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Why Don’t We Just talk more about loneliness? [Big Issue North]
It’s not a Big Issue (Best pun ever!) but my comment piece ‘Why Don’t We Just talk more about loneliness?’ was published by Big Issue North. Loneliness and social isolation are silent killers, according to the statistics. Health studies suggest that social isolation is as bad for you as obesity or heart disease and that […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: big issue, big issue north, homelessness, loneliness, social isolation, social justice
Agenda: unpaid internships can be a force for good [The Argus]
The Benefits of Unpaid Internships (Brighton Housing Trust Intern Programme) You’d think interns needed rescuing from indentured servitude, after all the kerfuffle about them at The Big Debate last week, but my unpaid internship with Brighton Housing Trust was just the job. Business people of Brighton and Hove voted in favour of limiting unpaid internships […]
Categories: Journalist, Portfolio • Tags: activism, agenda, brighton, business, homelessness, human rights, internships, journalism, news, newspaper, social justice, the argus, unemployment
Our Voice magazine — Spring 2013 — ‘Amnesty International Brighton & Hove’ profile and ‘Bibliomancy’ creative piece
The Spring 2013 issue of Our Voice magazine is out in print and online. I’m proud to be the chief subeditor for this magazine, and the group are a brilliant bunch to work with. Alongside all the usual goodness, there’s two features by me: a two-page centre spread profile on Amnesty International Brighton & Hove […]
Categories: Journalist, Portfolio, Subeditor • Tags: activism, amnesty international, brighton, creativity, homelessness, human rights, journalism, magazine, subediting, unemployment, writing
Our Voice Magazine, Winter Issue
I’m a subeditor and contributor to Our Voice Magazine for BUCFP, Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project — a project that helps the low waged and unemployed in the Brighton area, from courses to welfare and housing advice. Here’s the digital version of the first issue that I worked on with them. It includes a piece […]
Categories: Subeditor • Tags: homelessness, magazine, subediting, unemployment, writing