Bridging Histories: Creative Changemaker Network & Consultancy

我们的愿景是建立一个所有人都因自己的身份而感到自豪的世界，植根于我们的集体遗产，并有能力做出积极的改变。桥接历史的创造性变革者网络和咨询将为社区建设、社区投资和积极变革提供一种工具，吸引社会和政治领域的人们。这笔资金将为一个持续发展的企业奠定基础，我们预计该企业将在财务上自我维持，并产生长期和深远的影响。我们的资源将支持个人，基层社区，公共部门和私营部门组织，他们希望解决社会挑战和历史不公正，同时将社区团结在一起。通常，组织太害怕尝试改变，因为害怕出错。如果它们确实试图改变，它们往往是以自上而下的方式进行的，对当地意义和需求的多样性不敏感，最终不适合当地。与此同时，在社区层面，个人往往对当地需要什么有独特的见解，并希望为创造更公正和谐的社区做出自己的贡献，但可能会发现自己被排除在决策之外，无法获得资源和支持他们的想法。桥接历史使社区能够通过提供一个独特的，连贯的框架来应对这些挑战，以建立包容性的社区，在不同的社会群体中具有吸引力。我们标志性的六个创意提示（“我来自”诗歌和讲故事，食谱，街道历史，家庭历史，纪念馆和改变）是基于图像和乐趣，使人们加入其中变得愉快和治疗。我们的方法将使人们能够建立社区，产生意想不到的见解和相互理解，并支持创造性的地方和全球变革。

Our vision is a world where all people feel celebrated for who they are, rooted in our collective heritage, and empowered to make a positive change. The Bridging Histories' creative change maker network and consultancy will provide a vehicle for community-building, community investment, and positive changemaking, that appeals to people across the social and political spectrum. This funding will secure the foundations for an ongoing enterprise which we expect will become financial self-sustaining, with long-lasting and far-reaching impact.Our resources will support individuals, grassroots communities, public sector and private sector organisations who want to address social challenges and historical injustices while bringing communities together. Often, organisations are too scared to attempt changes, for fear of getting things wrong. If they do attempt changes, they often do so in ways that are top-down, not sensitive to the diversity of local meanings and needs, and end up not being locally appropriate. Meanwhile, at community level, individuals often have unique insights on what is needed locally and want to make their own contribution to creating more just and harmonious communities, but can find themselves blocked out of decision-making and unable to access resources and support for their ideas.Bridging Histories enables communities to addresses these challenges by offering a unique, coherent framework for building inclusive community, with appeal across diverse social groups. Our signature six creative prompts ('I am from' poetry and storytelling, recipes, street histories, family histories, memorials and changemaking) are image-based and fun, making it enjoyable and therapeutic for people to join in with them. Our methods will enable people to build community, generate unexpected insights and mutual understanding, and support creative local and global changemaking.