What We Do
Vision:
To create a space for people to find their voice.
Mission:
To connect people, creating healthy, resilient communities
through storytelling, spoken word, creative writing and participatory arts.
At People Speak Up we identify as a community – this includes people we serve, staff, freelancers, volunteers, management and board of trustees.
Our values are:
Listening: Actively listening without judgement to everyone we come in contact with.
Inclusivity: Striving for equity, actively fighting social injustice and investing in truly being an anti-racist community.
Collaboration: Engaging in meaningful working relationships with shared value partners and individuals to together strengthen our impact.
Learnings: We are unafraid to ask the hard questions, open to accept and learn from our failures, and share our findings with our community, partners and wider networks.
People Led: Being transparent with our community and partners so we can continue to grow and always be led by the people and not agendas.
Theory of Change
PeopleSpeakUp is a social, mental-health, arts, health and wellbeing charity.
We connect communities through storytelling, spoken word, creative writing and participatory arts.
We offer workshops, training, events, volunteering and conversations.
Through artistic exploration we aim to:
Stimulate, engage and create
Build confidence
Cultivate intergeneration understanding
Promote health and wellbeing through creative practice
Generate workshops, performances and opportunities for individuals and communities
Tackling loneliness and isolation
Measure social impact in our local and wider community
Investigate the gaps in provision within current arts and wellbeing practices in the UK and nationally.
We also provide volunteering opportunities for future employment.
We welcome collaboration with health boards, local councils, arts organisations, charities and support networks.
If you would like to collaborate, participate or have an idea to improve health and wellbeing in your community then please get in touch.
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