wellingborough.
You Must Stay At Home publication
Although the Associate Artists scheme has come to an official end, we’re still working with each of these artists and will continue to do so, alongside our offer of support and guidance to anyone looking to run cultural activities that connect with local people in Corby or Wellingborough.
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Photo from WDHA's International Women's Day event by Jo Byrne
17th March 2022
Stories about local people
Blog by Sarah Brown, Producer at Made With Many.
Now more than ever, it is fantastic to hear about things going on in the local community, especially at a time when events that were planned for the past two years can now go ahead. Some amazing events for International Women’s Day took place with Wellingborough African Caribbean Association and Wellingborough District Hindu Association (see photos below). Hearing women sharing stories with other women, and celebrating together, is incredibly powerful.
During lockdown, when such things could not go ahead, Made With Many commissioned a number of remote projects to connect the community, including the South Asian Heritage Project, and a Homeless Stories Project that led to a publication (You Must Stay at Home by Ryan Leder). More recently, writer Karen Rust has published a series of letters, written by local people in Wellingborough during lockdown. A Tale of Two Citizens allowed younger people and older people to share their ideas at a time when many were isolated. Finding out more about the local community and their lives in the town has given me a sense of local pride, and like many others I think it would be great to hear more.
Made With Many are now working with several community groups, thanks to National Lottery players and the Heritage Fund, to gather local stories ready for a celebration of local people next year. The Wellingborough Stories Festival will take place in 2023, and will include lots of activities, events, and artwork showcasing the stories that are currently being collected across diverse communities in Wellingborough: celebrating the lives of disabled, LGBT, Black, older and younger people in Wellingborough. Watch this space as we share more as the project progresses.
By Helen Willmott, Programme Director, Made With Many
Last month we launched You Must Stay At Home, a piece of new writing by Ryan Leder presenting stories from people experiencing homelessness in Wellingborough. The resulting publication doesn’t simply portray a single story, instead is a collection of mini-stories, thoughts, opinions and dreams, collected throughout the past year. It gives an important insight into the causes and effects of homelessness, but for me it was the personal nature of the content that was quite emotional and shows how catastrophic life events such as injuries and job losses can be. A couple of weeks later, I met with digital artist Jason Wilsher-Mills and saw the design for an exciting, but secretive, new sculpture he’s working on. His work is based around the experiences of adults with learning difficulties and over the past 4 years he’s been working with organisations across Corby, like Teamwork Trust, to inspire his creations. Both of these artists, and the local people they have been working with, remind us of the importance of local stories. These are the voices of people that we might not usually notice, people that we walk past on the street or sit behind on the bus nearly every day without a second glance. It’s why I love all of the competitive cooking and craft shows on TV, like Bake Off and the Pottery Throw Down. They show not only the hidden talents in our communities but also the personal stories behind them as we get to know the contestants week by week. We hear about what inspires them, the people and places they love and what their ordinary lives look like. It’s like the ultimate form of people-watching. And in all of those stories, we understand a bit more about each other, begin to appreciate the hardships that other people face and to celebrate each other’s skills, talents and dreams.
You can download a copy of You Must Stay at Home or, if you live in Wellingborough, request your free copy to be sent by post.
Over the coming month, we’ll be announcing further details of our first in-person events in over a year. Follow us on the channels below for further details.
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For future updates on news, events and opportunities please sign up to the e-newsletter or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn – or Get Inspired on our website."
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You Must Stay At Home
Voices from Wellingborough’s homeless community.
About the Publication
During the first national lockdown in 2020, homeless people were offered temporary accommodation to safeguard them from the COVID-19 outbreak. In order to provide some contact for individuals in Wellingborough, and to give an opportunity for the homeless community to have a voice, Made With Many commissioned Writer Ryan Leder to interview service users and present their stories in the enclosed publication.
The project, publication, and accompanying illustrations have been developed in partnership with Support Northamptonshire’s Home Project, and with input from support workers and service users.
Writer, Ryan Leder commented:
“This work is not representative of one person’s experience of homelessness – nor is it attempting to represent how any one person might experience homelessness – it is instead attempting to capture the human reality of the stories that these participants shared."
We are sharing a limited number of hard copies of this publication with key organisations and individuals in Wellingborough, and online. We hope that the publication is thought-provoking and provides opportunities for further conversations about this matter.
