Independent writing, grounded in lived experience

Woodworking, small business, community initiatives and creating opportunities I’ve always been interested in making things. Sometimes that has meant working with timber, learning how to use tools and turning discarded materials into something useful. At other times, it has meant building a business, establishing a community initiative, organising a group of people or creating an…

A personal journey through homelessness, food insecurity and community building There is a particular understanding of hunger that comes from having to work out where your next meal is coming from. It changes the way you look at food. It changes the way you look at people. And it changes the way you understand the…

A personal account of lived experience, social work and the projects that bring ideas into practice. Exploring society through lived experience, social work and community projects I’ve never been particularly good at standing on the sidelines. Much of what I have come to understand about people, communities and society has come from getting involved. Not…