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11:00 am - 3:00 pm

21 August 2023 – 25 August 2023

Hear My Voice | Creative summer programme for care-experienced young people in London

Making the Ink Think.

Work with spoken word artist Paul Lyalls who will help you take a fun delve into your world.

Explore the relationship between identity, discovery, trial and error soundscapes mixed in with the glorious technicolour of your times.

Play with poetic form.

Work strictly with broken rules and smoke and mirrors to inspire your revisited horizons.

Spoken word’s the bedrock of rap, slam poetry and any cool lyric you’ve ever heard. Think poetry’s something boring you learn at school? Think again.

Think Benjamin Zephaniah, George the Poet, Loyle Carner and Kae Tempest.

Think you’ve heard spoken word? Listen closer.

Sign up to our Summer programme to work with professional artists and top London Universities

In August 2023 we’re hosting Hear My Voice – a week of creative arts for care experienced young people in London

The programme will take place in the Summer holidays from Monday 21st August – Friday 25th August. You’ll get to experiment with spoken art, performance, digital art and collage, rounded off with a celebration event on Friday 25th August. The programme will be held at CU London’s Dagenham campus, and on Thursday 24th August you will travel to The Courtuald at Somerset House to visit the gallery.

To apply, just scroll down to complete a short registration form.

Entry requirements: The programme is for care experienced young people currently at school aged 13-16. To take part in the programme, you must be able to commit to attending the sessions:

Monday 21st August

11.00 – 15.00

Day 1 Spoken Word CU London, Rainham Rd N, Dagenham RM10 7BN

Making the Ink think: Work with spoken word artist Paul Lyalls who will help you take a fun delve into your world.

Tuesday 22nd August

11.00 – 15.00

Day 2 Spoken Word CU London, Rainham Rd N, Dagenham RM10 7BN

On day two you’ll continue writing your spoken word pieces with Paul.

Wednesday 23rd August 11.00 – 15.00

Day 3 Visual Arts CU London, Rainham Rd N, Dagenham RM10 7BN

Collage can be a useful starting point if you want to create something but feel stuck. It’s more than just cut and paste; it’s a specialist technique used to experiment with found images to make something completely different. We’ll be busy on day 3 looking at ways to create an original visual. Bring some of your own printed images to this session, although there will be plenty of resources available. If there’s time, we can try out image transfer as an alternative way to play around with found images.

By the end of the session, you should have a few visuals that could complement the first two days’ work. Use these as part of your design for the anthology that will be prepared on computers the following day. We hope to get the anthology printed by the end of the week, so you can show off your achievements.

If you’re interested in finding out more, check out artists such as Kennard Phillips, Hannah Hoch and John Stezaker for inspiration.

Thursday 24th August 11.00-15.30

Day 4 Tip to The Courtauld Gallery – Somerset House, Stand, London, WC2R 0RN

We will travel together by coach to The Courtauld Gallery in London. Our day will start in the Learning Centre where we will talk about ‘identity’ and what makes a portrait (or a selfie). We will then go into the gallery to look at different artworks with these questions in mind. We’ll return to the Learning Centre to look at how contemporary artists have responded to some of the artworks in the Gallery, and think about how they have made their voice heard.

*We understand that for any year 11 students, this date will be impacted by GCSE results day. We will make arrangements for this day to ensure the least amount of disruption possible. If you have any questions or concerns please get in touch at aheuniconnecthub@londonhigher.ac.uk.

Friday 25th August

15.00 – 19.00

Day 5 Celebration Event CU London, Rainham Rd N, Dagenham RM10 7BN

On day 5 you will celebrate all your creations from the week! You can invite your friends and carers along to this VIP event.

Hear My Voice

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About this Form
Please complete and submit this form to register for the Hear My Voice programme.

After signing up, you will receive an email with further details about the Hear My Voice programme.

