From the Shadows to the Sky
The title of my book. So, on one of my initial days in training at the borders I received a phone call from a close family member. I proceeded to answer the call as I haven’t spoken to my immediate family for a long time and I thought it might be important and what I…
First day at the borders
Wonderful day!!! There was a local school visiting the centre where volunteers get together to plan, help get supplies and get fed So how wonderful that I could practice my first workshop on some local youngsters and they even created a playlist from them to the youths in the camps (some children in Hythe also…
ADHD/Autism, Special Schools and the limited National Curriculum
After seeing a Newsfeed the other day where many youngsters are coming out of Special schools and reverting to home schooling because of limited systems in schools and misguided teaching methods As someone who was previously labelled as Autistic for me to have been held back by these limitations would have been a travesty We…
Help these youngsters remember that they are just youngsters by creating theatre at the borders with children in the migrant camps
We would hugely appreciate your support I am volunteering with kaleidoscope refugee charity and even to get me out there is a financial struggle – I want to go ASAP and I shall be posting on our creative results and my experiences Blessings Alison Cecelia Bramwell
A Post on Pain and Trauma
What I want to say about pain and trauma I was just listening to a podcast by Dr Aseem Malhorta – so interesting Pharmaceutical medicine is the 3rd biggest killer, why does the body experience pain? Through trauma Pain is masked with drink, sugar, comfort eating and drugs Like when someone has a hard day…
An Explosive but Authentic Post
So, it seems when we reflect back in history the colonial dominant male wanted to invade lands and take over and claim territories, bringing death, war and destruction in its midst. Then lesser nations were bought in as slaves and seen as peasants, the world begins to realise that Boundaries are very important (as in…
Defining Boredom
What bores you? Boredom? An emotion very early on I decided never to engage with. In fact, my life is so rich and abundant in the spiritual form that I know ‘boredom’ shows a waste of time, for myself anyway. There is so much to see and so much to do and I believe if…
A Successful Change
After my work with youngsters with ADHD and Autism and emotional difficulties I have realised how beneficial my creative work can be in this area and how responsive and successful creative release can be for children and teenagers struggling with the new and stressful age that we are facing. I have thoroughly enjoyed my work…
The Unseen Holocaust
So, as life found me having difficulty gaining housing in the UK with 300 homeless on the local register as it stood. I find myself scraping enough pennies together to go across the water to Calais to gain some sort of solace. Whilst in Calais- I get the opportunity to volunteer at the Northern border…
A Good turn – was lots of fun!
So a special needs guy from church was about to shut down his allotment- Michael has a degree in Botany and ran an allotment for years – his crop was poor and after talking to him and monitoring the situation it turned out all he needed was horse manure to make his crop flourish. A…
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