Nominations Open For ‘And Then, They Were No Longer Invisible’ - Wallsend

We’re excited to announce that nominations for And Then, They Were No Longer Invisible - Wallsend have opened. This project celebrates older people in Wallsend and through the sharing of their stories, inspires people while making space for conversations about growing older.

We'd like to invite you to nominate an older community member (or maybe even yourself) to take part in an empowering photo-storytelling program. This round of the project is for people who have strong connections to Wallsend. There are 8 positions within the project and we'd love to include people that represent the beautiful diversity of the Wallsend community.

We've run this program in 4 other towns and we've found that participants and their families gain a lot from being involved. We've also observed that people within the communities are deeply impacted by the stories shared.

Participants don’t need to have any photography experience, they just need to be willing to connect with us once a week during the 6 week program. Sometimes these connections are face to face and other times they are over the phone. The program will start in late November, then break over Christmas and wrap up in early 2024). the pace or level of involvement really depends of the individual’s preferences of the person involved. The project is funded (it doesn't cost anything) and we provide everything needed to take part.

The visual pieces created as part of this project will be shared with the community in a street exhibition in March / April 2024. We'll install beautiful images in the windows of vacant shop fronts along Nelson Street to coincide with the 150th Celebration of Wallsend.

If this sounds like it might suit someone you know (or maybe even yourself), please click the button below and fill in your details and the details of the person you'd like to nominate.

Nominations close at 7pm on Sunday the 19th of November