Accumulate 2025 – A Fresh New Look
Coming this April…
Creative Futures 2025
Creative Futures is back this Spring! Apply online HERE or email rossanne@accumulate.org.uk for more info.
Our grateful thanks to BOP Consulting, House of Cinn and Autograph for your support in making this happen.
Accumulate Photography Exhibition at the Rolls Building
We are delighted to share that the Rolls Building Art & Education Trust has been hosting and facilitating an exhibition of photographs from participants in Accumulate, the Art School for the Homeless. The exhibition will be on display until the end of March 2025!
The Rolls Building Art & Education Trust was set up in 2011 to provide and curate art and historical artefacts for public display in the Rolls Building, and to promote awareness of the law and the business-related justice system among young people.
Exhibition details:
The Rolls Building Art & Education Trust
Second Floor, 7 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL
Weekdays 9 am – 4 pm
Creative Futures 2024
The start of 2024 was an exciting time for Accumulate with the launch of our third instalment of Creative Futures – our innovative programme that aims to break down barriers for people affected by homelessness to enter the creative sector, build their network and access workplace opportunities.
Over the past ten weeks, our participants have enjoyed weekly sessions with a range of fabulous speakers covering everything from making money as a creative, perfecting your social media profiles, portfolio and network building and growing your confidence and employability skills.
Our 2024 programme has so kindly been funded by Adobe UK and hosted by Autograph Gallery in Shoreditch. We are so grateful for the support we have received from both these organisations, enabling us to bring Creative Futures 3 to fruition.
The industry support we have received this year has been immense with guest speakers joining us from various creative backgrounds to share their experience and expertise with our group, all of which will offer a workplace opportunity for selected graduates.
Our thanks go to our guest speakers Emma Mann from No Fixed Abode, Emelie Helsen, Lizzie Shupak and Helen Bazuaye from Curve, Nikol DeHann, Paul Rider, Yvonne Halloran from the Seeds Diversity Project at Ravensbourne University, Lorna Hamilton-Brown, Accumulate Trustee Katherine Finerty, Design Bridge’s Leah Jacobs-Gordon, Vicky Yang and Graeme Haig, Othello De Souza-Hartley, Rebecca Young, Sade English from Anticlone Gallery and Vic Lee.
Thank you to those who attended our Portfolio Review sessions to give essential feedback to our participants as they continue their creative journey – Design Bridge, Handsome Frank, Jacky Winter and freelance creatives. We are also immensely grateful to our creative businesses who attended our speed networking sessions providing work-related opportunities – thanks to Abode, The Barbican, Design Bridge, South London Gallery, Jones Knowles Ritchie, Sade English and Gem Creative Studio.
Lastly, a huge congratulations to the participants of Creative Futures – what an achievement! We look forward to keeping you posted with all the workplace placements individuals will take part in.
Creative Futures is back in 2024!
Creative Futures is back in 2024!
Creative Futures is a FREE ten-session programmer taking place at Autograph Gallery in Shoreditch, East London between 23rd January and 26th March 2024
This programme aims to break down the barriers for people who are affected by homelessness to enter the creative sector, build networks and have access to opportunities.
You will learn skills in confidence building, networking, how to talk about yourself and your work, creating an online presence, portfolio building and more!
Apply online HERE and we will contact you to confirm your place. For more info email rossanne@accumulate.org.uk
Wonderland – 2023 Art Exhibition and Scholarship ceremony
Wonderland
As we approach the Summer break it feels like the perfect time to look back at the incredibly special summer showcase event we held at the beginning of July. Sponsored by MTD Group and hosted by Conductor London, One Crown Place and Sun Street Hotel in the City of London, we celebrated the creative achievements of all our participants in the last year.
Wonderland Exhibition – July 2023. Big thanks to Patrick Fry for the amazing graphics!
The exhibition was absolutely brimming with incredible art, all produced by our participants during our programme of creative workshops throughout the year. Guests on the night viewed ceramics, visual art, fashion, film and photographs. All created by people affected by homelessness.
Headpieces on display from our ‘Wearable Art as Fashion’ series of workshops
Beautiful ceramics designed and created by participants
Images from our Analogue Photography workshops
This year we wanted to make the exhibition as interactive as possible so we treated our guests to live screen printing workshops run by the wonderful Nicole Line as well as drawing workshops led by Joshua Beatty. We even had our own DJ booth, designed, built and painted by a group of participants along with Poor Collective.
Screen printing workshop so guests could give it a go too!
One guest loved the print so much that she printed it onto her trousers! Looks so good!
Our DJ booth created together with Poor Collective
As we all gathered together to celebrate the creativity in the room, we felt so privileged that participants Sam and Deon agreed to speak to the audience about their own Accumulate experiences. Sam, as a participant and scholarship winner in 2022, and Deon who is taking part in the MATTA programme, working so hard to inspire creativity in others. Listen to their stories in their own words via our Instagram posts. Sam’s is HERE Deon’s is HERE
Sam spoke about this Accumulate journey
Deon spoke about her experience as a participant on our MATTA course.
