After online backlash left her feeling isolated, Scottish content creator Kate Barr is walking from Dumfries to Hong Kong to raise £1 million for charities supporting mental health, young people and people with disabilities.
Crafting Change
Hackney Mosaic Project: Rebuilding lives piece by piece
Photo: Tessa Hunkin At a community mosaic project in Hackney, volunteers rebuilding their lives through art now face an uncertain future as plans to repurpose their space threaten the support network they’ve come to rely on. Among fragments of coloured tile and...
Climbing 100 hills in a year?: Charity CEO takes on steep challenge
Photo: Steve Hoey Could you climb 100 hills in 365 days? The CEO of charity Turning Lives Around (TLA), Steve Hoey, is taking on this new challenge to raise awareness and funds for homelessness. Mr Hoey is aiming to climb 100 hills this year and has so far completed...
How a prison radio station changed one man’s story through music
From going to prison for possession of drugs, to releasing his first single, LT Madz shares how National Prison Radio (NPR) gave him a voice during his darkest times.
The building of a home through music
AJ’s journey through the care system, instability and displacement shaped both her voice and her purpose. Through rap, she has built a sense of belonging on her own terms, one rooted not in place, but in expression.
Moving beyond the bars: how sport and community drive prison rehabilitation
Sports play a massive role in rehabilitating convicts within the system and outside. Professor Rosie Meek, a chartered psychologist and prison scholar at Royal Holloway, University of London explains how.
Inside the charity that redefines what mental health support means
Sheffield Flourish shows why artistic freedom is the best way to deal with wellbeing this mental health awareness month.
Behind the red brick walls: inside Sheffield’s St Wilfrid’s Centre
At a time when loneliness, homelessness and social exclusion are affecting people across the UK, Uproute steps inside St Wilfrid’s Centre to explore how small moments of connection can help people rebuild their lives.