Content warning
Please note that the publication contains some triggering content related to suicide and mental health. It is also important to note that the work is written exclusively from the participants’ perspective and has used creative licence in presenting the stories. Any accusations made against official bodies within the work is an opinion expressed by the participant, and does not reflect the views of the writer or any of the partners on this project. Due to safeguarding reasons, all of the participants were given anonymity for this project.
Listen on Soundcloud
Extracts from Ryan Leder’s You Must Stay At Home have been narrated by Arte Artemiou and published on SoundCloud, featuring more illustrations by Mark Reeve.
This publication is only available to adults aged 18+, you will need a Wellingborough postcode to receive a copy. Request a copy by emailing info@madewithmany.org
Listen to BBC Sounds to hear writer Ryan Leder and Wellingborough Producer Sarah Brown chatting to Tim Wheeler about the You Must Stay At Home book and other activities with the homeless community during lockdown.
Listen from 47 minutes
Poem
I lived in a box
I lived in a box at the end of a needle. This box was my prison, it took all my time.
I lived in a box; it’s walls were my home. I stayed in my box, I was sad and alone.
I lived in a box, I started to grow. My limbs wouldn’t fit, I decided to go.
I lived in a box; I saw light shining through. I climbed the box walls; I knew what I had to do.
I lived in a box; the walls disappeared. I saw colour, I saw light through my grateful tears.
I lived in a box, I’m finally free. My box has been binned for a life of sobriety.
I lived in a box. This past is history. My future is bright, I’m finally me.
Poem written by David Carter from Support Northamptonshire's Home Project
Updates
For future updates on news, events and opportunities please sign up to the Made With Many e-newsletter or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn – or Get Inspired on our website.
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“So basically, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, all the homeless people in Wellingborough have had to be put into accommodation. Which means, for the first time, we know where they all are and we can contact them.”
This is the situation as it was explained to me in May 2020. It’s being explained by Made With Many Programme Director Helen Willmott over the phone whilst I’m sat in my parent’s garden. It’s a sunny day and so I’ve been sat on the grass wondering when my family and I will go for our one-permitted daily walk.
“What we’d really like to do is capture their stories in some sort of creative response. Maybe some poetry, maybe a short story. What it’ll be in the end is up to you”.
A lot of thoughts go through my mind.
The first is what “you must stay at home” meant for the 280,000 people experiencing homelessness – something I have to admit, hadn’t occurred to me in the 2 months of lockdown so far.
The second thought is that, if lockdown did end in the coming weeks (something it was possible to believe in May 2020), would these people just be put back onto the streets?
The answer? We didn’t know. As such, this project – if it was going to happen – would have to be executed in a matter of weeks, to ensure we spoke to each and every homeless person we could while we could contact them.
Jump to today in March 2021, and we now know that in reality the project took several months to complete. We know that – for now – many rough sleepers are still in sheltered accommodation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We also know that far fewer homeless people will agree to speak with me than first thought, and we know that my conversation will be extended to the staff and volunteers at Support Northamptonshire as well, about what they see and hear on a daily basis in supporting the homeless population of Wellingborough.
We know that whilst these conversations were held over phone and Zoom and Google Meets, they were extremely intimate and revealing on the part of the participants. While it’s not possible for me to describe my work on this project as “enjoyable”, I felt privileged with every moment of their lives they shared with me and proud that I was being given the opportunity to help tell these stories.
We didn’t know what form the work would take, and now that it’s written, that’s still true. It isn’t journalism, nor is it poetry or prose, but rather an amalgamation of different forms of text. Text that is trying to capture something I could never understand without experiencing myself.
Ultimately, the main thing we still don’t know is what the end of lockdown means for those experiencing homelessness.
Before this project, when I saw somebody experiencing homelessness, I used to ask myself whether it was right or wrong to give them money, or food, or ask them what they wanted and buy it for them. I used to wonder if they were in these circumstances because of their own mistakes in life, or they had been let down by structures outside of their control. In the end, I still ask myself these questions – but not because there is one ultimate answer, but because each and every homeless person is a human being of the exact same complexity and circumstance as we all are.
My main takeaway from this project is that the homeless population of Wellingborough and the world are, have been, and always will be people. As much as you or I or our family and friends. That may seem obvious, but sometimes I think we forget to treat them as such. One thing I believe we can all do to aid the ending of homelessness is acknowledge it. Acknowledge the people sitting outside our shopping centres and sleeping under our church entrances, because no matter the circumstance, these people have experienced something incomprehensibly terrible, and the last thing they deserve is to be forgotten as well.