As part of the evening were just so excited to present certificates to each participant who attended our workshops as well as the highly anticipated scholarships to selected participants so they can continue their developing their creativity in higher education.
Participants were all presented with a certificate by Chair of Trustees Michelle
After a heartwarming speech from our Director and Founder Marice Cumber, our Chair of Trustees Michelle presented the scholarships to each winner along with their delighted sponsor. They will study, fully funded, on Access to Higher Education courses in Fine Art, Design and Digital Media and Fashion at either Ravensbourne University or Morley College. Huge congratulations!
Stuart won the Accumulate Ian Shaw photography prize and also received an award of a camera and a year of mentoring by tutor Giulio Mazzarini.
Congratulations Alicia and thank you to sponsor Debra from Grove End Housing
Congratulations Ya’aesh and thank you to sponsor Debra from Grove End Housing
Congratulations to Alexandria and thank you to BOP Consulting for their sponsorship
Congratulations also to scholarship winners Hayley and Sana (not pictured) and sponsors AHMM Architects and EC Bid London.
To round off the celebrations, we were treated to a fashion show of participants all modelling the incredible headpieces they created in our series of workshops ‘Wearable Art as Fashion’. The show was led by previous Accumulate scholarship winner Nikol who really got the crowd going! Check out a video of the show HERE
Nikol led the fashion show!
Amazing pieces! Well done to all the participants.
Accumulate, after it all, is about community. We are so thrilled that so many participants past and present attend our events. A true testament to the experiences they have taken part in and the lasting friendships they have formed.
This was a truly special evening. The perfect showcase for all our participants for their achievements this year. We can’t wait to see what’s next for you all.
Photo credits: Ben Peters Photography
Coming Soon! Wonderland
COMING SOON!
Accumulate, the Art School for the Homeless presents………Wonderland
On Thursday 6th July we will treat our guests to a spectacular display of ceramics, visual art, fashion, film and photographs created by people affected by homelessness. We are so excited to also include a Wonderland live screen-printing and drawing workshop on the night so everyone can get involved!
This exhibition will display the striking creative work of the Accumulate participants which they have worked so hard to produce this year. We will hear their stories and witness how creativity has made a positive difference to their lives.
The Accumulate Wonderland exhibition is all about community and working together to achieve better things. It celebrates the creative achievements of a group of people, living in hostels and temporary accommodation, who participated in this year’s Accumulate Wonderland workshops, created their own supportive community and advanced and developed their skills and confidence through creative learning.
This event will also celebrate Accumulate’s Wonderland community of creative practitioners, cultural and creative organisations, funders and sponsors who work with, collaborate and support Accumulate and help us to achieve so much meaningful and transformative impact and experiences for our participants.
Our participants have worked so hard on their creativity throughout the year
Part of this event will also include the scholarships which will be awarded to selected Accumulate participants so that they can continue their creative education and study, fully funded, on Access to HE courses in Fine Art, Design and Digital Media and Fashion. An amazing opportunity and all part of their creative journey with Accumulate.
It promises to be an inspiring evening. There’s still time to RSVP for your ticket to attend. Drop us a message if you’d like to come along.
- Email us at info@accumulate.org.uk
- Follow us on Instagram & Twitter @acccumulate_ldn
Creative Futures 2!
The Second Edition
After the success of our first Creative Futures sessions back in the summer of 2022 we were delighted to introduce our second edition of this initiative in January this year. An innovative and first-of-its-kind event to build creative employment networks and opportunities between people experiencing homelessness and the creative industries.
Photo credit: Ben Peters
Photo Credit: Ben Peters
Game Changer
Our January 2023 instalment was kindly funded by the National Lottery and took place over three days at the office of D&AD in Shoreditch.
We had industry involvement from design, advertising, branding, fashion, publishing and content creation businesses, all of whom offered work-related opportunities to Creative Futures participants. These included Adobe, Grazia, Penguin Publishing, Kurt Geiger, Jones Knowles Ritchie, No Fixed Abode, GEM Creative Studio, On the One Agency, Page and Page Partners and The Digital Fairy.
Photo Credit: Ben Peters
Creative Futures 2 was a game changer that makes a real difference to creative people furthest away from the workforce but who have so much to offer. The positivity and enthusiasm felt by participants and industry folk were evident.
“A trillion, quadrillion thanks for the most amazingly awesome creative course ever.I can’t express how much it’s expanded my energies and contributed to my creativity mindset…Creative Futures, truly caused me to start resonating on a new level – Marice, Rossanne, Tori and the rest of the team – infinite thanks and blessings to you all. The three/ four days have been the highlight of my 2023 and I already miss you all!”Creative Futures 2 participant.
