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The North London YMCA hostel have converted a space into a “creative hub”. This is a self-contained flat which the residents have named The Penthouse as it’s on the top floor. In this space, creative activities take place such as drawing, cooking, baking and the Glamz beauty and make-up project. They have also converted one room into a […]
A quick update on the progress of the Accumul8 photography workshops. The approach we are taking is learning through doing, everything is practice based with experimentation as the central core of the Accumul8 participants’ personal development process. In this way, they learn in a supported environment, about risk, confidence, self-belief, managing their own expectations, failure and success. […]
A couple of weeks ago my mobile phone rang with the caller as “No Caller ID”, you sort of guess that it is going to be a sales call, but I made a decision to answer anyway. The caller said it was The Cabinet Office, yeah, right. But it was, and they were calling me […]
We have now started the Accumul8 season of photography workshops at the North London YMCA hostel, which will end with an exhibition of the hostel residents’ photographs at the Crouch End Festival in June. Digital photography is a really effective creative medium to engage and inspire the residents. It allows them to explore and use […]
This Saturday, 6th December, we will be selling the full collection of the Accumul8 Preserves With A Purpose at The Crouch End Festival Christmas Craft Fair. It is the big craft fair for us, as it links directly to The Crouch End Festival, where I am a co-director, the local area and community and the […]
Starting on the Accumul8 journey was a bit like most things I have done, just jump in and somehow you will learn to swim. Sometimes, impulse actions pay off, sometimes I pay for a long time afterwards. Planning Accumul8 was a bit like the first “life” option and it has actually got to the stage […]
We like big at Accumul8. We always have big plans on how to make things better for the residents at the North London YMCA Hostel and how to improve their lives through creative activities. What we like even more is when other people think big and help us to reach our goals! So, on the […]
So, after a summer break, it’s back to the Accumul8 jam and chutney production line. What’s even better this time round is we were successful in our crowdfunding activities via We Are Yimby and Harris and Hoole. We secured a whopping £800 in donations to help us on our way. Thank you to everyone who […]
The Accumul8 exhibition opened this year’s Crouch End Festival. The exhibition had visits from schools, project funders, the mayor, local MP’s and councillors and also, most importantly, from people that have supported the project over the past nine months, from set-up to delivery. The Accumul8 exhibition has been such a success that the dates are […]
All the photographs have been framed, the walls have been prepared (sort of), alcohol has been ordered (a necessity for any private view and with the hope of easing open purses) and we just wait in anticipation of an appreciative audience. Today we got coverage in The Big Issue and as a result saw our web […]
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