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10 Years of Accumulate!

November 11, 2024/in News, Uncategorized/by Marice Cumber


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https://accumulate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_5368.png 4032 3024 Marice Cumber https://accumulate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Accumulate-Logo-2019.jpg Marice Cumber2024-11-11 12:56:332024-11-11 13:06:3310 Years of Accumulate!

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▪️Art School for the Homeless
▪️Providing higher level creative education & empowerment for people affected by homelessness
▪️Founder @maricecumber

Throwback to Creative Futures 2024 ✨ 😍 As a r Throwback to Creative Futures 2024 ✨ 😍 As a result of this ten week course, 36 work-related opportunities were offered to our participants.The ultimate goal in providing these is to provide employability skills, experience and employment opportunities, strive for financial independence and ultimately end the cycle of homelessness. #artschoolforthehomeless#accumulatelondon #creativeopportunities #creativityforall #creativefutures #smallcharity #notforprofit #londoncharity #homelessness #youthhomelessness #thepowerofcreativity
Over the past 10 years of Accumulate 38 participan Over the past 10 years of Accumulate 38 participants have been awarded Scholarships, 17 have gone on to undergraduate degrees and 2 have gone on to study masters degrees.As well as continuing creative studies we are so proud to report that Accumulate graduates from our MATTA and Creative Futures courses have gone on to secure paid employment as a result of these programmes.Bruno is now employed as a Learning Officer at @saatchi_gallery Sophie and Tiffany are gallery invigilators at @barbicancentre Nikol and Stuart are freelance photographers and Ella works freelance at @gemcstudioFollowing the creative journey of all our participants continues to make us incredibly proud ❤️#accumulatelondon #artschoolforthehomeless
“You want to make a change? You can do it super “You want to make a change? You can do it super grassroots. Don’t be afraid to do something and build on it, however small it is.” Marice Cumber, Accumulate Director💕 @maricecumber#thepowerofcreativity #makeadifference #smallcharity #creativityforall #londoncharity #homelessness #youthhomelessness #creativitymatters #artschoolforthehomeless
“| [am] extremely grateful for Accumulate as my “| [am] extremely grateful for Accumulate as my life might have been entirely different had it not been for such an organisation.” Crystal, Accumulate Scholarship recipient, Creative Futures participant and Accumulate Trustee.@carolalleyne#thepowerofcreativity #lifechanging #opportunityawaits #creativityforall #creativitymatters #smallcharity #londoncharity #notforprofit #homelessness #homelessawareness #youthhomelessness #artschoolforthehomeless
This set of photos makes our hearts sing! 💕 Hug This set of photos makes our hearts sing! 💕 Huge congratulations to all our Creative Futures graduates. 10 weeks of hard work to inspire and support your creative journey. We are so proud of your achievements and can’t wait to see what’s next.Thank you to Accumulate Trustee & Accumulate participant @carolalleyne for the photos these last ten weeks. They have totally captured the energy of this wonderful group of people.And thank you again to our supporters Grove End Housing, BOP Consulting and @houseofcinn and our hosts by @autographabp We couldn’t have done it without this without you.#accumulatelondon #creativefutures #breakingdownbarriers #creativecommunity #creativeopportunities #creativeindustry #newskills #futuregoals #moveforward #positivity #empowermentthroughcreativity #homelessness #youthhomelessness #homelessawareness #artschoolforthehomeless
Creative Futures 2025 is officially finished and w Creative Futures 2025 is officially finished and we finished with a bang! 💥Our last session of Creative Futures was a speed networking day where the group put into practice all they have learnt over the last 10 weeks - how to talk about yourself and your work as a creative, building a portfolio, sharing your creative work with industry professionals and more!The group met with creative businesses and organisations who were offering work related opportunities. These included @DesignBridge @jkrglobal @saatchi_gallery @jasonbrugesstudio @gemcstudio @ravensbourneuk @britisharrows @morleyradio and @creativecoworkers@adobeuk will also be providing an in house workshop for Creative Futures participants!A huge thanks to all the creative businesses involved today and congratulations to all the talented Creative Futures participants!Creative Futures was supported by Grove End Housing, BOP Consulting and @houseofcinn and hosted by @autographabp#accumulatelondon #creativefutures #breakingdownbarriers #creativecommunity #creativeopportunities #creativeindustry #newskills #futuregoals #moveforward #positivity #empowermentthroughcreativity #homelessness #youthhomelessness #homelessawareness #artschoolforthehomeless
“Thank you...for bringing me into these opportun “Thank you...for bringing me into these opportunities, couldn’t have done it without Accumulate!” Sophie, Accumulate participant.Feedback like this makes it all worthwhile.For the last ten years, Accumulate has used creativity to improve the wellbeing of people affected by homelessness through their regular creative workshops, scholarships and, now to add to this activity, its employability courses.Just as our founder & Director @maricecumber says. “Ultimately our goal is to create a society where everyone has the opportunity to thrive, regardless of their circumstances.”The power of creativity is strong ✨#accumulatelondon #smallcharity #smallcharitybigimpact #notforprofit #londoncharity #homelessness #youthhomelessness #homelessawareness #creativeworkshop #creativityfound #creativityforlife #thepowerofcreativity #artschoolforthehomeless
