We’re starting a new block of creative movement sessions for older people, led by the team at Moving Memory
Beginning this Friday in Herne Bay, the sessions are accessible, friendly, and open to all abilities.
www.movingmemorydance.com/event/moving...
⏰ Deadline Extended!
We’re on the lookout for a Communications Lead to help develop and deliver People United’s marketing, communications and press activities.
📅 New deadline: 16 January 2026 at 12pm
Full details are available on our website
peopleunited.org.uk/jobs/communi...
We have an exciting opportunity to join the PU team as our Communications Lead.
Visit our website to view the full job description.
⌛ Application deadline: Friday 9 January 2026 at 12pm
Please share with your networks or tag someone who might be a great fit!
peopleunited.org.uk/jobs/communi...
Read the latest blog on our approach to sustainability.
peopleunited.org.uk/news-blog/pe...
Brown paper envelope resting on top of journal
Mandy and Age UK volunteer working on journal.
Age UK volunteer Stevie smiles whilst working on making a journal.
✨ Community Arts in Action! ✨
Last week our facilitator Mandy joined Age UK Herne Bay for the first Journeying Journals session! 💛
Together, staff and volunteers handmade wellbeing journals that’ll travel with meal deliveries, connecting recipients as creative collaborators over the coming weeks.
Today is your last chance to experience #TheWaitingRoom
We’re open from 11am–4pm, so pop in and put your waiting muscles to the test. ⏳
Huge thanks to everyone who’s visited so far. We’ve loved seeing all your pics and videos! Keep sharing them with us.
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay 💚
Here at People United, the concept of radical care is central to everything we do but what does that really mean in practice?
In our latest blog post we're reflecting on the power of community focused care. Read it ⬇️
peopleunited.org.uk/news-blog/ra...
Extended Opening Hours – Saturday 11th October.
As part of the Folkestone Fringe Big Weekender, The Waiting Gym will be flexing its hours with a special late opening!
🕖 We'll be open until 7PM, so swing by, stretch those waiting muscles, and experience the interactive installation.
We're looking for freelance support in evaluation and research from autumn 2025 to autumn 2028.
📝 Full role details and how to apply are available on our website.
📅 Deadline: 9am, Friday 17 October
Please share or tag anyone you think would be a great fit
peopleunited.org.uk/jobs/were-hi...
📢 We're Hiring! 📢
We're on the lookout for a Projects Assistant (aged 18–25) to join our team!
This exciting opportunity is supported through a partnership with Artswork Breakthrough Programme.
👉 Find out more about the role, eligibility criteria, and how to apply via the link.
Graphic showing balance between creativity as a way to connect to others and also self
Graphic shows balance between working compassionately and working within inequitable systems.
Graphic shows balance between caring for others and ourselves
Graphic shows need for belief in what we do and balancing that with lack of resource to do it.
✨ Care Labs 2025 ✨
As part of our Care Labs this year we began our work with Herne Bay residents to imagine how we could create a healthier, more creative community, together.
Certain themes came up again and again
🔗 Read more on our blog.
peopleunited.org.uk/news-blog/ca...
Photo shows a table with question ‘what does a sustainable herne bay have?’ And responses written in pen.
Photo shows a table with responses written in pen.
Photo shows a table with sign discussing community wellbeing.
We were in Herne Bay yesterday asking local residents what they needed to fuel their creative health.
The session included discussions on:
🌿 Sustainability
♥️ Community wellbeing
🌱 Spaces for younger people
Thanks to everyone who took part in the day.
My recent commission with LAStheatre about the biodiversity in Thanet, Kent (where I live!) 🦀🌳🌾🐜 #illustration
An online exhibition from Bosla Arts to check out, "Art is not neutral. It speaks, questions, and resists.":
"This isn’t just about access, it’s about agency. It’s about recognising that culture is not something done to people, but something we all help to make. And when people are given the tools and trust to shape cultural life, the results are transformative."
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
Re-sharing our Queer Zines of Care on the Kent Coast project for pride month: peopleunited.org.uk/stories/futu... 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Our plaque from @livingwageuk.bsky.social arrived today in our office in Canterbury!
Together with @peerpoweryouth.bsky.social and @placematters.bsky.social , we're pleased to share a report, Supporting Employees with Lived Experience, with learning from 24 social impact organisations as part of a peer learning group on lived experience.
esmeefairbairn.org.uk/supporting-e...
We're getting ready to send out our May newsletter, make sure you're subscribed here: peopleunited.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Last month our director Jo, joined in a conversation at Marmalade Festival, exploring the questions like ‘who’s in charge of the arts?’ and ‘what do infrastructures of care look like?’ - read about it here:
www.marmalade.io/care-filled-...
Photo taken from linked article, written by Siana Bangura.
A pink graphic with a list of mental health helplines for Mental Health Awareness Week. It includes: Mind: 0300 102 1234 (Open 9am–6pm weekdays) Samaritans: 116 123 (Always open) Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM): 0800 58 58 58 (Open 5pm–midnight) If you're in Wales, CALL: 0800 132 737 (Always open) If you're under 25, The Mix: Text THEMIX to 85258 (Always open) Text at the bottom says: "Share and save this post."
Mental Health Awareness Week has begun 💙
If you’re needing a little support, here’s who to call ☎️
Please share far and wide! #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
We're OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! Send us your shorts, features & artists' moving image that celebrate diversity, change, rebellion, feminism and bold cultural identities. A celebration of independent world cinema and visual arts in #Margate UK, this November.
Submit at margatefilmfestival.co.uk/submit/
Trustee callout for an organisation working with young people impacted by trauma through arts and creativity! ⬇️🎨❤️
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer! 💫
Good luck to all those shortlisted - we'll be logging on April 23rd to see the results! 🥳
We are shortlisted for the Practising Well award which focuses on the importance of supporting those we collaborate and work with. In our application we discussed our care centred approach, how we pay for artists' time, and our Community Producer's trauma informed support role.
We've been shortlisted for the 2025 Creative Health and Wellbeing Alliance Awards! Read through the list of stellar organisations also shortlisted here: www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk/get-involved...
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For world poetry day we're celebrating our climbable poem launched by The Studio in September 2024, created in collaboration with Kent Refugee Action Network, Hannah Whittaker, and Yomi Sode (at F51's climbing wall) ✨
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Call out for disabled, D/deaf and neurodivergent artists:
