About the Event

“Fantastic emotional experience. A landmark project. Well done.”
artist on Write Now and Then project

“Keep up the good work. It is good to see so many groups represented”
audience member

“Fun, Cool. Nice. Wicked”
Jacob (age 7), audience member

“Very enjoyable evening. Thank you. Great to see such creative projects happening in the community.”
audience member

“The young people did very well”
audience member

“Really enjoyed it – thank you”
audience member

“It was good, I enjoyed it”
audience member

“It was well wicked”
participant in the Write Now and Then project

“It’s a great way to show people’s work”
participant in the Write Now and Then project

“Great!!”
audience member

“Great Electronic book! Really well put together!”
participant in the Write Now and Then project

“It was good!”
participant in the Write Now and Then project

“Good work!”
audience member

“Really creative and very enjoyable. Great!”
audience member

“Well done to everyone involved!”
audience member

“It was a great success,
the students greatly enjoyed it and feel justifiably proud”
partner teacher in the Write Now and Then project

“All the participants enjoyed very much the event...
It was clear that a lot of work had gone into making the presentation as polished as possible and this went a long way to making the young people feel their hard work and ideas were valued and worthwhile. During the process of…Write Now and Then…the young people had a chance to learn new skills and explore their ability to create and work with different art mediums. From the comments regarding their work and their enthusiasm for the projects I believe both projects helped build on their self-esteem, confidence and gave them a break from their caring role. They all recognised that having been able to create something from scratch and then seeing amazing results was a positive thing.”
Partner social worker in the Write Now and Then project

About the workshops/process

"At the start they weren’t interested in writing
but by the end they enjoyed it."
Write Now and Then artist

"One young woman who is usually distant and aloof
but when she discovered she was good at animation
she became engaged and interested."
Write Now and Then artist

"One young woman who said she hated writing at start was really engaged in writing by the end of the project and felt proud of her achievements."
Write Now and Then artist

"One young woman was uninterested in the project to begin with, but by the end of the project she became a key performer at the event."
Write Now and Then artist

"We used a good range of the recommended resources and the young parents created beautiful work in response to the brief."
Write Now and Then artist

"The relationships within the artist team were excellent –
inspiring and supportive."
Write Now and Then artist

"Using a wide range of art forms and media enabled all participants to create really effective work. The young parents were clearly inspired to discover their own creativity and to share it with their children"
Write Now and Then artist