Crafting Change
Stories exploring everyday tools, habits and creative practices that help people reclaim control, identity and hope in their lives.
Laughing through the pain: Inside the world of laughing yoga
Uproute takes a look at Laughing Yoga and some of it’s practitioners.
‘You don’t need superpowers’: Scottish influencer walking 10,000 miles to Hong Kong for charity
Photo: EduKate via Facebook 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. By the time...
From homeless to heard: How one man’s homelessness experience inspired a podcast challenging stigma
After facing homelessness himself, Barry Callaghan hosts a podcast sharing real stories of recovery, resilience and navigating homelessness.
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...
Disability isn’t a tragedy, being excluded is
The company connecting employers with talent they’ve been missing
Creative workshops for drug and alcohol addiction launch in Scotland
New workshops that aim to help those adversely affected by addiction launch in Scotland
Behind the initiative turning food waste into hope
In 2013, a ground-breaking food project was launched, focusing on one simple idea: taking supermarket food waste and turn it into meals for the community.
From scribbles to the Tate: how art rebuilt David Tovey
From cooking for the Queen to living in his car, artist David Tovey’s life fractured after a series of brutal health crises. Today, his massive installations take over the Tate and Saatchi Gallery. He sits down with Uproute to expose the grim reality of British homelessness and explain how art helped him rebuild his life.
‘Being in blind sports gives you a reason to get up in the morning’: Three people on how sport transformed their lives after sight loss
Sport isn’t just keeping people active – it’s reshaping what life after sight loss can look like. As visually impaired sport grows, so does the space around it: new communities, new confidence, and even new career paths. For what may initially feel like the end can actually be a new beginning.
They saved more than bricks
When a building that was gifted to the youth of Burgess Hill was threatened with closure, the community stepped in to save it and in doing so, revived a legacy the town nearly lost.
How one accident changed everything
After a horrific farming accident, 21-year-old Darcie Rowlandson suffered potentially life changing injuries. After her recovery she bravely went on to overcome dyslexia, self-doubt and trauma to learn the art of medical tattooing, helping others who have also suffered from serious injuries heal.