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We're so happy to welcome Rohima Celine to the Blue Cabin board as a Trustee!

Rohima first joined us last year as a trainee Trustee and she's now a full member of the board💙

Here's a bit more about Rohima: wearebluecabin.com/people/rohim...

Time Never Stops: A new artists’ book and virtual exhibition, showcasing work created in HMP Deerbolt - Blue Cabin A new artists’ book and virtual exhibition have been published, showcasing new artwork created by 10 care-experienced young artists in HMP Deerbolt.

NEW: Time Never Stops is a new virtual exhibition, showcasing art made by care-experienced young men in HMP Deerbolt.

Find out more and explore the exhibition now: wearebluecabin.com/latest/time-...

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NEW: We’ve been working with @cfabuk.bsky.social and @tlswuk.bsky.social International to develop guidance for life story work practitioners, social workers and interpreters working with refugee and asylum seeking young people.

The resources are free and you can access them at the links below ⬇️

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Buddying up: A model for artist-led peer support - Blue Cabin Alison and Nic explain how Blue Cabin’s buddying works and the impact it’s had on them.

Alison and Nic explain how Blue Cabin’s buddying works and share tips for other artists and organisations interested in putting a similar model in place: wearebluecabin.com/latest/buddy...

Alison McGowan is a puppeteer and a child psychotherapist; Nic Golightly is a graphic artist who dabbles in design and illustration.

Both are associate artists with Blue Cabin and have been paired together as part of our ‘buddying’ system.

3 challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey - Blue Cabin Two of our sustainability champions, Amy Armstrong and Jane Gray, share three challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey so far.

As a small charity, with staff working from home, we’ve faced some challenges in calculating our carbon footprint and starting our #sustainability journey.

Find out how we’ve overcome them here: wearebluecabin.com/latest/3-cha...

If you attended our Creative Aid event last year you'll have met Andy West - and he's behind this current, highly acclaimed drama which you can see on the BBC now:

Happy new year everyone!

Here's a whistle-stop overview of just some of Blue Cabin's work in 2024/25. Want to know more? We've collaborated with the brilliant team at tialt to produce our full impact report and you can see that on our website now: wearebluecabin.com/our-impact/b...

Care experienced young people in Newcastle worked with Blue Cabin associate artist, Nic Golightly, to make this brilliant Happy Zine, filled with things that make them happy. Enjoy!

See their full zine here: wearebluecabin.com/project/make...

Podcast season 5: Episode 4 - Therapeutic letter-writing % - Creative Life Story Work How can therapeutic letters support healing, truth-telling and connection?

Can letters help us say things that might be difficult to discuss in person?

In this episode of our podcast, Ciara McClelland from shares her perspective on letter-writing techniques. Listen online, or wherever you get your podcasts: creativelifestorywork.com/resource/pod...

In it you'll find an overview of the difference we are making, plus deep dives into some of our projects. Thank you to everyone who's helped us make a positive impact on care-experienced people's lives 💙

Once again we've collaborated with tialt to look at the impact of Blue Cabin's work over the last year, and we're all very proud to share this year's impact report.

wearebluecabin.com/our-impact/b...

❄️The Blue Cabin office will be closed for a two week break, from Monday 22 December 2025 to Friday 2 January 2026. We'll be back from Monday 5 January. We wish everyone a peaceful, restful time this Christmas and New Year! ❄️

Thank you to Richard Crellin at the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation for supporting us to share these resources 💙

Curious Monkey legacy resources: 360 Films Discovery Project - Blue Cabin Curious Monkey was a community theatre company based in the North East of England. The company worked with care-experienced young people to produce a set of films exploring family contact within the c...

Blue Cabin is helping to preserve the legacy of theatre company Curious Monkey – including a set of films exploring different perspectives on family contact within the care system.

Find out more about the films here: wearebluecabin.com/resource/cur...

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Bringing lived experience to the role of trainee trustee - Blue Cabin In 2025, Rohima joined Blue Cabin as a trainee trustee, with the aim of becoming a full member of the board at the end of 2025. Here’s an update on what she’s experienced so far and how she believes t...

Rohima is a trustee-in-training with Blue Cabin. Find out how Rohima’s using her own lived experience to help shape the role of trustee: wearebluecabin.com/latest/bring... #CEP

3 challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey - Blue Cabin Two of our sustainability champions, Amy Armstrong and Jane Gray, share three challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey so far.

How can a charity like Blue Cabin gather data on energy usage and sustainability when we all work from home?

Find out how we overcame this and two other challenges we’ve faced in our sustainability journey: wearebluecabin.com/latest/3-cha...

Gateshead VCSE Fund opens door to creative opportunities for young people - Blue Cabin Care-experienced young people in Gateshead have the chance to try their hand at a range of art forms, supported by professional artists – thanks to funding from the Gateshead VCSE Fund at the Communit...

Care-experienced young people in #Gateshead have the chance to try their hand at a range of art forms, supported by professional artists – thanks to funding from the Gateshead VCSE Fund at the Community Foundation North East.

wearebluecabin.com/latest/gates...

Our latest podcast episode is out now!

What it means to be a Care-Experienced Consultant - Blue Cabin Lucinda Fernandes Marvilha shares her perspective on her time as part of Blue Cabin's team of Care-Experienced Consultants.

Just over six months ago, we welcomed four new faces to the Blue Cabin team: our Care-Experienced Consultants. Now, Lucinda Fernandes Marvilha shares what it’s been like for her to take on this new role.

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YouTube video by Blue Cabin Puppets' Got Talent

Here is another brilliant short film which care-experienced film-makers in Northumberland made this summer, working alongside two of Blue Cabin's associate artists, Alison McGowan and Laura Degnan. We're proud to present...Puppets' Got Talent!

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A proud moment for Blue Cabin at the United Nations - Blue Cabin Blue Cabin’s director, Jenny Young, reflects on attending the official launch of the Global Charter for Children’s Care Reform during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80) in New York.

Here’s more from Jenny on the launch event, and what it was like to share creative work by some of the children, young people and young adults we work with on a global stage! #UNGA80

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You might know that our director, Jenny Young, was invited to attend the launch of the Global Charter Launch for Children’s Care Reform in New York last month.