Co-Produced Community Projects

Developing Literacy & Wellbeing Through Blackout Poetry

This five-week Blackout Poetry course offers you a creative, structured approach to developing both literacy skills and personal wellbeing. Through guided workshops, you will transform existing texts into original poetry, building confidence in reading, language comprehension, and written expression.

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Mindful Art In The Park

Mindful Art in the Park is a co-designed community project in the Greenhouse at Victoria Park, made possible by the National Lottery Community Fund.

It’s all about bringing people together to slow down, connect, and get creative. The project will include a series of free, inclusive workshops in the park, a programme of outreach workshops for groups who may find it harder to take part, and a volunteer pathway to help people build skills and confidence along the way.

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Gosport, Let's Have a Brew!

Gosport, Let’s Have a Brew is a co-designed creative project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and administered by Hampshire Cultural Trust. It invites local people to explore Gosport’s heritage through stories, memories, and creative activities. Together we’re celebrating how something as simple as a cup of tea connects us to each other and to the past.

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Rewritten: Climate Community Creativity

Rewritten: Climate, Community, Creativity is a co-produced project in Gosport that explores what climate change means locally through creative outreach workshops and blackout poetry. By working with communities in the spaces they already use, the project brings new voices into the conversation and co-creates messages for a public exhibition. The project is funded by the Gosport Borough Council Community Fund.

Parental Creative Wellness Workshops

Parental Wellbeing Creative Workshops are a series of sessions designed to support parents’ mental health and wellbeing through creativity and reflection. Delivered in partnership with Creatful, the workshops are being run with parents at Beacon View Primary School, giving them space to connect, express themselves, and recharge. The project is funded by the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF).

In Our Words

The Black Out Poetry Project brought communities together across Portsmouth to explore words, heritage, and self-expression through blackout poetry. Delivered through open and outreach workshops, the project gave a platform to voices often left out of cultural conversations and culminated in a public exhibition and published book. The project was funded by Portsmouth Creates as part of In Our Words 25.