Crafting Change
Stories exploring everyday tools, habits and creative practices that help people reclaim control, identity and hope in their lives.
‘You don’t need superpowers’: Scottish influencer walking 10,000 miles to Hong Kong for charity
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.
From homeless to heard: How one man’s homelessness experience inspired a podcast challenging stigma
Photo: Barry Callaghan The podcast host using lived experience to challenge homelessness stigma one story at a time. Sitting behind a microphone in a small recording room in King's Cross, Barry Callaghan listens as another guest shares their experience of...
How a culinary icon rebuilt his life through writing
Despite spending decades stuck in cycles of addiction and despair, Anthony Bourdain quietly pursued his dreams of writing, a tool of escapism that eventually allowed him to rebuild his life and become a legend in the culinary world.
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.