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Creative Life Story Work @creativelsw.bsky.social · 10mo ago

NEW: We’ve been working with @cfabuk.bsky.social and @tlswuk.bsky.social International to develop guidance for life story work practitioners, social workers and interpreters working with refugee and asylum seeking young people. The resources are free and you can access them at the links below ⬇️

💙We’re so happy to share new resources, all about delivering life story work with refugee and asylum-seeking young people💙 We worked in partnership with @cfabuk.bsky.social and @tlswuk.bsky.social to create an animation for young people, a guide for interpreters, and a toolkit for practitioners.

Our monthly Blue Cabin newsletter, with all our latest news and opportunities, will go out next week. If you'd like a copy in your inbox, sign up here: eepurl.com/hyAth9

Alison McGowan is a puppeteer and a child psychotherapist; Nic Golightly is a graphic artist who dabbles in design and illustration. Both are associate artists with Blue Cabin and have been paired together as part of our ‘buddying’ system.

As a small charity, with staff working from home, we’ve faced some challenges in calculating our carbon footprint and starting our #sustainability journey. Find out how we’ve overcome them here: wearebluecabin.com/latest/3-cha...

3 challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey - Blue Cabin

Two of our sustainability champions, Amy Armstrong and Jane Gray, share three challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey so far.

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Thoughtful@thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social · 10mo ago

If you attended our Creative Aid event last year you'll have met Andy West - and he's behind this current, highly acclaimed drama which you can see on the BBC now:

Waiting for the Out, BBC drama about philosophy in prisons, based on Andy West's book The Life Inside, is the top show in The Guardian's picks for 2026 - must watch! buff.ly/k17DiYJ.

Happy new year everyone! Here's a whistle-stop overview of just some of Blue Cabin's work in 2024/25. Want to know more? We've collaborated with the brilliant team at tialt to produce our full impact report and you can see that on our website now: wearebluecabin.com/our-impact/b...

Creative Life Story Work @creativelsw.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Care experienced young people in Newcastle worked with Blue Cabin associate artist, Nic Golightly, to make this brilliant Happy Zine, filled with things that make them happy. Enjoy! See their full zine here: wearebluecabin.com/project/make...

Can letters help us say things that might be difficult to discuss in person? In this episode of our podcast, Ciara McClelland from shares her perspective on letter-writing techniques. Listen online, or wherever you get your podcasts: creativelifestorywork.com/resource/pod...

Podcast season 5: Episode 4 - Therapeutic letter-writing % - Creative Life Story Work

How can therapeutic letters support healing, truth-telling and connection?

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Once again we've collaborated with tialt to look at the impact of Blue Cabin's work over the last year, and we're all very proud to share this year's impact report. wearebluecabin.com/our-impact/b...

❄️The Blue Cabin office will be closed for a two week break, from Monday 22 December 2025 to Friday 2 January 2026. We'll be back from Monday 5 January. We wish everyone a peaceful, restful time this Christmas and New Year! ❄️

Blue Cabin is helping to preserve the legacy of theatre company Curious Monkey – including a set of films exploring different perspectives on family contact within the care system. Find out more about the films here: wearebluecabin.com/resource/cur... @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social

Curious Monkey legacy resources: 360 Films Discovery Project - Blue Cabin

Curious Monkey was a community theatre company based in the North East of England. The company worked with care-experienced young people to produce a set of films exploring family contact within the c...

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Rohima is a trustee-in-training with Blue Cabin. Find out how Rohima’s using her own lived experience to help shape the role of trustee: wearebluecabin.com/latest/bring... #CEP

Bringing lived experience to the role of trainee trustee - Blue Cabin

In 2025, Rohima joined Blue Cabin as a trainee trustee, with the aim of becoming a full member of the board at the end of 2025. Here’s an update on what she’s experienced so far and how she believes t...

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How can a charity like Blue Cabin gather data on energy usage and sustainability when we all work from home? Find out how we overcame this and two other challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey: wearebluecabin.com/latest/3-cha...

3 challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey - Blue Cabin

Two of our sustainability champions, Amy Armstrong and Jane Gray, share three challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey so far.

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Care-experienced young people in #Gateshead have the chance to try their hand at a range of art forms, supported by professional artists – thanks to funding from the Gateshead VCSE Fund at the Community Foundation North East. wearebluecabin.com/latest/gates...

Gateshead VCSE Fund opens door to creative opportunities for young people - Blue Cabin

Care-experienced young people in Gateshead have the chance to try their hand at a range of art forms, supported by professional artists – thanks to funding from the Gateshead VCSE Fund at the Communit...

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Creative Life Story Work @creativelsw.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Our latest podcast episode is out now!

💌Where to start with therapeutic letter-writing. 💌 This month Ciara McClelland is our podcast guest, discussing how letters can help young people feel seen, heard and understood. Listen to the full conversation here: creativelifestorywork.com/resource/pod...

Just over six months ago, we welcomed four new faces to the Blue Cabin team: our Care-Experienced Consultants. Now, Lucinda Fernandes Marvilha shares what it’s been like for her to take on this new role. wearebluecabin.com/latest/what-... #CEP

What it means to be a Care-Experienced Consultant - Blue Cabin

Lucinda Fernandes Marvilha shares her perspective on her time as part of Blue Cabin's team of Care-Experienced Consultants.

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If you'd like to see creative work like this brilliant film more often, you can signup to receive our monthly newsletter here: eepurl.com/hyAth9

Here is another brilliant short film which care-experienced film-makers in Northumberland made this summer, working alongside two of Blue Cabin's associate artists, Alison McGowan and Laura Degnan. We're proud to present...Puppets' Got Talent! youtu.be/KA3Q3C_h4Wk?...

Puppets' Got Talent

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Carol Bowden @bowders.bsky.social · 12mo ago

You might know that our director, Jenny Young, was invited to attend the launch of the Global Charter Launch for Children’s Care Reform in New York last month.

It was an honour to represent @bluecabin.bsky.social for this prestigious award. The #CYPNowAwards showcase innovative and outstanding practice in the children's services sector. We were rubbing shoulders with amazing people and organisations.

Three of our team, Lucy Ridley, Katie Doherty and Carol Bowden, were absolutely honoured to pick up a Children & Young People Now award on Friday for our This is the Place project. #CYPNowAwards @bowders.bsky.social

🎉🎉This is the Place has been named as the winner in this year's Children & Young People Now awards' Early Years category! 🎉🎉 We're so proud of everyone involved in this project; thank you Children & Young People Now for this wonderful recognition 💛

We are very excited to be at the @Children & Young People Now Awards tonight! Our early years music-making project, This is the Place, is a finalist in the Early Years category. Here are project manager Lucy and musicians Carol and Katie in their finery! #CYPNowAwards @bowders.bsky.social

We weren't winners this time but loved seeing Blue Cabin up on the big screen. Congratulations to all of this year's winners!

Our team are out and about today! Senior Operations Lead Becky and Trustee Sedil are with Investors in the Environment in Peterborough. Today's the Sustainability at Work panel, followed by the Investors in the Environment 2025 Awards (which we're shortlisted in🤞)