Police and Crime Commissioners' Event, Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands Region

This was a VAWG (Violence against Women and Girls) centred event. There were PCCs for the region as well as many local charities present. Jess Phillips MP sent a video and other MPs were present, plus personal testimonies were given from survivors of domestic abuse. 

It was very moving and powerful day. 

I acted as a live graphic facilitator to capture the main points and create a memorable image to keep the work going. As one delegate said to me: "this is never going to go away."

For more about this particular PCC:

https://www.nottinghamshire.pcc.police.uk/about-us/pcc-office/pcc-team

And a big thank you to Angela Kandola, Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire for asking me to scribe at this event.

UCL - live digital scribing

Some recent live scribing work to amplify the work of the: UCL Policy Commission on Mapping, Governing and Implementing City Action for Nature, Climate and Health (MAGI Commission)

This meeting brought various lead stakeholders from 3 inner London boroughs to try and map strengths and see the gaps and vulnerabilities in their assets, with the encroaching effects of climate change that we're increasingly experiencing.

This project is connected to one of the Grand Challenges that UCL has committed to, this one being to address Climate Change. More on the MAGI is found here:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/public-policy/projects-and-commissions/climate-and-health

With thanks to: Prof Catalina Turcu, Academic Lead (Professor of Sustainable Built Environment at the Bartlett School of Planning and founder of the UCL SDG Research Accelerator), Katherine Welch, Knowledge Exchange Lead (UCL Public Policy, Deputy Director of External Engagements and Partnerships) Dr Sinéad Murphy, Commission Coordinator (UCL Public Policy, Policy Engagement Coordinator) and Daisy Forster Impact Reporting and Communications Coordinator, UCL.

Drawings for Merton CIL

A couple of portraits and updates to the finances for Merton Centre for Independent Living (Merton CIL for short). Charlet Wilson and her wonderful team do so much amazing work for this small grass roots disability charity in South West London.

 

Violence Reduction Unit, London UK

I worked on an event held by the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) in London, quite a long time ago at the mayor's office. I was told that they wanted to use the images I created at the live event for a poster, and now I've seen the poster, twice in one week! 

So I thought I'd show it up 'in the wild'. These were both outside primary schools in southeast London, one in New Cross, the other near Bellingham.

The reason 'Why Talk Matters' is because it has the potential to help young people before they end up in dangerous situations, and this campaign is focussing on the very young, because gangs are targeting the young and the vulnerable.
 

Communicating ideas with your Social Work staff team

These images were commissioned earlier this year by an east London borough as part of their social work practice week. They act as reminders to the social workers to capture the child's voice at every stage of their life, including from pre-birth (well, the circumstances of their pre-birth life!) and as a baby.

Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) - UCL Grand Challenges

University College London asked me to scribe at this event. This was a steep learning curve for me, but fascinating. All about using a natural process of rock weathering of basalt, but giving it a nudge to capture a lot more carbon from the atmosphere.

More on enhanced rock weathering is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65648361

If it works it could really help our warming planet!

Cycling UK - Live Scribing and illustration, London

Commissioned by Cycling UK https://www.cyclinguk.org/

This was a really great afternoon spent listening and responding to various disability cycling groups as they came up with ideas and plans for the future. There was so much energy and fizzing ideas in the room!

Examples of some of the ideas/discussion: It's really difficult to take a non-standard mobility aid on the train, how can we change this? How can we expand our services? And how to cut the red tape?