Lavender in Community

Explore my work in Community

Generation Evolve

Generation Evolve is a youth movement I founded in 2018 to make self-care and self-awareness a lifestyle for young people. Having faced debilitating mental and physical health challenges growing up, I saw a gap in accessible wellbeing life skills for youth, so I created one. We support young people aged 12 to 26 through a “pick and mix” of creative wellbeing workshops, mentoring and social action projects, working mainly online with some in person projects for accessibility. We’re creating a gentle but powerful ripple effect, because youth are the future!

What we do - Generation Evolve

🎨 Creative wellbeing workshops: a pick and mix of creativity, fun, movement, games, music, meditation and mindfulness.

💬 Mentoring: a one-to-one safe space to be heard and gain personalised wellbeing tools and advice.

⭐ Social action projects: commissioning young social entrepreneurs to create, design and deliver projects in their communities, so they’re heard, valued and paid for their work.

Seen Sisters

Seen Sisters is a grassroots community I founded in Bristol, built by and for solo women with invisible disabilities. As a woman with multiple chronic health conditions, I found the world incredibly tricky to navigate at times, with barriers to socialising, community set-ups, services and accessible housing. The idea was not to fight the system, but to joyfully reimagine spaces with other solo women with invisible disabilities, and to lean on our supporters to achieve collective liberation. Small projects, delivered with care, creating a world in which we feel seen.

I may not or may not always identify a Seen Sister myself as life evolves. Either way, I will always fiercely advocate for those who slip between the cracks of society's structures and priorities and be keen to co-create spaces for these folks to feel safe and empowered to thrive. I endeavor to create accessible spaces and platforms for humans to be seen, experiment, share their talents and connect.

What we do - Seen Sisters

🌸 Socials and events: joyful, accessible gatherings in person in Bristol and online nationally, building connection and combating isolation.

🌿 Garden projects: a shared community back garden, a safe outdoor space to gather, connect with nature and build skills.

🔍 Lived experience projects: creative, community-led research such as the Community Housing Report and How to be a good friend to a Seen Sister.

💜 Partnerships and collective care: carefully chosen partnerships with grassroots groups and allies, building a more inclusive society.

If you would like to discuss my community work, join a project, collaborate or be involved, I would love to connect!

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