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Blue Cabin helps care-experienced children build better, stronger relationships through artist-led creativity.

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Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 11h

✉️ At our training day on early years music-making we wrote postcards to send to ourselves, to remind us to put what we learnt into action! Thank you to everyone who came along, and look out for your reminders coming through your letterboxes soon! 💌

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 1d

As part of our Creative Aid project, working with care-experienced young men in HMP Deerbolt, Open Clasp Theatre Company visited the prison to screen their Key Change production. Open Clasp’s Catrina McHugh MBE describes what happened:

wearebluecabin.com/latest/open-... @openclasp.bsky.social

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 5d

The Blue Cabin team is growing! We’re so happy to welcome Becky Young to the new role of senior operations lead.

Meet Becky and find out more about her here: wearebluecabin.com/latest/new-s...

New senior operations lead joins Blue Cabin team - Blue Cabin

Becky Young has joined Blue Cabin in the new role of senior operations lead.

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Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 6d

This new episode of our @creativelsw.bsky.social podcast is out today!

Creative Life Story Work @creativelsw.bsky.social · 6d

Think you're not a creative person? This episode of the Creative Life Story Work podcast is for you!

We talk to graphic artist Nic Golightly, who explains how everyone can take steps to incorporate creativity into direct work with children & young people. creativelifestorywork.com/resource/pod...

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 8d

The Alchemy Foundation, The Percy Hedley 1990 Charitable Trust, Sir John Priestman Charity Trust, Sunderland City Council, Margaret and Dorothy Gordon Memorial and Pattinson Estate Agents (both via The Community Foundation) — thank you all!

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Six funders back Sunderland film-making project - Blue Cabin

Support from six different funders has been brought together to enable care-experienced young people from Sunderland to learn new skills in film-making.

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Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 8d

We’d like to thank the six brilliant funders who are supporting our latest project with care-experienced young people in #Sunderland.

Six funders back Sunderland film-making project - Blue Cabin

Support from six different funders has been brought together to enable care-experienced young people from Sunderland to learn new skills in film-making.

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Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 13d

The artworks and film looked incredible and ensured that the voices of the care-experienced children and young people we support were heard and that their creativity was showcased - on a global stage!

Here are some photos from yesterday and we hope to share more soon. #UNGA80

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 13d

The event was hosted by Dame Barbara Woodward, the UK's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, with Catherine Russell, executive director of UNICEF, and Rt Hon David Lammy MP. We especially valued hearing the voices of people with lived experience of care at the event as well.

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 13d

In advance of the event, we sent to New York artwork and creative writing by young men in HMP Deerbolt in County Durham, and a short film called All About Adoption, made by young people in Tees Valley.

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 13d

Our director Jenny was invited to attend the launch of the Global Charter for Children’s Care Reform - she was honoured to represent the work of the entire Blue Cabin team and our partners and be the custodian of the creativity and stories of care experienced people we work alongside.

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 13d

Yesterday was a surreal and memorable day for Blue Cabin as we saw film and artwork created by children and young people taking part in our projects take centre stage at the United Nations in New York.

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 14d

Here's more on the Global Charter for Children’s Care Reform, which calls for world leaders to act together to deliver lasting change for future generations.
www.gov.uk/government/p...

#UNGA80

Global Charter on Children’s Care Reform

The UK government is working with international partners to transform children’s care systems and to ensure every child has the chance to grow up in a safe, loving family environment.

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 14d

We’re incredibly proud to be invited and to share the voices and talents of the children and young people we work with🧡

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Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 14d

It is an honour to be the custodians of creative work produced by care-experienced children and young people taking part in some of Blue Cabin's projects, which will be on display at the event.

#UNGA80

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 14d

Our director Jenny Young is in NYC to represent Blue Cabin at the official launch of the Global Charter for Children’s Care Reform at the UN General Assembly - hosted by the Deputy Prime Minister.

#UNGA80

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 19d

Rachel from Redcar & Cleveland Virtual School attended last year's training day. Here she is, sharing a bit about what she learnt: wearebluecabin.com/latest/learn...

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 19d

The latest episode of our @creativelsw.bsky.social podcast is out now, and is all about adapting Therapeutic Life Story Work for adults ⬇️

Creative Life Story Work @creativelsw.bsky.social · 19d

How can the Rose model of Therapeutic Life Story Work be adapted for use with adults? Find out in the newest episode of our podcast, as we talk with psychologist Amy Payne.

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 20d

🎵 Last chance to book!

Learn how to help babies and children experience the benefits of music-making. Our training day on early years music-making takes place on Monday in Darlington. Have you booked your ticket?🎵

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-is-th... @bowders.bsky.social @youthmusic.bsky.social

This is the Place - A Practical Guide to Early Years Music-Making

Join Blue Cabin for the day to explore how and why music-making supports attachment and development for babies and children

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 21d

The brilliant @openclasp.bsky.social visited HMP Deerbolt to screen a play created with women in HMP Low Newton, to care-experienced young men in Deerbolt.

Here’s what happened: wearebluecabin.com/latest/open-...

Open Clasp, Deerbolt and me - Blue Cabin

Find out what happened when theatre company, Open Clasp, screened one of their productions at HMP Deerbolt.

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Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations to our friends at The British Library, Leeds Children's Services, and all the young people involved in the partnership, which is now shortlisted for the Museums Change Lives Awards 👏

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Museums Change Lives Awards 2025 - Museums Association

Recognising and celebrating outstanding work by UK museums delivering social impact

www.museumsassociation.org

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 23d

Blue Cabin’s Waste Captain in action!

Administrator Dotty has led on gaining an insight into the amount and type of waste that’s produced through our various projects. You can read more about how we’re focusing on environmental sustainability here: wearebluecabin.com/sustainabili...

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 26d

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Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 27d

You can book for this year's training day here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-is-th...

@bowders.bsky.social @youthmusic.bsky.social

This is the Place - A Practical Guide to Early Years Music-Making

Join Blue Cabin for the day to explore how and why music-making supports attachment and development for babies and children

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 27d

🎵 On 22 Sept we're holding a training day on early years music-making 🎵

Here's an insight into what you will learn, from Rachel Oliphant of Redcar & Cleveland Virtual School, who attended our previous training day.

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Blue Cabin @bluecabin.bsky.social · 28d

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