Sarah is Founding Director of Craftivist Collective and Gentle Protest. She is an award-winning activist, author and Ashoka Fellow. Born in Everton, the fourth most deprived ward in the UK. An Activism Manager at Oxfam GB before founding the global Craftivist Collective in 2009. Corbett calls her unique methodology ‘Gentle Protest’ and her work has helped change hearts, minds, policies and laws around the world. Collaborations include Save the Children, The Climate Coalition, Girlguiding, Helsinki Design Week, Tate, V&A, BBC, SkyArts and Secret Cinema amongst others. The Craftivist Collective Handbook was awarded best multimedia book of 2025 by the Creative Book Awards

http://www.craftivist-collective.com

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Insta: @Craftivists & @Sarahpcorbett

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Morag Anderson’s second chapbook, And I Will Make of You a Vowel Sound, won the Aryamati Poetry Pamphlet Prize and was described by TS Eliot Prize-winning poet Joelle Taylor as 'Delicate and furious, a haunting act of worship, of rebellion, and story. She was poet-in-residence for the 2024 Birnam Book Festival and for Dublin’s Creative Brain Week 2024 held at Trinity College. Recent commissions include The Scottish Poetry Library, The Canmore Suicide Prevention Trust, The National Trust for Scotland, and the Perth Festival of the Arts. Morag is currently a delegate on Arvon’s two-year Advanced Writing Programme.

https://www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page/morag-anderson-poetry-bundle

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/morag-anderson/

https://thebrokenspine.co.uk/2024/10/20/morag-andersons-evolution-from-gritty-realism-to-expansive-lyricism-in-sin-is-due-to-open-in-a-room-above-kittys-and-and-i-will-make-of-you-a-vowel-sound/

https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/interview-morag-anderson

https://www.instagram.com/morag_caimbeul/

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Haeweon is a theatremaker, writer, and researcher from Korea, now based in the UK. As a co-artistic director of Blooming Ludus, she has been making diverse community-based theatre projects for climate justice and a sustainable future since 2015. Her current PhD research at the University of Manchester is on nurturing performance practice, “Theatre of Decomposition,” which explores human–fungi relationships, mourning and celebrating in the meshwork of the ecological crises. Her recent works include 'Welcome to the Planet,' a pansori theatre for toddlers of the Anthropocene, 'This Play Is Written in Mushroom' (for CCTA 2023), and 'How to Become a Rock.'

Citizen scientists and Lichen Camp: https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/climate/citizen-scientists-set-to-celebrate-closure-of-annapolis-county-lichen-camp/

Friends of Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area: https://www.facebook.com/groups/friendsofgoldsmithlake/

Support and learn more about protecting the old forests in Mi'kma'ki (NS, Canada) – https://saveouroldforests.ca

Unseen World (Megan Giffen), the organiser of the first fungi festival in Nova Scotia "Myceliates" (2022): https://www.instagram.com/unseenworld.ca/

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Arti’s inclusive creative practice champions diverse voices, and immersive sensory theatre practice for people living with dementia and learning disabled people. She has a strong commitment to collaborative theatre with values based on fundamental human rights. Arti stepped down as Spare Tyre's Artistic Director/CEO in August 2019 after inspirational and acclaimed leadership for 19 years. 2023/24 Director ‘Ballad of Thamesmead’ GDIF/Dante or Die Lead artist ‘Meet Your Neighbour’ Tara Theatre Lead artist The Chatter Project’ Chichester Festival Theatre. ‘My Great Escape’ Acousmatic storytelling collaboration with Julia Schauerman to produce an audio recording and live immersive event. Co-Chair of CADA (Creative Ageing: Development Agency), Chair of The Amplify Project, Awarded OBE in 2022 for services to Arts and Dementia, Awarded Tonic Award 2020 (inclusion and diversity), Churchill Fellow 2013 (spirituality, dementia and ageing)

LinkedIn: @artiprashar

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"I volunteer with Cycling Club Hackney (CCH) My, now adult, children grew up riding and racing with the club and I have used a bike for transport all my adult life - and dabbled in a bit of cyclocross veterans racing. My main sport (for 40 years) has been unicycle hockey. During the week I work as a property management adviser for Quakers in Britain, with a background in building and structural engineering. The Quaker testimonies to: Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality & Stewardship are a valuable guide."

On most Saturdays John sets up a drop in cycle repair drop-in, on a street corner near CCH, with many regulars, including children who he has seen through mnay bikes, and others like delivery couriers who are really reliant on their bikes.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LUnisHockey/

https://www.quaker.org.uk/

https://www.cyclingclubhackney.co.uk/

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Mah is a practising artist, researcher and writer working in the fields of contemporary jewellery, well-making, creative health, creativity and dementia-care, and psychology. Mah's PhD at Birkbeck College is a qualitative psychology study exploring daughters’ lived experiences of dementia caregiving and crafting with mothers. She is a tutor (research) at the Royal College of Art, on the MFA Arts and Humanities program and the Jewellery and Metal Masters program. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, member of Advocates for Representation in Creative Health (ARCH), and co-edited the Well-making special issue for the Journal of Applied Arts and Health.

https://www.rca.ac.uk/more/staff/mah-rana/

https://www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk/news/blog/mah-rana-well-making-spaces

https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jaah_00111_2

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Tobias Tembo is Provincial Youth Development Coordinator for Southern Province, Zambia. He is a visionary leader and co-founder of Barefeet Theatre, a dynamic organization empowering vulnerable youth through the arts. With a career spanning public sector management, civil society, and creative industries, Tobias has driven impactful initiatives in youth development, resource mobilisation, and traditional leadership engagement. His work has earned accolades, including the 2018 Humanitarian Leadership Award for uplifting street children. A skilled communicator and strategist, Tobias has been involved in projects like Zambia’s first BAFTA-winning film, I Am Not a Witch, and financial inclusion programmes for traditional leaders. Passionate about social innovation, he continues to inspire change through collaboration and creativity.

https://barefeettheatre.org/

Adam McGuigan is a Theatre/ Film Maker, Writer and Architect of Creative Experiences. "Being a neurodivergent artist from the north of Ireland is important in the work I create. Growing up in a divided society where culture could mean danger has infused an intrigue about the impact art can have." He is a co-founder of Barefeet Theatre, and currently Artistic Director at Wake The Beast performance company, Associate Artist at Theatre Témoin, Associate at Human Features Productions and Board member of Barefeet Theatre. He works extensively in the UK and internationally through touring and for 8 years as part of Contacting The World international Theatre Festival (Contact Manchester), Previous AD of SpareParts outdoor arts festival and Creative Producer at Hope Street Ltd.

https://www.adammcguigan.com/theatre

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Ayesha is a writer, artist and facilitator, and recently judged the Deaf and Disabled Writers Commissions for Spread the Word, alongside Joseph Rizzo Naudi, for the second year running. She was one of the commissioned writers for Nature Calling, a £2m National Landscapes art programme, creating poetry inspired by the Lincolnshire Wolds, whilst facilitating a series of workshops, exploring creative ways of accessing rural landscapes. As a deaf and disabled person herself, she uses personal experience to open up safe spaces for conversation. She has an MA in The Contemporary, for which she was awarded two scholarships.

Instagram: @weirdbutinteresting

BlueSky: @ayeshachouglay.bsky.social

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