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
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 – 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. |
Last updated – 20 November 2022
Banner of Youth
Our Banner of Youth project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, started back in March with a series of textile design workshops taking place over eight weeks taking place in the Fountain Room at the Barbican Centre in London. Our workshop poster below was shared with homeless hostels around London inviting participants to come along and get creative.
Workshop poster
Working in partnership with our long-term collaborators Museum of Youth Culture along with tutors Sadie Williams and Tori Taiwo, Accumulate participants designed and created fabric patches from surplus textiles inspired by the theme of youth culture and their memories of their own youth.
Working with surplus textiles
Working with off cuts of fabrics and leftover trims our group were able to get as creative as they wanted. It was wonderful to see each individual’s design developing and progressing over time and in these super engaging sessions. Check out these fantastic patches in progress:
Each patch was then sewn onto a huge banner entitled the ‘Banner of Youth’, which will be revealed on 7th July in The Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry. Watch this space!
Banner of Youth in progress
May 2021 Update
And just like that June has arrived! May has been another super busy month for Accumulate so its the perfect time to look back at what we have been up to!
Two New Accumulate Art Kits
Our Accumulate Art Kit project is going strong with two fantastic workshops running, the first being a session around ‘Identity’, Participants created portraits about their own identity and the different layers that make us who we are. This kit was created by photographer Alejandra Carles-Tolra working with Autograph gallery and their incredible archive. We had some fantastic pieces created by residents of homeless hostels in Cornwall and London. You can view the whole gallery HERE.
Artwork by resident of Harbour Housing, St Austell
Our second kit launch this month is called ‘Design Your Own Patch’ and was designed by our friends at Museum of Youth Culture. Patches have been used for generations to show off their identity and interests to the world. Sewn onto jackets, bags and jeans, people have patches for the musicians they love, events they have been to and the campaigns they support. Our ‘Train the Trainer’ session on this kit was a great success with hostel workers being guided through the workshop & creating their own design so they are equipped to get creative with their own clients. Keep an eye on the gallery HERE for all the new designs coming through along with some fantastic inspirational images.
Train the Trainer session for ‘Design Your Own Patch’ Art Kit
Accumulate at the Barbican
Our group have been lucky enough to spend time at the Barbican Centre in person again this month. We are so happy to see this incredible space open again and to be able to spend time together again as a group after so long is just incredible. Our Advertising campaign workshop continued with the Lego brief set by D&AD. We were joined by fantastic guest speakers Paul & Danielle from We Are Social who spoke to the group about using social media to make an advertising campaign inlcuidng virtual shops and also going lo tech and just using a phone to produce really creative solutions. We were also joined by Jack Pryor from Unexpected Mini Figures who talked about the joy of Lego play and inspired everyone to get building and creating. We are so grateful to have this level of skill and expertise on our workshops.
Photo Credit: Fiona Quadri
Our group were also delighted to attend the private view event of the Jean Debuffet exhibition ‘Brutal Beauty’ at the Barbican. This was the first day museums were able to open again after the lockdown so was really special to feel so inspired as a group together again. The exhibition is fantastic, highly recommended if you get the chance to go.
Accumulate gang at Debuffet exhibition, The Barbican
Marice Cumber on the May Contain Podcast
We were so excited to see Accumulate founder and Director Marice Cumber feature on the May Contain podcast hosted by Daniel Kelly. talking about her own mental health struggles and how it inspired the founding of Accumulate, using creativity to empower people affected by homelessness. Download and listen HERE!
It’s great to be working with Dan again. We first collaborated back in 2019 working with him and the Ted Baker team on a series of fashion workshops culminating in a fantastic fashion show. Dan is doing wonderful work raising awareness and breaking the stigma around allergies. Take a look at this Instagram account HERE.
New Stockist for Book of Homelessness
We are so happy to see our first publication Book of Homelessness find a new stockist in Artwords Bookshop in Broadway Market. You can read more about this project and get your own copy HERE. All profits from the book are split with its authors, so they can earn from their creativity and Accumulate so we can continue to provide creative workshops for people affected by homelessness.
Podcasting Skills
A new project we are working on in conjunction with St Johns Waterloo is a Podcasting course. Accumulate participants will be creating a podcast about Waterloo’s cardboard city in the 90’s and homelessness today. This podcast will be broadcast as part of the Waterloo Festival next year. Watch this space!
It really was a busy one! Thanks for reading along and your continuing support for Accumulate. Enjoy the sunshine!