Introduction
In this episode I talk with Jenny Young, Director and founder of Blue Cabin, a charity based in the north east of England that strengthen relationships between care-experienced individuals and the people in their lives through creative activities. We talk about how Blue Cabin has grown, touching on developing practitioners, growing income streams, working with local authorities and adoption/fostering agencies, and evaluation.
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What’s in this episode?
We talk about:
• the Founding of Blue Cabin in 2004 at a local authority in County Durham
• the impact creative activities can have on people who’ve experienced trauma and the gap Jenny spotted in trauma-informed knowledge among creative practitioners
• the importance of understanding trauma-impacted environments and organisations and the need for consistency, predictability, and repetition in trauma-informed work to build trust and relationships
• the role of therapeutic supervision support and paid reflection time, for the team and herself
• the growth of Blue Cabin, and the funding mix
• the challenges of evidencing impact in a trauma-informed way – and Blue Cabin’s asset- and story-based approach
• Jenny’s two pieces of advice for people in leadership roles working in music for change
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The music for the podcast was created by Otis Hynds, a young person working with Noise Solution.
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