The brief: helping families understand Parkinson’s and movement through story When we partnered with Parkinson’s UK on Planet Exercise, the brief was clear. Create a story that would help children understand Parkinson’s in a way that felt accessible and not frightening, while showing that movement can play an important role in living well with the […]
In a vibrant London venue, an eager audience gathered for the launch of Fresh Paint, an immersive audio theatre experience crafted in coproduction with Groundswell and their Surviving TA Action Group (STAG). As the lights dimmed, a powerful invitation echoed through the space: “…In a moment, you will become Chloe in this story. You will
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Made By Mortals has been working with researchers and participants on the Empowered Together programme funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), to co-produce research-informed story about autism and social care in prison. The story will be brought to life in a new short film called ‘Double Punishment’. The film will use
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Made By Mortals (MBM) are looking for critical friends to help support us with the launch of our new five-year business plan and strategy. We’re looking for people with expertise and a passion for social change through the arts. MBM are a not-for-profit arts organisation based in Tameside, Greater Manchester. We ‘bring lived experience to
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2025 has been a year full of creativity, collaboration and lived experience, and we’re proud to share what we’ve achieved! Bringing Lived Experience to LifeOur mission is to help people use their creativity and lived experience to make life happier, healthier and fairer for all. This year, we brought stories to life through immersive audio,
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What happens when you bring together practitioners from safeguarding, education, health, social care and the voluntary sector, and immerse them in stories shaped by lived experience? As our ‘Walking on Eggshells: Ending Male Violence Against Women’ conference showed, you get a day filled with insight, emotional honesty and a renewed sense of purpose. “This was
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he Role of Music in Lived Experience Training: At our recent conference, ‘Walking on Eggshells: Ending Male Violence Against Women’, the learning didn’t rely on slides or written materials. Instead, we brought our participatory arts approach to life with immersive audio stories, film, music, theatre and hands-on workshops. Among all of these, music emerged as
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‘Lived experience’ is a term used frequently across the safeguarding and domestic abuse sectors, but meaningful and ethical involvement of those with lived experience can be tricky to get right. At our recent conference, ‘Walking on Eggshells: Ending Male Violence Against Women’, we demonstrated how creative mediums allow lived experience to be central without placing
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When delegates arrived at our recent event, ‘Walking on Eggshells: Ending Male Violence Against Women’, we asked them to begin with something a little unexpected for a safeguarding conference: co-create a fictional practitioner. Her name was Jessica, chosen collectively by the room, and over the course of the day she became the emotional thread that
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A blog by Paul Hine, CEO of participatory arts organisation Made By Mortals. At Made By Mortals, we are on a mission to improve how children and young people are engaged in health, social care, and social justice research. We are fed up with children’s, and young people’s voices and ideas being left behind or
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