Directors blog
Durham Johnston School help to build the confidence of their teenage girls with a creative series around ‘body positivity’
by Artistic Director, Pollyanna Turner Recently we delivered a series of three creative workshops with a group of year 10 girls from Durham Johnston School; exploring body positivity with the…
Read MoreMental Health Week, Loneliness and Domestic Abuse
9th to 15th May 2022 was Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK and the theme was loneliness. If you have been championing this within your workplace, have you also…
Read MoreBreaking the bias this International Women’s Day
Switching the Stereotypes Part 1: In the first of two Director’s Blogs for International Women’s Day 2022, our Managing Director Lisa Charlotte Davis considers parenting and organisational culture. How does…
Read MoreWriter Bridget Hamilton discusses her work on book Sometimes It Hurts
‘We wanted the stories to feel authentic to the people who were taking part’ Writer Bridget Hamilton discusses what it was like to work on Changing Relations’ Sometimes It…
Read MoreDesigning for Changing Relations by Elitsa Atanasova
Partnering with Lancaster University has provided our team at Changing Relations with skilled individuals to aid our work, whilst offering students the opportunity to experience work within the creative industry…
Read MoreCreating our Learning Policy with Jo Chandler from our Steering Group
As an arts-based education organisation, it was important for us to lay out our Creative Learning Policy and be able to share it with those we work with. We invited…
Read MoreDomestic abuse is everyone’s business – which is why workplaces should do more
Media coverage has pointed to increased numbers of domestic abuse incidents during the past 18 months of the pandemic. But has this translated into increased action in support of those…
Read MoreGrace Stubbings: My time as Creative Assistant for Changing Relations
Following a successful Kickstart placement, coordinated via government gateway provider, Durham Works, Grace Stubbings, also a musician in the up and coming all-girl rock band, Venus Grrrls, blogs about her…
Read MorePutting sustainability at the forefront of our organisation
This year we have been putting sustainability at the forefront of our conversations and recently developed our own Sustainability Policy, with thanks to our Sustainability Intern Anna Barrett from Durham…
Read MoreWe need to place more attention on gender equality in the workplace during times of crisis, not less
Written by our Steering Group Co-chair, Dr Stephen Burrell Today we are launching a new report which discusses the findings from a survey we conducted with members of the North…
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