ISSN 2754-0707
ISSN 2754-0707
Removing barriers of marginalisation, building bridges to empower communities
For the last 6 to 7 years, I’ve been fighting a local authority surrounding my adult son who has complex additional needs in the form of hearing impairment/partially sighted with some learning difficulties.
“I like to call it ‘The Andy Warhol Effect’ - not sure if it exists, but for me, it’s the idea that I can use art to cope with the chaos I can’t control.” - Rebecca Toms
In 2020, it was estimated that a whopping 280 million people globally are using dating apps, and this was an estimate predicted for 2024 - but the pandemic sped the online dating game up drastically.
For most, the blueprint of one’s identity is a ‘given’ for life. Yet, for some the ‘given’ leads to questioning and the need for an identity which fits.
“I really liked when I helped. You forget yourself, your problems, that you are in that situation.” Abbas.
With open season on activism, whistle blowers and descent on any level worldwide, now more than ever it is compelling and crucial to recognise the sentiment of activism – particularly through art or storytelling.
The simplest things are often not only unnecessarily complicated, but inaccessible. I’m SO FED UP with official types making a song-and-dance of the most routine acts, let alone a lack of insight and an insistence that everyone fits a one-size-fits-all model.
“My Job Centre Plus worker told me about this place and because of the type of job I wanted, she thought it would be a good steppingstone to help me in between my jobs and career path.” Said Tamara.
Welcome to this, our special celebratory issue, as Barriers to Bridges Magazine is 1 year old this month and as the Founding Editor, I couldn’t be more over-the-moon with pride!
‘When did we stop thinking of each other as human and start thinking of each other as numbers’?