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Our Approach

Harnessing the arts to drive social change.
Our participatory approach empowers communities to challenge gender norms and foster healthy relationships.

As a social enterprise, our purpose is to respond to the needs of the community and achieve social impact. We are passionate about our work, breaking down gender barriers and fostering healthy relationships.

Unlike many other education and training providers, we use the arts to communicate and engage with our audiences, which results in a lasting change of perceptions and, ultimately, affects people’s lives.

How we
work

Identifying Needs

Within the themes we work to address, we pinpoint specific areas of need by engaging with young people, survivors, communities, educators, and professionals to understand the challenges they face.

Co-Creation

Collaborating with those affected by the issue at hand, we select the right medium to deliver our transformational message and co-create content that resonates and drives meaningful conversations.

Artistic Production

Our carefully selected project teams produce compelling artistic works – be it films, books, or exhibitions – that serve as catalysts for change. We gather audience and participant feedback along the way to ensure our output is impactful and accessible.

Educational Integration

We trial the artistic output as the stimulus for a training or educational programme, again gathering feedback, to refine the innovative learning methods we will go on to offer to schools, businesses and communities.

Resource Development

We produce resources to lend sustainability to our bid to challenge thinking and change lives (from books to posters, teacher toolkits and workplace e-learning). All resources are rooted in the original artwork, which is our core tool for engagement in the difficult and overlooked issues we address.

Our
Impact

“They have this strong sense of co-creation rather than just telling students how to do it. That peer-to-peer is a very strong way of influencing students. There’s a strong sense of respect in the student voice and wanting to support and facilitate students.”

Professor Ann McLarnon

Principal of Hatfield College, Durham University

“The way that they work through the idea of collaborative construction of knowledge is really strong and very neat layered. So [they] bring two levels of expertise. One is subject expertise in relation to gender, gender relations and the other is the arts expertise.”

Professor Simon Forrest

Principal of The College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham University

“Changing Relations training is very different to what you might be used to – they use arts and media as a conduit for deep and meaningful reflections without invading anyone’s privacy.”

Laura McGrath

Shelborn Asset Management

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Consultancy & Mentoring

We advise organisations, networks and creative practitioners on using creativity to achieve social impact and building care and inclusion into management practice.

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Consultancy & Mentoring

Commissions

Partner with us to produce original, socially engaged artwork and/ or creative learning programmes that challenge taboos, engage your audiences and inspire dialogue.

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Commissions

Training & Resources

Access creative CPD sessions and downloadable materials to empower professionals in school, business and community settings.

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Training & Resources

Workshops

We provide interactive sessions for schools and youth groups using creativity to spark meaningful conversations about gender stereotypes and relationship behaviours.

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Workshops

Take a look at the resources we’ve developed

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