The trauma-informed approach that we take in our Apollo project enfolds different aspects of health and wellbeing into a collaborative and participant-led programme that aims for wellbeing and personal growth beyond the participant’s time in hospital.
Read MoreIn June 2023 20 members of Brighter Futures came together to launch a campaign for better housing solutions for asylum seekers in the UK, focusing on safe and adequate provisions that avoid re-traumatisation.
Read MoreWe are proud to stand alongside refugees and migrants. Refugee Week’s 2023 theme is ‘Compassion’ and for this week and every other week, we must be compassionate.
Read MoreAcross the UK thousands of children and young people are experiencing a rapid and frightening change in their living circumstances, as the cost-of-living crisis threatens their survival.
Read MoreHow can we mitigate the effects of trauma in care-experienced children and young people? Alex Evans, our Artistic Director explains more about the impact of trauma and the pathways to recovery.
Read MoreEvery year in June, Refugee Week celebrates the resilience of refugees and the myriad of positive ways they have contributed to the fabric of this country. In 2014 we received funding from the National Lottery Community Fund that enabled us to put together materials and animations that could be used to educate students in schools.
Read MoreIt became apparent to us through our workshops with children and young people, that rights were not something widely understood by our participants. We knew immediately that this was likely to be a wider issue that must be confronted.
Read MoreIn the post-Covid-19 world the troubling truth is that there will be more children and young people having been through adverse experiences and needing nuanced support.
Read MoreTrauma-informed practice emerged as a key modality for us to build our resilience as an organisation and commence our own personal journeys towards health, within an integrative framework which aligned to our existing values, skills and processes.
Read MoreOver the past few weeks, as the Taliban have seized control throughout the country, and scores of people have been forced to go into hiding or flee their homeland, it is clear that children and young Afghans will pay a heavy price as they process and internalise the trauma of current events.
Read MoreIt is well documented that those in caring professions, who use their empathy as a daily method of connecting to others, can also carry the burden of stressors which may not be their own.
Read MoreIn 2020 we were selected by Queen Mary University London Arts and Culture to take part in ‘Queen Mary Conversations: Conceiving Change through Artistic and Academic Public Engagement’.
Read MoreIn March, when our Build programme at LEAP (London East Alternative Provision) was postponed due to the pandemic, we wanted to find a way, remotely, to continue to support the young people who benefitted from the programme.
Read MoreThis year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, delivering our in-person interventions on paediatric wards has not been possible, however over the past 10 months we have found ways to adapt our Apollo Programme.
Read MoreIt is Mental Health Awareness Week this week and the theme they have chosen is Kindness #KindnessMatters.
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