The Bond Board is a Greater Manchester homeless charity, established in 1993. Their vision is a safe, accessible, just and sustainable private rented housing sector for people on low incomes.
They are committed to listening and learning from the people they support. This project has enabled them to reflect on the talents, strengths, skills and resilience of their service users and to appreciate the value of the friendships and sense of community they have created at their fortnightly ‘Quid’s In’ sessions.
The first phase of the Zine and Heard Art Project began in June 2021. Weekly art sessions (face to face) were delivered over a twenty week period, which offered the Bond Board’s service users the opportunity to participate and develop skills in; visual art, smart phone film making, photography, music and magazine design.
The sessions also offered the opportunity for the participants to share their stories and experiences of life during lockdown. This resulted in this co-produced zine.
A free digital copy can be viewed and downloaded by copying and pasting the below into your web browser:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EAU1Ru24FfbiRkaJF1xSJoci6KUXofEj/view?usp=sharing
Or a free digital copy can be ordered below.