I am privileged to have been commissioned by Made With Many for this project, in partnership with Support Northamptonshire. ‘You Must Stay At Home’ has now been made available online along with a limited run of hard copies. The book includes illustrations by Mark Reeve and is written by myself in response to interviews with members of the homeless population local to Wellingborough in 2020.
Below are links to just a few of the several wonderful charities working nationally to end homelessness. If you’d like to support the cause, these would be the best place to start.
https://www.crisis.org.ukhttps://centrepoint.org.ukhttps://www.shelter.org.uk
Read more about You Must Stay At Home
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Once you’ve completed each challenge you’ll be able to do a quick #MadeAtHome audience survey to tell us what it was like, for a chance to win a £50 shopping voucher. Each time you complete an activity you can take the survey again and increase your chances of winning! See the #MadeAtHome main page for prize draw terms and conditions.
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Blog by Helen Willmott - Programme Director at Made With Many.
One of the perks of our jobs is getting to experience great artistic experiences and the last week has been no different. In The Core at Corby Cube, we visited an exhibition by The Eloquent Fold (artist collaborators Carole Miles and Phiona Richards). Beautifully hung in the stairwell leading to the theatre, Belonging consisted of a number of textile wall hangings and lamp shades that were printed with images and words exploring what belonging means to local people.
Belonging by The Eloquent Fold at The Core at Corby Cube
And then at Yorkshire Sculpture Park we saw the work of Jason Wilsher-Mills, a disabled artist who uses an iPad to create large-scale sculptures. The Corby Rocker and PIP Princess were created through conversations and workshops with the learning disabled community in Corby and tell of their hopes and dreams.
The Corby Rocker at Yorkshire Sculpture Park by Jason Wilsher Mills
Both The Eloquent Fold and Jason have part of our Associate Artists, which comes to an end this month after 3 years. We’ve supported four artists, two based in North Northants and two from further afield, to test new ideas for engaging communities in brilliant cultural experiences and to be a core part of our programme. They’ve been mentored by the team and our associates, attended training events and conferences and had time to explore new ways of working.
Liz Clark, an Early Years movement specialist, has delivered workshops and events in both Corby and Wellingborough, using the concept of a ‘play day’ where performance meets playtime for both little children and their families. Whether in a country park, or using everyday objects like sponges and tinfoil, the sessions are always full of delight, laughter and connection.
Liz Clark from Turned On Its Head
We’ve worked with writer Ryan Leder to explore ways in which his writing could be informed by the experiences of other people, leading to the creation of You Must Stay at Home. Compiled through a series of phone interviews during the 2020 lockdown, the publication shared the real stories of the homeless community across Wellingborough.
You Must Stay At Home publication
Although the Associate Artists scheme has come to an official end, we’re still working with each of these artists and will continue to do so, alongside our offer of support and guidance to anyone looking to run cultural activities that connect with local people in Corby or Wellingborough.
People watching By Helen Willmott, Programme Director, Made With Many Last month we launched You Must Stay At Home, a piece of new writing by Ryan Leder presenting stories from … Continue reading People watching
You Must Stay At Home Voices from Wellingborough’s homeless community. About the Publication During the first national lockdown in 2020, homeless people were offered temporary accommodation to safeguard them from … Continue reading You Must Stay At Home
Ryan reflects Guest blog by Ryan Leder Associate Artist & Writer of You Must Stay At Home www.ryanleder.com 29th March 2021 “So basically, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, all the homeless … Continue reading Ryan reflects
The final part of Ryan Leder’s Found Poetry in our #MadeAtHome series. Ryan will show us how to complete our piece of found poetry. Catch up with the first, second, third, fourth and fifth … Continue reading Found Poetry with Ryan Leder (part 6)
In this #MadeAtHome activity Ryan Leder is helping us complete our piece of found poetry. If you missed the first, second, third and fourth steps in this series catch up with them … Continue reading Found Poetry with Ryan Leder (part 5)
In this #MadeAtHome activity Ryan Leder is helping us continue our poetry writing journey. The fourth step is below and next week he’ll be taking us through the final step in … Continue reading Found Poetry with Ryan Leder (part 4)
In this #MadeAtHome activity Ryan Leder is helping us continue writing our own Found Poetry. The third step is below and each week he’ll be taking us through another step in … Continue reading Found Poetry with Ryan Leder (part 3)
In this #MadeAtHome activity Ryan Leder is helping us continue our poetry writing journey. The second step is below and each week he’ll be taking us through another step in the … Continue reading Found Poetry with Ryan Leder (part 2)
Grow Festival 2019 © Andy Eathorne[/caption]
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