Anne-Marie’s belief in the transformational power of empathy and personal experience led her to found the award winning charity Peer Power Youth. She is a champion for lived and learned experience, and the role of participation, love and empathy in the transformation of support services for those most excluded. Anne-Marie has worked in youth voiceContinue reading “Anne-Marie Douglas”
Sitting in her front room, with a group of like-minded friends, Lady Unchained and her friends would have debates and discussions about the problems they faced around everything, and write about how they made them feel. This inspired her to set up Unchained Poetry, a platform for artists with experience of the criminal justice system.Continue reading “Lady Unchained”
Amanda is part of a group of 12 women supported by the Lighthouse Project who came together to form a collective and share their experiences. They have all been involved in street prostitution in Hull and their book An Untold Story tells the stories of their lives through poetry, interviews, prose and artwork. They share their experiencesContinue reading “Amanda Hailes”
