OLDER CARER CORRINNE ON JOINING OUR CREATIVE WRITING PROJECT
art:links is Create’s national project with older people including older carers. The project works to reduce isolation and promote wellbeing…
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CREATE SHORTLISTED FOR CHARITY TIMES AWARD: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE YEAR
Our Founding CEO Nicky Goulder writes about Create being shortlisted for the Charity Times award: Digital Transformation of the Year,…
“CREATIVE PROJECTS LIKE THIS ADD A FUN ELEMENT TO LIFE” – GEORGINA’S STORY
Between November 2020 and March 2021, we delivered a series of creative projects run by our professional artists with older…
“IT WAS REALLY NICE TO FIND MYSELF AGAIN”: GLASGOW-BASED CARER SARAH’S STORY
Between February and March 2021, we took our creative:voices programme for carers to Scotland for the first time, thanks to…
Our work during the lockdown: A year of change, challenge and learning
One year since the UK’s first national lockdown, our CEO, Nicky Goulder, reflects on how we adapted our work during…
Protecting Young Carers’ Futures – Young Carers Action Day at Create
Thirteen-year-old Lisa looks after her mother Paula who has been chronically ill since before Lisa was born. Paula relies on…
Supporting artists during a pandemic
2020 has been an exceptionally difficult year for professional artists. Across the board, the UK’s cultural sector has been battered…
Empowering Lives Online – The Ongoing Success of Create Live!
Eight months ago, when the pandemic first struck, we overhauled our whole way of working in just 14 days.…
Meet Abi
Abi, who is 15, has been a carer her whole life: she looks after her older brother, eight-year-old sister and…
Poetry helps to reduce isolation for older people
Can poetry help to reduce isolation? In June and July 2020 as part of our art:links programme funded by London…