Blue Cabin
@bluecabin.bsky.social
Blue Cabin helps care-experienced children build better, stronger relationships through artist-led creativity.
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It was an honour to represent @bluecabin.bsky.social for this prestigious award. The #CYPNowAwards showcase innovative and outstanding practice in the children's services sector. We were rubbing shoulders with amazing people and organisations.
Three of our team, Lucy Ridley, Katie Doherty and Carol Bowden, were absolutely honoured to pick up a Children & Young People Now award on Friday for our This is the Place project.
#CYPNowAwards @bowders.bsky.social
#CYPNowAwards @bowders.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It was an honour to represent @bluecabin.bsky.social for this prestigious award. The #CYPNowAwards showcase innovative and outstanding practice in the children's services sector. We were rubbing shoulders with amazing people and organisations.
Three of our team, Lucy Ridley, Katie Doherty and Carol Bowden, were absolutely honoured to pick up a Children & Young People Now award on Friday for our This is the Place project.
#CYPNowAwards @bowders.bsky.social
#CYPNowAwards @bowders.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Three of our team, Lucy Ridley, Katie Doherty and Carol Bowden, were absolutely honoured to pick up a Children & Young People Now award on Friday for our This is the Place project.
#CYPNowAwards @bowders.bsky.social
#CYPNowAwards @bowders.bsky.social
🎉🎉This is the Place has been named as the winner in this year's Children & Young People Now awards' Early Years category! 🎉🎉
We're so proud of everyone involved in this project; thank you Children & Young People Now for this wonderful recognition 💛
We're so proud of everyone involved in this project; thank you Children & Young People Now for this wonderful recognition 💛
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
🎉🎉This is the Place has been named as the winner in this year's Children & Young People Now awards' Early Years category! 🎉🎉
We're so proud of everyone involved in this project; thank you Children & Young People Now for this wonderful recognition 💛
We're so proud of everyone involved in this project; thank you Children & Young People Now for this wonderful recognition 💛
We are very excited to be at the @Children & Young People Now Awards tonight! Our early years music-making project, This is the Place, is a finalist in the Early Years category. Here are project manager Lucy and musicians Carol and Katie in their finery!
#CYPNowAwards @bowders.bsky.social
#CYPNowAwards @bowders.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We are very excited to be at the @Children & Young People Now Awards tonight! Our early years music-making project, This is the Place, is a finalist in the Early Years category. Here are project manager Lucy and musicians Carol and Katie in their finery!
#CYPNowAwards @bowders.bsky.social
#CYPNowAwards @bowders.bsky.social
We weren't winners this time but loved seeing Blue Cabin up on the big screen. Congratulations to all of this year's winners!
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We weren't winners this time but loved seeing Blue Cabin up on the big screen. Congratulations to all of this year's winners!
Our team are out and about today!
Senior Operations Lead Becky and Trustee Sedil are with Investors in the Environment in Peterborough.
Today's the Sustainability at Work panel, followed by the Investors in the Environment 2025 Awards (which we're shortlisted in🤞)
Senior Operations Lead Becky and Trustee Sedil are with Investors in the Environment in Peterborough.
Today's the Sustainability at Work panel, followed by the Investors in the Environment 2025 Awards (which we're shortlisted in🤞)
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Our team are out and about today!
Senior Operations Lead Becky and Trustee Sedil are with Investors in the Environment in Peterborough.
Today's the Sustainability at Work panel, followed by the Investors in the Environment 2025 Awards (which we're shortlisted in🤞)
Senior Operations Lead Becky and Trustee Sedil are with Investors in the Environment in Peterborough.
Today's the Sustainability at Work panel, followed by the Investors in the Environment 2025 Awards (which we're shortlisted in🤞)
Piercing The Sky is a celebration of artwork and creative writing by care-experienced young artists in HMP Deerbolt and we’re proud to be able to share artworks from it.
You can explore the online exhibition here: wearebluecabin.com/resource/pie... #NCLM @becomecharity.org.uk
You can explore the online exhibition here: wearebluecabin.com/resource/pie... #NCLM @becomecharity.org.uk
Piercing the Sky virtual exhibition - Blue Cabin
Creative Aid is a co-creation project with care-experienced young men in Deerbolt Prison, supporting the young men to be recognised as artists.
wearebluecabin.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Piercing The Sky is a celebration of artwork and creative writing by care-experienced young artists in HMP Deerbolt and we’re proud to be able to share artworks from it.
