GROW

Women and their children stand up to face the sun as they seek nourishment and a safe place to heal from the past.

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GROW

Music by Hannah Conway
Words by Hazel Gould

families who have survived temporary accommodation performing with

Alice Zawadzki – voice

violin – Magdalena Filipczak
cello – Ben Chappell

piano – Maria Struckova

Research consultants and topic experts Prof. Monica Lakhanpaul and Associate Prof. Nadia Svirydzenka

Creative Producer – Katherine Wilde
Sound Engineer – Brett Cox

Created in collaboration with CHAMPIONS, University College London, De Montfort University and Bee Squad.

Informed by research evidence.

This work is funded by ESRC as part of UK Research & Innovation’s rapid response to COVID 19 and the Rosetrees Foundation, UCL’s Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Grand Challenges.

Bee Squad is grateful to Young Manchester for supporting their involvement in this project with a City of Social Action grant.

Special thanks to:

Jo Spurling

and to many families across the UK with lived experience of temporary accommodation who contributed their stories.