#LANGUAGE

  • Starting Secondary School: Navigating Second Year, Being Yourself, and Building Community Through Kindness

    As the end of summer ushers us into the start of a new school year, many of us are feeling that familiar mix of excitement and nerves—especially those returning for their second year of secondary school. For many young people, this can be a year of trying to figure out where you fit in, who

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  • Extend and Make Room

    Extend and Make Room

    The final residential for the Extend programme took place a few weeks ago in Leeds. It was a chance for the cohort of 2019 to come together one last time. As a group we shared stories about our lives as well as the progress of our group enquiries. We debated, talked openly and reflected on

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  • The language of democracy in the arts

    How much of our relationship with language and democracy within the arts is shaped by our funders and the policies that we create to manage ourselves? “EVERYONE is so goddamnit hard to reach!” I remember one artist saying to me after a long exhausting day.

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