You can explore the online exhibition here: wearebluecabin.com/resource/pie... #NCLM @becomecharity.org.uk
You can explore the online exhibition here: wearebluecabin.com/resource/pie... #NCLM @becomecharity.org.uk
Blue Cabin's Care-Experienced Consultants challenge, shape and strengthen our work, and help make sure that care-experienced voices are heard.
Here’s Lucinda Fernandes Marvilha with an insight into her first six months in the role.
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#NCLM @becomecharity.org.uk
Here’s Lucinda Fernandes Marvilha with an insight into her first six months in the role.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/what-...
#NCLM @becomecharity.org.uk
What it means to be a Care-Experienced Consultant - Blue Cabin
Lucinda Fernandes Marvilha shares her perspective on her time as part of Blue Cabin's team of Care-Experienced Consultants.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Blue Cabin's Care-Experienced Consultants challenge, shape and strengthen our work, and help make sure that care-experienced voices are heard.
Here’s Lucinda Fernandes Marvilha with an insight into her first six months in the role.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/what-...
#NCLM @becomecharity.org.uk
Here’s Lucinda Fernandes Marvilha with an insight into her first six months in the role.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/what-...
#NCLM @becomecharity.org.uk
As well as this week's Investors in the Environment (iiE) awards, we're looking forward to the Children & Young People Now Awards, where our early years music-making project is shortlised 🎉
#CYPNowAwards
#CYPNowAwards
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
As well as this week's Investors in the Environment (iiE) awards, we're looking forward to the Children & Young People Now Awards, where our early years music-making project is shortlised 🎉
#CYPNowAwards
#CYPNowAwards
Meet Rohima Celine, a creative professional and care leaver who will join Blue Cabin’s board as a trainee trustee. #Careleaversmonth
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@becomecharity.org.uk
Bringing lived experience to the role of trainee trustee - Blue Cabin
In 2025, Rohima joined Blue Cabin as a trainee trustee, with the aim of becoming a full member of the board at the end of 2025. Here’s an update on what she’s experienced so far and how she believes t...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Meet Rohima Celine, a creative professional and care leaver who will join Blue Cabin’s board as a trainee trustee. #Careleaversmonth
wearebluecabin.com/latest/bring...
@becomecharity.org.uk
wearebluecabin.com/latest/bring...
@becomecharity.org.uk
How can lived experience help shape, challenge and strengthen the work of a charity like Blue Cabin? Here’s the opinion of one of our Care Experienced Consultants, Jane McPhail.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/how-c...
#NCLM @becomecharity.org.uk
wearebluecabin.com/latest/how-c...
#NCLM @becomecharity.org.uk
How Care Experienced Consultants are helping shape Blue Cabin’s work - Blue Cabin
Earlier in 2025, Blue Cabin appointed four Care Experienced Consultants, who help improve, challenge, shape and strengthen the work we do. One of the team, Jane McPhail, shares an insight into her wor...
wearebluecabin.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
How can lived experience help shape, challenge and strengthen the work of a charity like Blue Cabin? Here’s the opinion of one of our Care Experienced Consultants, Jane McPhail.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/how-c...
#NCLM @becomecharity.org.uk
wearebluecabin.com/latest/how-c...
#NCLM @becomecharity.org.uk
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📙 Our Book of the Month was recommended by one of @bluecabin.bsky.social's Care Experienced Consultants, Jane McPhail - thank you Jane! It's 'In my own words' by Lillybelle, and puts you in Lillybelle's shoes as she reflects on her own adoption journey.
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In My Own Words - Creative Life Story Work
Step into the mind of 11-year-old Lillybelle as she reflects back on her adoption journey.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
📙 Our Book of the Month was recommended by one of @bluecabin.bsky.social's Care Experienced Consultants, Jane McPhail - thank you Jane! It's 'In my own words' by Lillybelle, and puts you in Lillybelle's shoes as she reflects on her own adoption journey.
creativelifestorywork.com/latest/in-my...
creativelifestorywork.com/latest/in-my...
