This is a beautiful video of a care system which more often than not seems to be ashamed of itself. And a system ashamed of itself will never produce young people who are not ashamed to be using it. Read more [...]
This Christmas Dinner in Manchester is inspired by The Tope Project who did it first in London last year. Louise Wallwein writes on the crowdfunder site "The Christmas Dinner is a pop up organisation Read more [...]
I check with The Christmas Dinner referral team to see how many care leavers are confirmed. Twenty five. There's space for 45. I’m told an anxious young man has telephoned saying he needed travel Read more [...]
If you have a good idea for the community in Britain there is a way to make it happen. Thankyou Louise Wallwein from The Christmas Dinner team. Louise had the idea to approach crowdfunder.co.uk to raise Read more [...]
We only have seven days left to crowdfund to reach 10,000 total. Then we have funded this and and much of next years Christmas Dinner. Wharehouse Project have offered VIP Festival ticket sales to The Read more [...]
I received the first feedback on SALANDER my installation at The Roundhouse which opened to the public yesterday. I asked if I could share and the author gave permission. Salander has sold Read more [...]
I've just this minute met Leah Byrne of Picture House Cinemas. We met in Shoreditch House. Picture House have donated a whole cinema experience for The Christmas Dinner in Manchester as well as additional Read more [...]
"Use the twitter hashtag #TCD2013 for all communications on The Care Leavers Christmas Dinner in Manchester. Or the poet gets it. I said The poet gets it" Read more [...]
Salander my pubic artwork at The Roundhouse in Camden opens this week. The work within Salander is written by young people in care from London. Fierce. In Salander experience the performance of reading Read more [...]
I hoped we would get past the halfway mark for The Christmas Dinner and we did. Just click on the link on the right of the chef and you can pledge skills, money, goods or all three. You can write us too Read more [...]