We also trialled working with young researchers as part of this project, continuing our commitment as a charity to learn with and from young people. Joachim and Alec (aged 14) joined us at one of the Music in the Park events to help us gather learning from families about the value of these ways of working and we were struck by how beautifully they put people at ease and how openly and authentically they listened.
We are also looking forward to sharing the new collection of twenty hangings drawn from this work for the Fantastical Forest. The first time these can be seen all together will be on Tree Charter Day, the final event for CCI in 2024. Alongside this collection, we’ve also put together a new soundscape resource, created for the Imaginarium event, and Rooted, our well-being walk for the Addenbrooke’s community, both free to access through our website. Read more about the work with children from Morley Primary School and how they worked with Homerton College here, and Arbury Primary School, Abbey girls and North Cambridge Academy and how they worked with King’s College here.
We have worked with communities from: Abbey people, Akeman Street Community Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Arbury Primary School, Brownsfield Community Centre, Clay Farm Community Centre, North Cambridge Academy, Morley Primary School, Colleges Nursery, Brunswick Nursery, and Libraries in Arbury and Wisbech.
This work is only possible because of the skill and passion of the artists we work with: Hilary Cox Condron, Dea Fischer, Kaye Goodridge, Filipa Pereira-Stubbs, Jenny Seabrook, Holly Shirra, Sally Todd, Tonka Uzu, Caroline Wendling with design work from Susanne Jasilek and Sebastian Burr.
Thanks also to these volunteers who have given their time so generously: Chiara, Tatiana, Sue, Rosie, Amanda, Gladys, Jerry, Lucy, Tom, Paul, Neil, Martha, Emily, Jenny, Holly, Kaye, and Dea.
And thanks to these colleagues who have so inspired us with their knowledge and passion for the natural world around us: Guy Belcher, Natalie Lambert, Matt McGrath, and Kenny McGregor from Cambridge City Council, Jen McGaley from Crop Science Centre, Steve Coghill from King’s College.
The work has drawn together many different partners, in particular: Cambridge Acorn Project, Cambridge Carbon Footprint, Crop Science Centre, King’s College, Homerton College, Cambridge City Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridge Nature Festival, Cambridge Past Present and Future, Cambridge University Hospital Arts.
Thanks also to the Cambridge Silent Disco Collective for sharing their wonderful kit and helping us enhance our events.