If you have any questions, please contact a member of the AccessHE Uni Connect team:

t: 020 7391 0688 | e: AHEuniconnecthub@londonhigher.ac.uk

Safeguarding Statement
AccessHE is committed to ensuring the safety of all participants in our online events and in person events. As part of the registration process, you will be asked to agree to our and online safeguarding Terms and Conditions. For more information, please see our Child Safeguarding Policy.

AccessHE will take the following steps to ensure the safety of all young people we work with:

• We will conduct a full risk assessment for all activities.

• We will ensure that for all in person events and activities, the adult to child ratio will be 10:1. Adults can include AccessHE and London Higher staff, as well as staff and student ambassadors from member HEIs and partner institutions

• Before attending any AccessHE event, attendees will be asked to consent to a relevant photo and video consent statement.

• In addition to the London Higher staff code of conduct, staff working with children and young people will:
o Prioritise the welfare for children and young people at AccessHE events
o Follow the AccessHE Child Safeguarding policies and procedures.
o Model good behaviour for the children and young people to follow.
o Challenge all unacceptable behaviour.
o Report all allegations and suspicions of abuse following the AccessHE Child Safeguarding policies and procedures.
o Treat all children and young people fairly without prejudice or discrimination.
o Understand that children and young people are individuals with individual needs.
o Respect differences in gender, sexual orientation, culture, race, ethnicity, disability and religious belief systems between yourself and others, and appreciate that all participants bring something valuable and different to the group/organisation.
Online Safeguarding Statement
AccessHE will take the following steps to ensure the safety of all young people we work with in an online capacity:

• We will ensure a minimum of two adults (AccessHE staff and/or staff from our partner organisations) are involved in the running of online activity

• We will only use official AccessHE/London Higher social media accounts when running remote sessions and we will not share personal details with young people over any communication platform

• We will seek parental or carer consent to participate in online activities where appropriate

• We will operate a registration process for all online events to ensure participants are aware in advance of session rules, and have received platform instructions as well as online safety information from us prior to the event starting

• We will ensure that the chat/messaging functions of any communication platforms we use are monitored and that measures are in place to prevent young people from being contacted directly, either by other participants or by the meeting hosts

• When running online activities via platforms such as Zoom, we will operate a virtual waiting room to ensure only users who have registered are admitted, and we will lock rooms once events have commenced to ensure they are private.
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- By ticking this box you confirm that you have read and understood the above statements.

1: Personal Information
Name*
First Last
Preferred name
Gender*
Address*
Home Postcode*
ZIP / Postal Code Country
Please confirm your date of birth*
Email*
Where can we send you more information after you've signed up?
Telephone Number*
Please confirm*
- If you are currently looked after by a Local Authority, such as in a children's home or with foster parents
- If you are a care-leaver
Please confirm the name of the Local Authority you are looked after by if you are currently in care, or the name of the Local Authority you were looked after by when you left care.*
Do you have any dietary requirements?
Lunch will be provided throughout the week. Please confirm any dietary requirements you have, below.
Do you have any specific requirements?
If you have a disability or any additional needs and require adjustments or any other assistance during the programme, please let us know in the box below. If you'd prefer to discuss any requirements further, please don't hesitate to contact us at AHEuniconnecthub@londonhigher.ac.uk.

2. Carer/Emergency contact details
Please provide details of a carer or emergency contact below. Once registered, we will write to this contact to complete a consent form.
Name*
First Last
Email*
Telephone Number*
Please provide a phone number we may contact in case of emergency
Data Protection*
- If you agree to your information being used in the way outlined below (required to continue), please tick the above box.
When you register for an AccessHE event, you will be giving AccessHE/London Higher permission to process data about you. AccessHE/London Higher needs to process data about you in order to carry out its normal administration, that is we only collect, store, use and disclose the data for any purposes connected with your enquiry or booking and possible future events. AccessHE is a division of London Higher.

