City Arts has been awarded £6,200 by the Jigsaw Foundation to support a new project called My Voice, My Place!. The Jigsaw Foundation is part of the Jigsaw Homes Group and support projects that make a difference to Jigsaw Homes residents and their communities. Jigsaw Homes Midlands is a leading housing association. Jigsaw residents voted for the project to go ahead.
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The My Voice, My Place! project will work with Jigsaw Homes residents in Carlton, Gedling. It will bring residents together to form a ‘residents panel’ who will celebrate their area and local identity. They will work to design and produce a new artwork (or creative project), building confidence, learning new skills and boosting their mental wellbeing as the project progresses.
Suzannah Bedford, City Arts Director, said:
We are delighted to receive funding from the Jigsaw Foundation again, for this exciting new project. Resident’s voices will be central to the decisions made during this project. Working in a place-based way means that we can co-design a project with people where they live, exploring themes and celebrating places and spaces and that are important to them. We hope to create something that has a lasting legacy for the area.
City Arts previously worked with Jigsaw Homes as part of our Blue to Green project.