Below is a staff consultation form to help us develop the project ‘Care’. This is a participatory arts project that is being developed for Northbourne staff and residents. We will work in pairs or very small groups, allowing staff and residents to work together to express their special relationship, celebrate the great things about a care setting, and explore how the sector/care staff can be supported to continue doing this crucial job.
Northbourne Arts Project
In our participatory sessions (likely on Mondays 11-1 or 3-5) you will have access to cameras for photography, we will do painting, and cyanotype printing. At the end of approximately 6 months, we will work together with yourselves and local partners (ie Gateshead Council, Vane Gallery) to exhibit the work in exhibition and online.
In addition to this, Dani (who is a filmmaker and photographer) would like to do some photography, written interviews, and a handful of 1 minute ‘day in the life’ videos with different members of the whole staff team. This will be an opportunity to explain what your job entails, voice your experiences of working in a care setting, and share your thoughts and ideas for positive changes that could support Northbourne, the staff team here, and at other care homes. It would not be unlike this project – www.newcastle-gp-services.co.uk/adayinthelife/
We really need your input for two reasons – firstly so that we can strengthen our application with input from participants and ensure we are delivering a project that staff actually want to do. Secondly it would be great to have a sense of who might like to be involved in what up front. You can ask any specific questions to Dani at – danielle@beamstorylab.co.uk or whatsapp on 07946346427 .
Thanks so much and hope we get to work together soon!