We collect information about individuals who participate in the Uni Connect events and activities we deliver. We do this for the purposes of monitoring, evaluating and reporting on the effectiveness of this work in increasing progression to higher education amongst certain cohorts. The data we collect also enables us to improve the events and activities. We collect this data under the legal basis ‘Legitimate Interest’ as set out in GDPR under article 6(1)f.
Further information can be found in our privacy policy.
3. Evaluation of the Hear My Voice programme

AccessHE will undertake a review of the Hear My Voice programme, in order to understand your experiences of it.

In order to do this, we collect and process data you provide when signing up, for example your postcode and your gender. We also collect your feedback on Hear My Voice via short surveys that we ask you to complete at the start and end of courses in the programme, and optional interviews with a member of staff from AccessHE during the programme. This information will help us to understand the effectiveness of the programme on students from different backgrounds.

AccessHE may publish the findings of the research and share the report with reputable and reliable third parties, however any information relating to you will be aggregated (i.e. combined with other user data) and anonymised, and will not be provided in a way which identifies you.

The survey data we collect from you is held for one year and destroyed after that. The personal data stored on the website will remain there until you contact us to disable and delete your account, or until the end of the programme, whichever occurs first.

To read our full privacy policy, please visit https://www.londonhigher.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Privacy-Policy-AccessHE-Uni-Connect-Outreach-Hub.pdf, and to find out more about AccessHE you can visit our website: www.accesshe.ac.uk.

If you have questions about any aspect of the research, please contact Michelle Anson, Uni Connect Outreach Coordinator, on AHEuniconnecthub@londonhigher.ac.uk.
Participant consent
Please tick the boxes to confirm you consent to the below:
- I understand that I will be asked about my views on online and in-person outreach activity
- I understand I will be asked about my views about aspects of higher education study before and after certain sessions in the programme.
- I understand that participation in this research is voluntary and that I am free to withdraw at any point by emailing the Uni Connect Outreach Coordinator at aheuniconnecthub@londonhigher.ac.uk, without having to provide a reason. Withdrawing will have no impact on my opportunities to participate in future AccessHE projects.
- I understand that the data I provide may be disseminated in the form of research reports. I understand I will not be identifiable in this research.
- I understand that AccessHE needs to process information about my care status for the purposes of measuring the effectiveness of the Future Focus programme for students from different backgrounds

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Sign up to our Summer programme to work with professional artists and top London Universities

In August 2023 we’re hosting Hear My Voice – a week of creative arts for care experienced young people in London

To apply, just scroll down to complete a short registration form.

Entry requirements: The programme is for care experienced young people currently at school aged 13-16. To take part in the programme, you must be able to commit to attending the sessions:

Monday 21st August

11.00 – 15.00

Day 1 Spoken Word CU London, Rainham Rd N, Dagenham RM10 7BN

Making the Ink think: Work with spoken word artist Paul Lyalls who will help you take a fun delve into your world.

Tuesday 22nd August

11.00 – 15.00

Day 2 Spoken Word CU London, Rainham Rd N, Dagenham RM10 7BN

On day two you’ll continue writing your spoken word pieces with Paul.

Wednesday 23rd August 11.00 – 15.00

Day 3 Visual Arts CU London, Rainham Rd N, Dagenham RM10 7BN

If you’re interested in finding out more, check out artists such as Kennard Phillips, Hannah Hoch and John Stezaker for inspiration.

Thursday 24th August 11.00-15.30

Day 4 Tip to The Courtauld Gallery – Somerset House, Stand, London, WC2R 0RN

*We understand that for any year 11 students, this date will be impacted by GCSE results day. We will make arrangements for this day to ensure the least amount of disruption possible. If you have any questions or concerns please get in touch at aheuniconnecthub@londonhigher.ac.uk.

Friday 25th August

15.00 – 19.00

Day 5 Celebration Event CU London, Rainham Rd N, Dagenham RM10 7BN

On day 5 you will celebrate all your creations from the week! You can invite your friends and carers along to this VIP event.

Hear My Voice

Step 1 of 4

About this Form

Safeguarding Statement

Online Safeguarding Statement

1: Personal Information

2. Carer/Emergency contact details

3. Evaluation of the Hear My Voice programme