Amplifying reseach findings, University College London

It was great to see how one of the UCL mental health peer researchers, Charlotte Crowl, had used the images I produced earlier this year and created a brochure to amplify the research findings.

More about Charlotte's work here: https://www.charlottecrowl.com/

Proud parent of some of my drawings being used:

The Big Conversation in the London Borough of Bromley

I was asked by Community Catalysts to drawn up some images for a short film about ageing well in Bromley. I live in the borough, so it was nice to feature a few places I know really well - including, my own street, the local library, and places I go to for walks nearby. 

Have a look and see whether you'd like to move or retire here :) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAUJOj11mOc&feature=youtu.be

Some stills from the video:

Substance Use Conference 2026, Surrey County Council

This was a large 2.5 metre banner drawn at the day-long conference.

I learnt a lot at this conference. Not least, that a large percentage of the prison population are neuro-diverse and have either ADHD or some form of autism. As a result they've struggled at school and often been excluded from mainstream education. 

Hopefully the less judgemental we become as a society, the more able people will be able to access the help they need and no longer feel stigmatised and excluded. 

Tackling Knife Crime in southeast London

2026 kicked off with scribing some quite hard-hitting issues, and this was one of them. 

Unfortunately schoolchildren these days need this sort of education, on top of all the other things they're having to deal with (and I'm including social media!)

My favourite workshop was this one, as it was essentially using comic book stories as an educational vehicle, and they've done it really well! More on Penificent here: https://penificent.com/

Street doctors are doing such amazing work to educate young people as well: https://streetdoctors.org/

 

Crown Prosecution Service, London, Honour Based Abuse (HBA)

A very moving day of testimony and sharing examples of best practice both by the CPS, government, police and grass roots community charities, as well as people with lived experience of FGM (female genital mutilation) on how they're tackling this growing issue. 

MP Jess Phillips also spoke to launch the event. It's disturbing issue, and unfortunately a growing one.

Hackney - bringing communities together and building trust

Just sharing some methodology, sometimes I'm asked by clients to draw more of a 'rich picture' instead of visual minutes of each individual speaker.

In order to do this I try and get clear on what exactly they'd like depicted and then draw up a sketch using imagery to confirm what's needed:

And then on the day this comes to life!

I had a wonderful day yesterday in my old stomping ground of Hackney, London. This was a community and trust-building event, between the local council and the voluntary services. So many wonderful people doing very worthwhile work in their local communities, coming together to network and suggest ideas for improving the way the council works with them.

Hospital Research into Vaccine Uptake

What would make you take up a vaccine that has many future health benefits? This is what Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance are trying to find out to help more people take up the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. This vaccine helps protect you from various cancers.

I was asked to illustrate the findings of a recent patient survey. This will inform future campaigning and hopefully reach more people.

More on this here: https://cmcanceralliance.nhs.uk/news/young-people-urged-make-sure-they-are-vaccinated-against-cancers

 

Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC)

This work was for a live event held in London a couple of months ago, it was run by the young members of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition https://cypmhc.org.uk/. The event was to celebrate the 15th birthday of the coalition. I attended and listened during the event, and then finished off the drawings post-event. These images were then circulated to keep the event's main messages alive, as well as to amplify the ongoing work of the coalition.

 

UCL Peer research question - an investigation into Mental Health spaces for Black and South Asian cancer survivors

I drew these images for a peer research question that is being investigated by Charlotte Crowl. Charlotte has been awarded a fellowship by UCL (University College London) to find out what would improve services for cancer survivors who are also people of colour.

I was humbled by Charlotte's can-do attitude, she was in Jamaica while the recent devastating hurricane took place, but two weeks later had rescheduled the online calls and carried on. 

Charlotte is also a cancer survivor, having experienced it in her teens, and now in her 30's she is working to help others: https://www.charlottecrowl.com/

Net Zero Festival - Live Scribing

 Just posting this because it's a subject that seems to be getting more and more urgent.

This was for the business community and it was a two day educational and networking day, to showcase what's happening now and ask questions about what more can be done to get to Net Zero. 

From blank page...

To two days later, and many conversations and drawings in-between!