THANK YOU – POSTERS
Under the Same Sky
A series of posters created by young people from charities within the This Day Ecosystem that bring to life their experiences of education and youth employment.
For this installation we collaborated with artist Lauren Harewood and created a worksheet with artistic prompts for the participants to engage with, such as ‘How do you feel when you learn something new? What would your dream school look like? What is your proudest moment at school? How do you feel when you learn something new? How did you feel when you got your first job?’.
They each chose a prompt that resonated most with them and created a piece of artwork in response utilising any medium they liked from paint, to collage to writing. These pieces were then collated from across the world and brought together as a series by Lauren. Lauren is an Art and Design Director with over 10 years of experience, working in the world of Music, Fashion and Contemporary Arts.
Some of her clients include Apple Music, Dazed, Nike, Somerset House, Spotify and the V&A. Her practise revolves around working with industry outsiders and disruptors helping to bring empowerment towards marginalised communities.
Featured Charities
AFRIKA TIKKUN
Founded in the watershed year of 1994, Afrika Tikkun was born at a time of tentative hope and palpable transformation. As they commemorate 30 years of freedom and democracy as a South African nation, they are equally proud to celebrate 30 years of unwavering commitment to nurturing young lives and empowering communities. Over the past three decades, like the evolution of the fledgling democracy, the lives of young people and communities have been markedly transformed. Their mission, of investing in the potential of children and youth from underprivileged backgrounds, is synonymous with the democratic ethos of equality and Ubuntu. Afrika Tikkun leads on programmes to empower youth from ages 0–35 years and has positioned itself as a leader in achieving Early-Childhood Development (ECD) outcomes in urban township environments, providing scalable holistic services to improve the emotional development and school readiness of children.
BABYLON PROJECT
Babylon Project came from the realisation that there are a large number of young asylum seekers, refugees and migrants who have no real provision. Established in October 2022, Babylon Project has already made a significant impact in empowering young people through creative and community building activities. With partners and collaborators such as Safe Passage, Red Cross, Little Amal, Fences and Frontiers, Dost, and Compass Collective, we have collectively run over 60 workshops, reaching over 550 participants. Babylon Project is a Community Interest Company which runs creative activities by and for young people from refugee, asylum seeking and migrant backgrounds. Our activities aim to address the disadvantage and exclusion experienced by refugees and asylum seekers living in the UK, giving them a place where they can make friends, gain skills, and feel like they belong.
ONE TO ONE
One to One Children’s Fund began work in South Africa in 2001, focusing primarily on paediatric HIV. Since 2001, One to One Children’s Fund have been pioneering grassroots models that have been replicated, scaled up and adopted by governments when they have proven successful. This has allowed One to One to directly and indirectly benefit hundreds and thousands of the world’s most vulnerable children. Their mission is to improve the well-being and life chances of youth and families affected by dislocation, poverty and chronic illness. One to One Africa was born out of the work of the One to One Children’s Fund in South Africa, Kosovo, and the Middle East. It provided post-trauma counselling to some of the many children who desperately needed support to process the horror and brutality of what they had experienced. This led to 15 years of work in South Africa and regionally in partnership with other organisations such as PATA, the Small Projects Foundation and WhizzKids United. One to One also hosts the Future Leaders programme which works with refugees to give them the leadership skills they need to thrive in the UK.
REFUGEE ACTION
Refugee Action has supported refugees and people seeking asylum since 1981 developing and delivering solutions to the challenges faced by refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK. They have established collaborative partnerships with other organisations in the sector to facilitate systematic change, both to laws and policies and narratives around immigration. Our vision is that refugees and people seeking asylum will be welcome in the UK. They will live free of poverty and injustice, and successfully rebuild their lives. We provide practical support to refugees and people seeking asylum; train and support other charities to help build capacity and expertise across the sector; and make the case to the government for policies that improve their ability to access justice and rebuild their lives.