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Not afraid to take a stand

By Lisa Davis | July 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Not afraid to take a stand

With thanks to Durham University’s fantastic Career Service, we had the absolute pleasure of hosting an incredibly self-motivated and hard-working 2nd year Social Sciences student as an intern conducting a rapid…

Developing Changing Relations’ Approach To Disability Inclusion

By Lisa Davis | April 4, 2023 | Comments Off on Developing Changing Relations’ Approach To Disability Inclusion

We were lucky enough, once again, to be granted a fabulous Durham University intern via the Careers’ Service Social Enterprise Live Programme. Here, Millie Stott blogs about her experience of…

Rabbits in Headlights

By Lisa Davis | April 4, 2023 | Comments Off on Rabbits in Headlights

We have another new project announcement to share! This will be a further development of our book, Sometimes it Hurts, but focused this time on developing a bank of creative…

An insight into the work of a Changing Relations creative practitioner

By Lisa Davis | March 27, 2023 | Comments Off on An insight into the work of a Changing Relations creative practitioner

As part of our “Don’t Look Away” project, we will be recruiting a range of artists and creative facilitators to support us in using the arts & creative methods to…

‘Sometimes It Hurts’ Theatre Development

By Lisa Davis | February 22, 2023 | Comments Off on ‘Sometimes It Hurts’ Theatre Development

2023 has begun with an exciting new phase of co-creation for Changing Relations. Our Associate Artists have begun working with our youth group partners, Creative Youth Opportunities and Auckland Youth…

Don’t Look Away (Domestic Abuse Champions Project)

By Alice | December 6, 2022 | Comments Off on Don’t Look Away (Domestic Abuse Champions Project)

We are running two Saturdays of creative engagement, together with The Auckland Project, to enable residents in the Gaunless Gateway areas of Cockton Hill, Henknowle, Woodhouse Close/Tindale Crescent, St Helens…

Durham Johnston School help to build the confidence of their teenage girls with a creative series around ‘body positivity’

By Alice | July 11, 2022 | Comments Off on 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…

Mental Health Week, Loneliness and Domestic Abuse

By Lisa Davis | June 1, 2022 | Comments Off on Mental 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…

Breaking the bias this International Women’s Day

By Lisa Davis | March 11, 2022 | Comments Off on Breaking 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…

Writer Bridget Hamilton discusses her work on book Sometimes It Hurts

By Alice | February 4, 2022 | Comments Off on Writer 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…