Inclusion Poster for Teachers

Thanks to Jo Wilkinson from The Inclusion Partnership for commissioning me to draw up a poster for her next conference in November, more about the partnership here:

https://inclusionpartnership.co.uk/

I'll be back up in Derby for my 5th conference next June, I can't quite believe how the time has flown.

Details from the poster here:

Craftivism and Chat in Merton plus portraits of members of Merton CIL

A recent poster for Merton Centre for Independent Living (CIL), a charity run by and for Disabled people.

Craftivism is a combination of the words ‘craft’ and ‘activism’. 

By taking part people feel included and empowered and it builds community. Plus, it’s fun!

I worked from a sketch that was created by the client, to echo a similar piece of work I did for Merton CIL to celebrate their 10 year anniversary:

An inspiring group of really great people, helping each other and the wider community in Southwest London. Merton is the borough where Wimbledon takes place and is a very diverse borough.

As well as this poster I also drew these portraits of participants:

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

 

Merton Centre for Independent Living

Some illustrations commissioned by Merton Centre for Independent Living. A local disability charity in Southwest London, run by and for Deaf and Disabled people. https://www.mertoncil.org.uk/

These images will help to keep their values in the day-to-day running of the charity at the forefront of people's minds.

Drawings for Merton CIL

Some 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.

 

UCL Research project into Intersectionality and access to Mental Health Services

I had a fascinating insight into the lives of South Asian women, working at the Stratford campus of UCL recently. So many stories of resilience and some very heartbreaking testimonies, as well as a rallying cry to improve services and take action to make change happen. Thanks to Labiba Rashid for asking me to scribe at this event.

 

UCL - Grand Challenges, Inequalities

 I have been working on some of the ‘Grand Challenges’ research projects for University College London (UCL).

More on these here:https://www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challenges/

This is the hoped for future, a more balanced and equal one, where everyone is able to participate and internally UCL has become more self-aware and inclusive:

This is the current situation - unbalanced:

And this is a bit of background about a previous project and the fruits of interdisciplinary research:

Kinship report

Some work I live scribed and then added to post-event for the charity ‘Kinship’ .https://kinship.org.uk/ 

A call to the government - to reform the support given to kinship carers, because they’re doing largely unpaid and unsupported work looking after vulnerable children.