3 challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey: find out more from two of Blue Cabin’s sustainability champions, Jane Gray and Amy Armstrong:
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3 challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey - Blue Cabin
Two of our sustainability champions, Amy Armstrong and Jane Gray, share three challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey so far.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
3 challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey: find out more from two of Blue Cabin’s sustainability champions, Jane Gray and Amy Armstrong:
wearebluecabin.com/latest/3-cha...
wearebluecabin.com/latest/3-cha...
📽️ Grab a cuppa & enjoy this short film by young people in Northumberland 📽️
Care-experienced children learnt puppetry and film-making skills with our associate artists, Laura Degnan & Alison McGowan - and here's their first film, Puppet Song!
youtu.be/ASnuMi5BcuU?...
Care-experienced children learnt puppetry and film-making skills with our associate artists, Laura Degnan & Alison McGowan - and here's their first film, Puppet Song!
youtu.be/ASnuMi5BcuU?...
Puppet Song
YouTube video by Blue Cabin
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November 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
📽️ Grab a cuppa & enjoy this short film by young people in Northumberland 📽️
Care-experienced children learnt puppetry and film-making skills with our associate artists, Laura Degnan & Alison McGowan - and here's their first film, Puppet Song!
youtu.be/ASnuMi5BcuU?...
Care-experienced children learnt puppetry and film-making skills with our associate artists, Laura Degnan & Alison McGowan - and here's their first film, Puppet Song!
youtu.be/ASnuMi5BcuU?...
💌Every month our Blue Cabin newsletter includes all our latest opportunities and news.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
💌Every month our Blue Cabin newsletter includes all our latest opportunities and news.
Want to get a copy in your inbox? You can sign up here: eepurl.com/hyAth9
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It's #TrusteesWeek and we want to thank our brilliant team of Blue Cabin Trustees for their time, support and expertise which they generously give, to help Blue Cabin. Thank you Adam Kent, Adele Brown, Alexandria Bradley, Catherine Hearne, Mark Dibble, Sedil Kilic and Wendy Price 💙
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It's #TrusteesWeek and we want to thank our brilliant team of Blue Cabin Trustees for their time, support and expertise which they generously give, to help Blue Cabin. Thank you Adam Kent, Adele Brown, Alexandria Bradley, Catherine Hearne, Mark Dibble, Sedil Kilic and Wendy Price 💙
🌿 Blue Cabin has achieved Silver Investors in the Environment accreditation!
This is our second year working with Investors in the Environment and the team has supported us to embed positive environmental action throughout the organisation.
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This is our second year working with Investors in the Environment and the team has supported us to embed positive environmental action throughout the organisation.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/silve...
Silver Investors in the Environment accreditation for Blue Cabin - Blue Cabin
Blue Cabin has achieved Silver accreditation from Investors in the Environment, recognising the commitment to positive environmental action that is embedded throughout our organisation.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🌿 Blue Cabin has achieved Silver Investors in the Environment accreditation!
This is our second year working with Investors in the Environment and the team has supported us to embed positive environmental action throughout the organisation.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/silve...
This is our second year working with Investors in the Environment and the team has supported us to embed positive environmental action throughout the organisation.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/silve...
How can a play co-created with women in HMP Low Newton help young men in HMP Deerbolt make sense of their own stories?
Here’s @openclasp.bsky.social's @catrinamc.bsky.social with an account of a screening in Deerbolt Prison, as part of our Creative Aid project.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/open-...
Here’s @openclasp.bsky.social's @catrinamc.bsky.social with an account of a screening in Deerbolt Prison, as part of our Creative Aid project.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/open-...
Open Clasp, Deerbolt and me - Blue Cabin
Find out what happened when theatre company, Open Clasp, screened one of their productions at HMP Deerbolt.
wearebluecabin.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
How can a play co-created with women in HMP Low Newton help young men in HMP Deerbolt make sense of their own stories?
Here’s @openclasp.bsky.social's @catrinamc.bsky.social with an account of a screening in Deerbolt Prison, as part of our Creative Aid project.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/open-...
