Parenting in a Pandemic: Using Community Arts to Reduce Social Isolation and Explore the Experiences and Policy Needs of Marginalised Families

大流行中的养育子女：利用社区艺术减少社会孤立并探索边缘化家庭的经验和政策需求

• 批准号: AH/V015850/1
• 负责人: Josie McLellan
• 金额: $ 9.77万
• 依托单位: University of Bristol
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FV015850%2F1
• 关键词: Parenting; Pandemic; Using; Community; Arts

For the past two years, the University of Bristol and Wellspring Settlement have been working in partnership on a participatory research project on the history of Single Parent Action Network (SPAN). The Covid-19 pandemic meant that we had to quickly take our participatory methodologies online. This project builds on the knowledge we have gained about how best to adapt community arts and research to a socially distanced world, and will bring our participatory methodologies to a wider audience in the voluntary and community sector. It also builds on a key finding from our research on the history of SPAN: this was an organisation that put the lived experience of race, gender, class and poverty at the heart of their activism. As a grass-roots, user-led organisation, it was able to make an unique contribution to policy debates. This foregrounding of experience takes on new importance now, as Covid-19 has disproportionately disadvantaged ethnic minority groups, those living on low incomes, single parent families, and others. Yet the voices of these groups have seldom been heard in the public debate about the pandemic and its effects. We will use our insights from the history of SPAN to bring together parents from across Bristol who belong to groups that have been particularly disadvantaged and marginalised by the Covid-19 pandemic: single parents, ethnic minority families, those living with a disability, and/or in socio-economically disadvantaged areas. They will participate in a participatory arts programme, which will be delivered via an innovative mixture of distanced methods: online meetings, social media, and telephone check-ins. This programme will give participants a chance to explore their experience of the pandemic, and to articulate their vision of a post-Covid future in which their families can thrive. The programme is designed to create connections, reduce social isolation at a time of continued social distancing and disruption, and increase the wellbeing and confidence of the participants. It will also produce a valuable knowledge base about the experiences and needs of vulnerable families, and we will disseminate this in a number of ways. In collaboration with Rising Arts Agency, we will create a public campaign in Bristol, which will act as a platform for the voices and perspectives of parents from these groups, raising public awareness. In collaboration with the Equality Trust, an online event will bring together programme participants, local MPs and councillors to launch a policy paper, co-written with participants. This paper will highlight the issues that policy- and decision makers need to take into account. Finally, working with Locality, a case study will make our methodology available to community arts practitioners, and two online events will bring together those who are seeking ways in which to adapt their way of working to the current situation. Our existing community researchers will be central to the design and delivery of this programme of work, creating opportunities for them to expand their networks and move into paid employment.The project has been designed by a team spanning the University of Bristol team and existing project partners Wellspring Settlement, and builds on the strong working relationships created by the current research project. It will also create new relationships. Organisations across Bristol's voluntary sector will work with us on recruiting participants who would not engage with the university, including Ambition Lawrence Weston, Southmead Development Trust, Eastside Community Trust, Social Prescribing for Equality and Resilience Bristol, and Supportive Parents. Working with Rising Arts Agency will allow us to create a powerful campaign that will have a big impact in Bristol and beyond. Finally, our collaborations with the Equality Trust and Locality will ensure that this work has national reach, and will continue to have an impact beyond the lifetime of the project.

在过去的两年里，布里斯托尔大学和Wellspring Settlement一直在合作开展一个关于单亲行动网络（SPAN）历史的参与性研究项目。2019冠状病毒病大流行意味着我们必须迅速在网上采用我们的参与式方法。这个项目建立在我们对如何最好地使社区艺术和研究适应社会距离遥远的世界的知识基础上，并将我们的参与式方法带给志愿和社区部门的更广泛受众。它还建立在我们对SPAN历史研究的一个关键发现之上：这是一个将种族、性别、阶级和贫困的生活经验置于其行动主义核心的组织。作为一个草根、用户主导的组织，它能够为政策辩论做出独特的贡献。鉴于2019冠状病毒病对少数民族、低收入者、单亲家庭和其他群体造成了不成比例的不利影响，这种将经验放在前台的做法现在具有新的重要性。然而，在关于这一流行病及其影响的公开辩论中，很少听到这些群体的声音。我们将利用我们对SPAN历史的见解，将布里斯托尔各地的父母聚集在一起，他们属于因Covid-19大流行而处于特别不利地位和边缘化的群体：单亲父母、少数民族家庭、残疾人和/或社会经济不利地区的父母。他们将参加一个参与式艺术项目，该项目将通过一种创新的远程方法：在线会议、社交媒体和电话登记。该计划将使参与者有机会探讨他们对大流行的经历，并阐明他们对后covid未来的愿景，使他们的家庭能够茁壮成长。该方案旨在建立联系，在社会持续保持距离和混乱的情况下减少社会孤立，并增加参与者的福祉和信心。它还将产生一个关于脆弱家庭的经验和需要的宝贵知识库，我们将以若干方式传播它。通过与Rising Arts Agency的合作，我们将在布里斯托尔开展一项公共活动，这将成为来自这些群体的父母的声音和观点的平台，提高公众意识。在与平等信托基金的合作下，一个在线活动将把项目参与者、当地国会议员和议员聚集在一起，发布一份政策文件，与参与者共同撰写。本文将强调政策制定者和决策者需要考虑的问题。最后，与Locality合作，一个案例研究将把我们的方法提供给社区艺术从业者，两个在线活动将把那些寻求适应当前形势的工作方式的人聚集在一起。我们现有的社区研究人员将是设计和提供这一工作计划的核心，为他们扩大网络和进入有偿就业创造机会。该项目由布里斯托尔大学团队和现有项目合作伙伴Wellspring Settlement设计，并建立在当前研究项目创建的强大工作关系的基础上。它还将创造新的关系。布里斯托尔志愿部门的组织将与我们合作，招募那些不会与大学接触的参与者，包括雄心劳伦斯韦斯顿，南米德发展信托基金，东区社区信托基金，布里斯托尔平等和弹性社会处方以及支持父母。与Rising Arts Agency合作将使我们能够创建一个强大的活动，将在布里斯托尔和其他地方产生重大影响。最后，我们与平等信托和地方的合作将确保这项工作具有全国范围的影响，并将在项目生命周期后继续产生影响。