Hello friends of The Future 💡
Get ready for your weekly dose of seeds and sunbeams that I’ve discovered or re-visited over the last week. Enjoy this mix of treats, tools and thoughts – this week with a leaning towards refugee topics – it is Refugee Week after all!
1. What I’m gifting: Jaz O’Hara’s new book ‘Asylum Speakers: Stories of Migration from the Humans Behind the Headlines‘ – After working with Jaz on Season 6 of her podcast of the same name, I was thrilled to attend her book launch this Wednesday to celebrate this remarkable book, published by Penguin Random House. Buy one copy for yourself and buy another for your Primary School – this is a book that every classroom must have. Do so and we have the chance to raise a generation equipped with understanding and compassion for people on the move.
2. What I’m getting to my inbox: Opportunity Desk and The Bloom – These two weekly newsletters are a great place to keep tabs on jobs, grants, awards and scholarships related to social impact. I’ve been receiving both for many months now. You’ll have to skim quickly through Opportunity Desk to find listings that are actually relevant and interesting to you; The Bloom newsletter is more dense and far more nourishing!
3. What I’m sharing: Re-Rooted, Stories of refugees starting again – Continuing the refugee theme, I’m very happy to be sharing this new exhibition from Comic Relief which we released this week at The Oxo Tower in London and online. The official blurb: “Welcome to this celebration of the strength, support and sense of humour it takes to rebuild your life in the UK. It’s a collection of stories about seven individual journeys. About what it took to get here and the new journey each person has been on since they arrived.” Interested in cool digital tools for online story-telling? Check out https://shorthand.com/, used for Re-Rooted’s digital edition.
4. What I’m reading: Solomon’s coverage of the Pylos shipwreck in Greece – The world quickly turned its attention away from the tragedy off the coast of Pylos, with news organisations spending more news hours on the Titan submersible tragedy. True to form, however, Solomon’s investigative reporting does an excellent job shining the spotlight on the responsibilities of the Greek authorities. Read also their accompanying article “Just 0,07% of 819m border budget to Greece earmarked for Search and Rescue“.
5. What I’m buying: Lush’s Refugee Week Bath Bomb in collaboration with Refugee Action – Lush is a favourite company of mine for so many reasons: their tooth tabs, vegan stance, animal activism, anti-social media approach and grassroots grant-making. Now they’ve gone another step and partnered with the brilliant Refugee Action for a refugee week special. Get yourself to one of their high street shops to buy a fantastic solidarity bath bomb!
That’s it for this week. Please let me know your thoughts and feedback – and send anything you think should be included in upcoming weeks my way.
