Write-London 2022-2023: Fresh Perspectives ran from May 2022 to September 2023 and worked with 21 artists and 454 participants. During the project two books were published with a third to launch in February 2024.
The Sands End Young People’s Anthology was launched in September 2023 at Sands End Arts & Community Centre where 12 of the young people who had taken part performed their work to a packed audience of friends, family and local community members.
The number of people who have viewed work created during Write-London Fresh Perspectives in print, online or via other media stands today at just over 2 million but is expected to go higher when the third book is launched.
Let’s Write Hammersmith and Fulham 2023 will be launched at Shepherds’ Bush library in February 2024 and will contain the work of almost 100 young people aged 6-12 from around the borough who engaged in Write-London projects during 2023.
Write-London Fresh Perspectives also saw Tom and Naino edit and publish a solo volume of work by long-time Write-London participant, writer and artist Chris Bird titled “Transmissions”.
Transmissions is a collection of poems, short stories and related artwork reflecting upon the authors experiences of homelessness, addiction and schizophrenia. It has been reviewed as a “must read” by several national magazines and websites. .
Write-London Fresh Perspectives was supported using public funding by the Arts Council England via the Grants for the Arts and the National Lottery.
Write-London 2021: New Voices & Unheard Tales ran throughout 2021 and worked with 15 artists & 436 participants. Work was exhibited at four venues around the UK and two overseas to an audience exceeding 22,000. The audience which has seen the work in print, online or otherwise broadcast stands at over 3.1 million.
Write-London New Voices & Unheard Tales was supported using public funding by the Arts Council England via the Grants for the Arts and the National Lottery.
Write-London 2020: Untold Tales ran throughout 2020 and had aimed to work with 10 artists & 360 participants. Despite the challenges imposed by the pandemic, we worked with 16 artists & 278 participants. Despite the lifting of lockdown, it was judged safest to not hold in person events. Some work created during Write-London Untold Tales formed parts of exhibitions held during 2021 and was seen by close to 50,000 people
The number of people who have viewed work created during Write-London Untold Tales in print, online or via other media is now over 2.23million.
Write-London Untold Tales was supported using public funding by the Arts Council England via the Grants for the Arts and the National Lottery.
Write-London 2019: Unheard Voices ran during 2019 and by the end of the project we had worked with 15 artists & 433 participants. The Write-London Unheard Voices anthology was published and 3 exhibitions and corresponding readings held to a live audience figure of over 36,000. The wider audience reach for the work created as part of Write-London Unheard Voices exceeded 1.5 million.
Write-London Unheard Voices was supported using public funding by the Arts Council England via the Grants for the Arts and the National Lottery.
Write-London 2018: Voices from Landmarks ran during the latter half of 2018. We worked with 16 artists & 139 participants. Write-London Voices from Landmarks saw Write-London work outside of London for the first time with a series of workshops delivered at Landmarks Specialist College in South Yorkshire working with young participants with learning difficulties. The smaller number of participants over previous Write-London projects was due to the focused nature of the work and the more complex needs of participants.
Write-London Voices from Landmarks saw Write-London work with the publishing specialist Holly Ainley who oversaw the creation of the Write-London anthology collecting a selection of work across all the previous Write-London projects and various sessions that had been delivered to that point. By the end both Write-London Voices from Landmarks and The Write-London Anthology had been published alongside four exhibitions and readings were delivered to an audience of 4450. The wider audience which the work created during Write-London Voices from Landmarks reached was over 500,000 people.
Write-London Voices from Landmarks was supported using public funding by the Arts Council England via the Grants for the Arts and the National Lottery.
Write-London 2016-17: ran throughout 2016 and 17 and worked with 17 artists and 638 participants. The project saw two solo anthologies of work published by workshop participants; From West Ham to Wapping and Human Dilemmas along with two collected anthologies of all participants work Write-London 2017 Vol 1. and Write-London 2017 Vol 2.
Six exhibitions of artwork created during Write- London were held along with 6 readings. The exhibitions and readings were well attended, some readings having a audience of over 60 people in attendance. The work was exhibited for 131 days to an audience of 4700. By the conclusion of the projects, 180,000 people had viewed the work online or in print.
Write-London (2017) was supported using public funding by the Arts Council England via the Grants for the Arts and the National Lottery.
Write London (2016) was supported using public funding by the Arts Council England via the Grants for the Arts and the National Lottery.
Write-London 2015: Islington and Camden ran during the winter of 2015 and saw us work with 6 artists and 267 participants from the Islington and Camden community. Write London# Islington and Camden was published in 2016. Readings and an exhibition of work was held at both the Holy Cross Centre and Age UK Islington. These were viewed by over 1000 people in person.
Write London Islington and Camden was supported using public funding by the Arts Council England via the Grants for the Arts and the National Lottery.
Write-London 2014-15: Hammersmith and Fulham was planned and trialled during 2014 and ran during early 2015. It was supported using public funding by the Arts Council England via the Grants for the Arts and the National Lottery, along with financial support from Creative Future. This was the first official Write-London project and worked with 3 artists and 70 participants over 11 sessions.
Write London Hammersmith and Fulham ran during the summer of 2015 and was supported using public funding by the Arts Council England via the Grants for the Arts and the National Lottery.