This week saw session 9 of Creative Futures and wh This week saw session 9 of Creative Futures and what a fantatsic session it was! ✨We had James Cooney and Will Meighan from @design_bridge talk about the creation of a brief and sparking ideas, and how to present them. They also spoke about the side hustle experience and Will shared the story of his creative publication, @jezgamagThe group then had portfolio reviews with industry folk from Design Bridge @design_bridge, JKR @jkrglobal, Jason Bruges Studio @jasonbrugesstudio, Jacky Winter @jackywinter, Portas Agency @weareportas , @tamara.admoni and creative freelancers.Thank you to all the amazing Portfolio Reviewers who shared their expertise and creative eye with everyone!This was brilliant preperation for next week’s Creative Futures session when the group will speed network with a host of creative organisations offering work related opportunities. We can’t wait!Creative Futures is supported by Grove End Housing, BOP Consulting and @houseofcinn of Cinn, and hosted by @autographabp 🙏📸 @carolalleyne#accumulatelondon #creativefutures #breakingdownbarriers #creativecommunity #creativeopportunities #creativeindustry #newskills #futuregoals #moveforward #positivity #empowermentthroughcreativity #homelessness #youthhomelessness #homelessawareness #artschoolforthehomeless
Eight weeks of Creative Futures! ✨Last week we t Eight weeks of Creative Futures! ✨Last week we took a deep dive into identifying what we are good and how to talk about it, led by Yvonne Halloran, Careers Consultant at @ravensbourneuk The group explored their strengths, values and weaknesses. They identified their unique skillset, crafted their career stories by thinking about their ‘why’ and practiced talking about themselves to others.We then held a Dragon’s Den style session where the group gave elevator pitches, talking about themselves as creatives and their creative work to our Dragons. A big thanks to our volunteer Dragons from Deutsche Bank. What a fun session!Thanks to Grove End Housing, BOP Consulting and @houseofcinn for supporting Creative Futures and to @autographabp for hosting us.📸 @carolalleyne#accumulatelondon #creativefutures #breakingdownbarriers #creativecommunity #creativeopportunities #creativeindustry #newskills #futuregoals #moveforward #positivity #empowermentthroughcreativity #homelessness #youthhomelessness #homelessawareness #artschoolforthehomeless
‘This course has encouraged me to believe in mys ‘This course has encouraged me to believe in myself and has helped me with my self confidence and communication skills.’ Bruno, Make Art to Teach Art (MATTA) 2024 graduate.Read further about the life changing work of Accumulate, Art School for the Homeless in our latest evaluation report. Now available online, link in our bio ❤️#accumulatelondon #artschoolforthehomeless #creativeworkshops #creativityforall #artforwellbeing #thepowerofcreativity #creativityfound #moveforwards #positivity #makeadifference #homelessness #youthhomelessness #snallcharity #londoncharity #notforprofit
Our 7th Creative Futures session was bursting at t Our 7th Creative Futures session was bursting at the seams with creativity!The group started with a series of creative writing exercises, writing free flow pieces and short stories. The talent and imagination in the room was abundant and we were blown away by the diverse writing styles.Our wonderful Spring Art School tutors, @roshi1964 and @peetmulligan led a zine making workshop. It was a fun and inspiring session as we discovered the endless creative possibilities for making zines. Everyone made some amazing zines.Thank you to Creative Futures’ supporters Grove End Housing, BOP Consulting and @houseofcinn and to @autographabp for hosting us.📸 @carolalleyne#accumulatelondon #creativefutures #breakingdownbarriers #creativecommunity #creativeopportunities #creativeindustry #newskills #futuregoals #moveforward #positivity #empowermentthroughcreativity #homelessness #youthhomelessness #homelessawareness #zinemaking #zineworkshop #zineart #artschoolforthehomeless
This week’s session of Spring Art School brought This week’s session of Spring Art School brought our exciting 10-week course to a triumphant close.Patricia @peetmulligan and Roshi @roshi1964 challenged our participants once again by getting them to choose just 10 pieces of work to curate into a zine of their artistic journey.Editing each stack of outcomes was a joyous reminder of all that was achieved on the course.In true exhibition style, everyone wrote a description of the finished work and an artist bio that was then shared with the rest of the group.The support and encouragement that they have consistently shown each other was on full display in this wonderful collective.Thank you @autograph_abp for giving us the space to experiment, explore and grow in confidence as artists. And thank you to our workshop leaders and participants for lifting each other up each and every week ✨#accumulatelondon #springartschool #drawingworkshop #artworkshop #artforwellbeing #creativityforall #newskills #smallcharity #homelessness #youthhomelessness #homelessawareness #londoncharity #artschoolforthehomeless
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