Exciting news adventurers, it’s just one week until the start of Armchair Adventures series 3. That’s right, Armchair Adventures is back and it’s bigger and better than ever before! There’s a few new and exciting things about this series. Read on to find out what’s different before you join us on our next adventure. You’ll […]
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The Made By Mortals team was delighted to travel down to London to the star-studded British Podcast Awards 2022 – the Oscars of the podcasting world! Armchair Adventures had been shortlisted in the Best Family Podcast category. Being shortlisted amongst some amazing fellow podcasters meant we were doubly thrilled to win the Bronze Award in
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In our latest Armchair Adventures BONUS episode, we visit Arlies Primary School in Tameside! Uncle Chris, the drama teacher, is back! Uncle Chris spends lots of his time going around schools and communities, playing drama games and creating shows! This Armchair Adventures episode begins with Connie and the gang reflecting on all the adventures we’ve
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Mental Health Challenges in the South Asian Community Made By Mortals is co-producing a project which focuses on some of the challenges facing women in the South Asian community. We are hearing women talk about how the topic of domestic abuse is often hidden, and not spoken about. Subsequently, this affects their mental health and
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A blog exploring ways in which participatory arts practice can inject more empathy, humanity and beauty into the care system. Paul Hine- CEO of Made By Mortals I recently went to an event called Beautiful Care. Beautiful Care invited different stories of care into the Whitworth Art gallery in Manchester. The event included an original performance
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We are SUPER excited to announce that Armchair Adventures has been shortlisted for the British Podcast Awards in the Best Family Podcast category! 🤩 Armchair Adventures began life during lockdown with our lovely drama group of over 65’s, Hearts & Minds. Our community was suffering from isolation and loneliness due to the pandemic. So, we wanted
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In this month’s BONUS episode of our kids podcast, we have some extra special guests! Connie has enlisted the help of her Uncle Chris. Uncle Chris is a drama teacher who loves to get people acting, playing and being creative! 🎭 So Connie sent him, with the rest of the gang, to Millbrook Primary School
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Do you have an inspirational story to tell children? OR do you know an older person with a great story to tell? Enter to win £500! Made By Mortals are looking for true, inspirational stories from older people of Tameside. Stories that will inspire the younger generations. If you have a real-life tale to
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Back in May, we debuted our show of Hidden LIVE at The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. The show was a co-production with Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester. Where young people with lived experience of mental health issues were recruited to inform and co-create this performance. The show encourages audience members to walk
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Dementia Action Week takes place from 16-22 May 2022 and is Alzheimer’s Society’s longest-running awareness campaign. The aim is to encourage people to ‘act on dementia’, which is something we at Made By Mortals feel really passionate about. In January, we came together with Together Dementia Support for a couple of development sessions with people
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