Amy and her partner Tobias moved to Duryard soon after the lockdown started. They got in touch with me, their local Community Builder, to find out more about their neighbourhood and how they could use their skills to engage with their community.
From reading my newsletter, Amy found out that the Northcott Theatre was doing a project called ‘Get Creative’ which encouraged artists and residents to do something creative in their community.
With her songwriting and musical skills, and the need for a community project in Duryard, Amy got the funding.
Over a few weeks, a group of participants from the community, with no previous experience of singing and writing songs, met weekly.
We learned more about each other and enjoyed talking, creating, and recording our own new song. From the comfort of our homes, we expressed our feelings, talked and learned about the community, laughed, filled our days with the brightness of spring and learned something new every week.