Photo Credit: Ben Peters
“I had such a great time chatting to the participants. Everyone I spoke to was so talented and great at speaking about their work, goals and inspiration. It’s so clear to see how much they’ve valued their time with Accumulate.” Claea Marcis from Jacky Winter who provided portfolio reviews for Creative Futures.
Photo Credit: Ben Peters
“What an amazing experience that will stick with me for a long time”.Rob Mathie, Founder, On The One.
Photo Credit: Ben Peters
Huge thanks to all involved. We are so proud of what we have achieved with Creative Futures and can’t wait to update you on our participant’s continuing creative journey.
Photo credit: Ben Peters
Make Art To Teach Art
“Make Art To Teach Art” Programme Tutor
Accumulate Art School for the Homeless
Job Type: Freelance
Salary: £200 per day
Closing Date: 19-12-2022
Accumulate Art School for the Homeless is looking for a lead programme tutor for the “Make Art to Teach Art” (MATTA) project. MATTA is a new and sector-changing education project that will be training and supporting people with lived experience of homelessness to become creative workshop leaders. The aim of MATTA is to increase the diversity of the sector and also enable people to earn and change their lives through their creative practice and become a creative educator and facilitator.
This role is ideal for a dynamic, self-starting individual who wants to make a difference through social impact and has experience in arts education teaching and learning, with a focus on inclusive teaching practices.
For full job description and details on how to apply please see below or go to this link
MATTA is a partnership project with the University of the Arts London and has been funded by London Community Fund.
Make Art To Teach Art – Job Description
Job Title: MATTA (Make Art to Teach Art) Programme Tutor
Contract Type: Freelance
Contract Length: 24 days over 6 months (possible renewal after 6 months)
Salary: £200 per day
Accountable to: Director of Accumulate
Location: London (mostly Camberwell, some in central London locations)
Purpose of Role:
Accumulate, The Art School For The Homeless, helps young, homeless people to build their skills, develop their well-being and improve their lives through creativity. Accumulate has received Deutsche Bank funding to run a new programme in partnership with the University of the Arts London (UAL), for Accumulate members to learn how to facilitate their own creative workshops. This exciting role will be for the delivery lead tutor, to launch the programme in February 2023. The tutor will plan, design and deliver multiple iterations of the ‘Make Art to Teach Art’ (MATTA) course, Accumulate and UAL’s training for homeless people wishing to learn about facilitating arts teaching. We’re looking for an experienced arts educator to deliver a high-quality teaching and learning experience and related support to participants, adjusting course design where necessary. The person appointed will be responsible to the Director of Accumulate.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To lead delivery of the ‘MATTA’ programme, monitoring progress and attendance and maintaining appropriate records.
- To be responsible for teaching, course review and curriculum development.
- To fully plan and prepare sessions, including gathering materials, in order to facilitate the participants’ learning.
- To ensure all sessions embed creative practice elements in order to engage participants in learning.
- To support individual participants’ development and learning journey.
- To co-ordinate specialist contributions from guest artists and tutors.
- To contribute to the evaluation report of the ‘MATTA’ course.
- To liaise with the MATTA project team to schedule multiple iterations of the course.
- To attend related meetings as required.
- To liaise positively and effectively with participants and project team, including Accumulate staff, UAL outreach ambassadors and student helpers.
General
- To undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the role
- To promote equality and diversity in your work.
- To personally contribute towards reducing impact on the environment
- To make full use of all information and communication technologies in adherence to data protection policies to meet the requirements of the role.
- To have or undertake a DBS check.
Key Working Relationships:
- Director of Accumulate
- Deputy Director of Accumulate
- Project Team
- Project Participants
- UAL Estates Team
Shortlisting will be based on your responses to the following questions and how well you meet the criteria listed below in the Person Specification. Please make sure you provide evidence to demonstrate clearly how you meet these criteria.
To apply:
Please send a current CV, and 300 words answering these questions:
- Why do you want this role?
- What will you bring to the role?
Please send to: info@accumulate.org.uk
Application deadline: Monday December 19th 2022
Interview date if shortlisted: Friday January 6th 2023, between 9.00 – 13.00 hrs
| Person Specification | |
| Specialist Knowledge/Qualifications | Expertise in arts education teaching and learning, with a focus on inclusive teaching practices.Relevant qualification:
Ability to provide support and help to participants, undertaking health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post. |
| Relevant Experience |
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| Communication Skills | Communicates effectively orally and in writing, adapting the message for a diverse audience in an inclusive and accessible way. |
| Teaching and Learning | Applies innovative approaches in teaching, learning or professional practice to support excellent teaching, pedagogy and inclusivity.Motivates and leads curriculum effectively, setting clear objectives to support learning.Applies creative practice to the design of learning experiences. |
| Planning and managing resources | Plans, prioritises and manages resources effectively. |
| Teamwork | Works collaboratively in a team and where appropriate across or with different professional groups. |
| Audience experience | Builds and maintains positive relationships with participants. |