Blue Cabin
@bluecabin.bsky.social
Blue Cabin helps care-experienced children build better, stronger relationships through artist-led creativity.
This is the Place uses music-making to help care-experienced babies and children build attachments with the adults in their lives. We deliver it with our partners at Darlington Borough Council and Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and with support from Youth Music.
@youthmusic.bsky.social
@youthmusic.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This is the Place uses music-making to help care-experienced babies and children build attachments with the adults in their lives. We deliver it with our partners at Darlington Borough Council and Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and with support from Youth Music.
@youthmusic.bsky.social
@youthmusic.bsky.social
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🤞)
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
💌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.
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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 💙
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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As part of our Creative Aid project, working with care-experienced young men in HMP Deerbolt, Open Clasp Theatre Company visited the prison to screen their Key Change production. Open Clasp’s Catrina McHugh MBE describes what happened:
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October 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
As part of our Creative Aid project, working with care-experienced young men in HMP Deerbolt, Open Clasp Theatre Company visited the prison to screen their Key Change production. Open Clasp’s Catrina McHugh MBE describes what happened:
wearebluecabin.com/latest/open-... @openclasp.bsky.social
wearebluecabin.com/latest/open-... @openclasp.bsky.social
The artworks and film looked incredible and ensured that the voices of the care-experienced children and young people we support were heard and that their creativity was showcased - on a global stage!
Here are some photos from yesterday and we hope to share more soon. #UNGA80
Here are some photos from yesterday and we hope to share more soon. #UNGA80
September 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The artworks and film looked incredible and ensured that the voices of the care-experienced children and young people we support were heard and that their creativity was showcased - on a global stage!
Here are some photos from yesterday and we hope to share more soon. #UNGA80
Here are some photos from yesterday and we hope to share more soon. #UNGA80
The event was hosted by Dame Barbara Woodward, the UK's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, with Catherine Russell, executive director of UNICEF, and Rt Hon David Lammy MP. We especially valued hearing the voices of people with lived experience of care at the event as well.
September 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The event was hosted by Dame Barbara Woodward, the UK's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, with Catherine Russell, executive director of UNICEF, and Rt Hon David Lammy MP. We especially valued hearing the voices of people with lived experience of care at the event as well.
In advance of the event, we sent to New York artwork and creative writing by young men in HMP Deerbolt in County Durham, and a short film called All About Adoption, made by young people in Tees Valley.
September 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In advance of the event, we sent to New York artwork and creative writing by young men in HMP Deerbolt in County Durham, and a short film called All About Adoption, made by young people in Tees Valley.
Yesterday was a surreal and memorable day for Blue Cabin as we saw film and artwork created by children and young people taking part in our projects take centre stage at the United Nations in New York.
September 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Yesterday was a surreal and memorable day for Blue Cabin as we saw film and artwork created by children and young people taking part in our projects take centre stage at the United Nations in New York.
It is an honour to be the custodians of creative work produced by care-experienced children and young people taking part in some of Blue Cabin's projects, which will be on display at the event.
#UNGA80
#UNGA80
September 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It is an honour to be the custodians of creative work produced by care-experienced children and young people taking part in some of Blue Cabin's projects, which will be on display at the event.
#UNGA80
#UNGA80
Our director Jenny Young is in NYC to represent Blue Cabin at the official launch of the Global Charter for Children’s Care Reform at the UN General Assembly - hosted by the Deputy Prime Minister.
#UNGA80
#UNGA80
September 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Our director Jenny Young is in NYC to represent Blue Cabin at the official launch of the Global Charter for Children’s Care Reform at the UN General Assembly - hosted by the Deputy Prime Minister.
#UNGA80
#UNGA80
Blue Cabin’s Waste Captain in action!
Administrator Dotty has led on gaining an insight into the amount and type of waste that’s produced through our various projects. You can read more about how we’re focusing on environmental sustainability here: wearebluecabin.com/sustainabili...
Administrator Dotty has led on gaining an insight into the amount and type of waste that’s produced through our various projects. You can read more about how we’re focusing on environmental sustainability here: wearebluecabin.com/sustainabili...
September 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Blue Cabin’s Waste Captain in action!
Administrator Dotty has led on gaining an insight into the amount and type of waste that’s produced through our various projects. You can read more about how we’re focusing on environmental sustainability here: wearebluecabin.com/sustainabili...
Administrator Dotty has led on gaining an insight into the amount and type of waste that’s produced through our various projects. You can read more about how we’re focusing on environmental sustainability here: wearebluecabin.com/sustainabili...
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September 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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🎵 On 22 Sept we're holding a training day on early years music-making 🎵
Here's an insight into what you will learn, from Rachel Oliphant of Redcar & Cleveland Virtual School, who attended our previous training day.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/learn...
Here's an insight into what you will learn, from Rachel Oliphant of Redcar & Cleveland Virtual School, who attended our previous training day.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/learn...
September 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🎵 On 22 Sept we're holding a training day on early years music-making 🎵
Here's an insight into what you will learn, from Rachel Oliphant of Redcar & Cleveland Virtual School, who attended our previous training day.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/learn...
Here's an insight into what you will learn, from Rachel Oliphant of Redcar & Cleveland Virtual School, who attended our previous training day.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/learn...
Here’s a selection of creations the Blue Cabin team made using fungi and waste materials, with guidance from Adam Cooper of Threads in the Ground. Adam and his colleagues are brilliant at inspiring people of all ages to think about climate change, climate hope, and how we can be good ancestors.
August 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Here’s a selection of creations the Blue Cabin team made using fungi and waste materials, with guidance from Adam Cooper of Threads in the Ground. Adam and his colleagues are brilliant at inspiring people of all ages to think about climate change, climate hope, and how we can be good ancestors.
Rachel Oliphant from Redcar & Cleveland Virtual School attended our previous training day all about early years music-making.
She shares a little bit about what she learnt, and how music can support care-experienced children’s relationships and development.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/learn...
She shares a little bit about what she learnt, and how music can support care-experienced children’s relationships and development.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/learn...
August 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Rachel Oliphant from Redcar & Cleveland Virtual School attended our previous training day all about early years music-making.
She shares a little bit about what she learnt, and how music can support care-experienced children’s relationships and development.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/learn...
She shares a little bit about what she learnt, and how music can support care-experienced children’s relationships and development.
wearebluecabin.com/latest/learn...