Silver Sofa Surfer ššāāļø
Writer & Wannabe Artist šš¼ļø
Poet in Residence | @homelessnessimpact šØšø
Creative of the Year 23 | @artshomelessint šš
Amazing workshop with @surfingsofas last week. A lightbulb moment and reminder of the power of words, creativity, and what can happen when people come together as a community.
It's been a special @whitechapelgallery over the past months, getting ready for our performance show 'LIGHTBULB MOMMENTS' on the 4th June @dalstongarden
This process has been about far more than performance. Itās been about connection, expression, recovery, and making space for one another.
Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey so far.
Together there is a way
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INCLUSIVE RECOVERY PROJECT ā¤ļø
LERO Leeds
We intend to make Leeds an INCLUSIVE RECOVERY CITY and that means that we donāt only want our members to have been directly affected by addiction. We want to involve people that care about community and want to support the mission to challenge stigma. We are looking for HUMANS š
If you want to help us out with the Hope Works Project in Leeds City Centre get in touch. We are looking for volunteers to help regenerate a part of the city that has started to become an eye sore. Some of our members have Lived Experience of Addiction and some donāt. We are a group that promotes Inclusive Recovery and we need help. From painting to planting come and give us a hand š¤
Letās make Leeds EVEN more BEAUTIFUL š»ā¤ļøšÆ
Drop a comment here if your interested in helping or message directly āļø
#community #support #inclusion #unity #diversity
Criminal: An untold history of homelessness, resistance and survival š Opens on May 21st!
Criminal is a historical exhibition by @our_moh which explores the causes and criminalisation of homelessness from the 1600s to today!
Mate, I can't believe that I'm going to be in an exhibition with these 4 legends: @10foot10foot10foot10foot , @gemmathepoet , @spellingmistakescostlives and @mattbonner.art
The museumās interior will be transformed into a space of resistance, with Surfing Sofas Publishing House offering people an alternative to social media.
Museum of Homelessness have given me my own indie publishing house for 10 weeks! Crazy!
Link in bio for more info.
The flyer I used for this collage was designed by: @mattbonner.art š„
#analogcollage #artexhibitionlondon #museumofhomelessness #handmadecollage
Invisible People took on London last week š¬š§
We kicked it off with some powerhouse podcast guests for the Homeless Unfiltered podcast. These guests were absolutely amazing. The conversations are ones you are not going to want to miss.
From policy to poetry to opera and even the Museum of Homelessnessāthe topics were extremely interesting.
Weāre so excited to share them with you in the coming months, as we gained new perspectives from our friends across the pond.
Follow here for future clips and follow wherever you get your full podcast episodes.
Just met and dropped issue03 packs to
-No face, no case @surfingsofas šāāļø (0300151-0300175)
-one dog, one case @jovialpeeps š¤
(0300176-0300200)
We done a workshop on our favourite subject ZINES at @our_moh where a fantastic new Exhibition entitled āCRIMINAL- the untold history of homelessness, resistance and survivalā opens soon.
š 21/05/26 for 10 Weeks
š @our_moh , Manor House
Photos & feedback from a zine workshop that I facilitated last week in Doncaster with @studi0_portal ! Special thanks to @sachagray1 for inviting me down and for being a fantastic co-facilitator - I had a great time and was very impreseed by the zines that the group created!
#zines #mixedmediaart #zineworkshop #collage
š To mark World Homeless Day, talented poet Justin, aka @surfingsofas , has shared his experience with homelessness.
Released for the first time today, āNot Just Oneā has been written bespoke for EveryYouth.
Justin has always had a way with words, and now uses his talent to create awareness, change and inspiration for others.
š£ļø He says: āI hope that people are able to learn things about homelessnessā¦without the stigma that has been perpetuated through stereotypes over the decades, and be able to look at homelessness with a new lens that really shows itās not the individual who has a problem.ā
Justin runs creative workshops for people with lived experience of homelessness, shining a light on their stories through art and words.
Donate as little as Ā£1 to hear Justinās full āNot Just Oneā poem with every penny helping to support young people in EveryYouthās Network š
#WorldHomelessDay #HomelessnessAwareness #HomelessLivesMatter #Poetry #SpokenWord #CreativeArtist
āļø Talented poet @surfingsofas , aka Justin, reveals how his journey through homelessness inspired him to write a bespoke poem for EveryYouth.
š¬ He says: āTherapy is expensive and the waiting lists are long so poetry has been a great alternative. A lot of the answers that we have in lifeā¦are sometimes inside of us.ā
āNot Just Oneā out on Friday, October 10! š¶ āØ
Read more on Justinās journey and his advice for anyone experiencing homelessness š
#Poetry #Artist #SpokenWord #Homelessness #Poem #Interview
Heās an artist, a poet, rapper, workshop facilitator, lyrical genius and an activist for homelessness. And we are so fortunate to call him a dear friend.
We caught up with @surfingsofas in Kent earlier this week to capture this acapella version of his powerful poem āHome Is Where The Heart Isā.
Thank you Surfing Sofas for all you do for the world. We are forever inspired by you and your pen. Big up and big love.
I made a gift for @thepretfoundation , who are celebrating their 30th anniversary this week! I've also been invited to share some poetry at their celebration event, which I'm quite excited about! āš„³š
All aboard the SS Robin here are @Trinitybuoywharf for day one of our first ever Clicks Writing Academy. We had the utmost pleasure of being joined by Poet, Author, Writer, Performer and workshop facilitator @Surfingsofas who created such a warm and beautiful space for us to get creative about the things that really mean alot to us.
Big thank you to Surfing Sofas for travelling down from Leeds to be with us here today, we are so grateful for you. Thank you to the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust, the team on board the SS Robin, Leica Cameras UK, Larry Lamb for your kind donation of books and all of our young people! That is the end of Day One!
See you tomorrow! @leicauk #LeicaUK @hussainmanawer ā¤ļø