Here’s @openclasp.bsky.social's @catrinamc.bsky.social with an account of a screening in Deerbolt Prison, as part of our Creative Aid project.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/open-...
Thank to everyone who came along to our online event last week, exploring artworks created by care-experienced young men in Deerbolt Prison.
If you missed it, you can explore the virtual exhibition of their latest work here:
wearebluecabin.com/resource/pie... @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social
If you missed it, you can explore the virtual exhibition of their latest work here:
wearebluecabin.com/resource/pie... @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social
Piercing the Sky virtual exhibition - Blue Cabin
Creative Aid is a co-creation project with care-experienced young men in Deerbolt Prison, supporting the young men to be recognised as artists.
wearebluecabin.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thank to everyone who came along to our online event last week, exploring artworks created by care-experienced young men in Deerbolt Prison.
If you missed it, you can explore the virtual exhibition of their latest work here:
wearebluecabin.com/resource/pie... @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social
If you missed it, you can explore the virtual exhibition of their latest work here:
wearebluecabin.com/resource/pie... @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social
We've been exploring the resources that Winston's Wish have available for people affected by grief and bereavement. They have a wonderful toolkit for teens and young people which you can access here:
www.talkgrief.org/grief-toolkit
@winstonswish.bsky.social
www.talkgrief.org/grief-toolkit
@winstonswish.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We've been exploring the resources that Winston's Wish have available for people affected by grief and bereavement. They have a wonderful toolkit for teens and young people which you can access here:
www.talkgrief.org/grief-toolkit
@winstonswish.bsky.social
www.talkgrief.org/grief-toolkit
@winstonswish.bsky.social
🎖️Award opportunity!
The Chris Drinkwater Award is open for entries now, celebrating collaborations between education and the arts, to address health and wellbeing in primary schools.
Find more info here, via @northeastmuseums.bsky.social:
www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/learn/chris-...
The Chris Drinkwater Award is open for entries now, celebrating collaborations between education and the arts, to address health and wellbeing in primary schools.
Find more info here, via @northeastmuseums.bsky.social:
www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/learn/chris-...
October 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🎖️Award opportunity!
The Chris Drinkwater Award is open for entries now, celebrating collaborations between education and the arts, to address health and wellbeing in primary schools.
Find more info here, via @northeastmuseums.bsky.social:
www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/learn/chris-...
The Chris Drinkwater Award is open for entries now, celebrating collaborations between education and the arts, to address health and wellbeing in primary schools.
Find more info here, via @northeastmuseums.bsky.social:
www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/learn/chris-...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Blue Cabin’s work with care-experienced people is rooted in #socialpedagogy – a relationship-centred way of working which seeks to recognise and promote individual potential.
October 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Blue Cabin’s work with care-experienced people is rooted in #socialpedagogy – a relationship-centred way of working which seeks to recognise and promote individual potential.
Issue three of Sounding Board, the Journal of Community Music, is out now, and it includes a look at Blue Cabin's use of supervision with creative practitioners.
Take a look: sway.cloud.microsoft/GfcP759XDVV5...
@bowders.bsky.social
Take a look: sway.cloud.microsoft/GfcP759XDVV5...
@bowders.bsky.social
Sounding Board
SOUNDING BOARD
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October 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Issue three of Sounding Board, the Journal of Community Music, is out now, and it includes a look at Blue Cabin's use of supervision with creative practitioners.
Take a look: sway.cloud.microsoft/GfcP759XDVV5...
@bowders.bsky.social
Take a look: sway.cloud.microsoft/GfcP759XDVV5...
@bowders.bsky.social
Explore a virtual exhibition of artworks by young men in Deerbolt Prison, and join us as we reflect on what it means to create art as a care-experienced person in prison. This free event is open to all - book your spot: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pages-of-m...
@saperep4c.bsky.social
@saperep4c.bsky.social
Pages of my life: Art, care and conversation
Join us for a thought-provoking workshop about art, identity and expression
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October 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Explore a virtual exhibition of artworks by young men in Deerbolt Prison, and join us as we reflect on what it means to create art as a care-experienced person in prison. This free event is open to all - book your spot: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pages-of-m...
@saperep4c.bsky.social
@saperep4c.bsky.social