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This is the Light is an amazing and very moving light installation that uses light and the voices of refugees to inspire people. We worked with Freedom Festival, Squid Soup and Art Reach to support refugees in Hull in engaging with the project and providing their thoughts and voices. We made music, Zines and these …
Monster Extraction is a creative project where female carers have been supported in identifying the ‘Monsters’ in their lives and then creating songs, puppets and films about them. All quotes are from participants in the project. ***** ‘You’re battered from pillar to post, multiple services, consultant, education, paediatrician, physio. You can’t take away the pain …
We’ve learnt a lot over the last couple of months about the challenges some young people face. That sometimes bad people can take advantage when they are at their most vulnerable. When we started this project we knew very little about the way that county lines and child grooming operates. As we researched the project …
What Works Wellbeing have spoken to us about the impact of our Monster Extraction project. We have loved this project, have been working on it all through Covid with some amazing female carers. The songs and videos will be out soon but for now have a listen to what we have been up to here …
Our animation ‘Just Like Our Lives’ has won best animation at the Scout Film Festival in New York. The festival is really great and amazing that they are supporting a film like this one. It was made with young people who are in care and want to change the system and have a voice. If …
My Pockets worked with young people who are supported by Hull and East Yorkshire Mind to create a song about their lives and experiences. Here is a description of what we got up to by two members of the group followed by the song and video. ‘The councillor I was talking to at Mind said …
We created this song before lockdown with young people at Astra Youth Club in Hull, but still love to listen to it. It is inspiring us to try making music in new ways and with new purpose. More on that soon. The song is about sofa surfing, having to buy a Macy D’s for the …
We have collaborated with Middle Child to create and animated pantomime. Covid-19 meant that the usual anarchic fun of the brilliant Middle Child Panto was in danger of being cancelled. So they gave us a call and together we created the Pantoverse. Working with Middle Child was brilliant, here is a blog all about our …
We have made these activities for people of all ages to get involved with. They are fun friendly and can brighten up the dark days of lockdown and beyond. You can find them in the real world at Humber Street Gallery or DOWNLOAD THEM HERE at Absolutely Cultured, who also commissioned the work.
We have loved making this film about kinship carers. When we learnt about what it means to be a kinship carer, the impact on peoples lives and the amazing contribution they make to keeping children close to their families rather than entering the care system, we thought – Wool! Wool is warm, it’s homely but …
We got out the cardboard again and make this film for Adopt London. We captured the real thoughts and feelings of adoptive families in London and then created this animation about them. It was during lockdown, so the film was made in our spare room, there were bits of cardboard everywhere.
A song made with Lollypop LGBT group for our My Pockets Music Project. In the 15 years we’ve been working with young people there have been real positive changes in attitudes to sexual orientation, there are still fights to have, but this song has confidence! The project is supported by Spirit of 2012 and Youth …
Our Monster Extraction project invites people to create stories, puppets and music about the monsters in their lives. We worked with Back To Ours and Men In Sheds to create this one and want to share it for #LonelinessAwarenessWeek My Pockets · Loneliness Monster – Monster Extraction
We have worked with young people supported by Mind, Spirit of 2012 and Youth Music to make this song and video about the expectations in our lives and how they can effect us. Some of our favourite lyrics are – Pass you GCSE’s Wear your skirt past your knees Be just like the girls in …
My Pockets Music at Home – GET INVOLVED from My Pockets on Vimeo. After years of running music projects in youth clubs, schools, community centres and anywhere we can find people who want to get involved, we are now making tunes online during lockdown. To join us at My Pockets Music get in touch. We …
We have been making paste ups of images about phones. We worked with 3 groups of young people to create the images, paint them and then paste them up in shop windows in Hull. All the images say something about our relationship with our phones. The young people were very clear that although they love …
We have been working with MIND on our My Pockets Music project. Music has a very real impact on wellbeing and we have collected lots of evaluation showing that making music together in groups is very powerful. Our Music project is taking that work further and our partnership with Mind is helping us reach young …
Our Monster Extraction project is now working with women and girls who are carers. Mums, Nans, partners, daughters, friends, we are working with all kinds of carers to find the monsters in their lives, turn them into musical puppet monsters and then, hopefully release them. Already we have discovered the most amazing stories of love, …
Our animation ‘Just Like Our Lives’ has been selected for Lift off Global Network, Scout Film Festival, Positively Different Film Festival in Athens and Minneapolis Film Festival. This is great news as it is a film really close to our hearts. Made with young people in care alongside Hull University we worked to make something …
Danny The Drummer A My Pockets Case Study by Shane McMurry Danny, 22 is a young father and casual worker who has found a musical way to deal with mood swings, anger and has developed musical ambition on the way. “After a music session I feel better and playing drums takes away my anger” Dan …
Our My Pockets Music project had its first performance. It was a great show full of songs created by teenagers in Hull and East Yorkshire. There was lots, of cheering, pizza and tunes and everyone played our own 12 bar blues written together. The songs included, Lift Yourself made by young people who have all …
We worked in Orchard Park Hull to create a live performance of our Monster Extraction project. The project worked with Men in Sheds, St Mikes Youth Project, Orchard Park Community Garden and many more people to find stories, build puppets and perform the show. Over 300 residents came out to watch and the performance was …
We have made a new animation for Hull and East Yorkshire Childrens University. We worked with Kai to tell his story in animation. It was great working with him and to be involved with the Childrens Uni that does some amazing work supporting young people in fulfilling their potential. WATCH THE FILM HERE
We are really pleased to announce that we are going to be working with Spirit of 2012 over the next three years using music to support the wellbeing and mental health of young people in East Yorkshire. We know what making music has a tremendous impact on peoples wellbeing and are now massive advocates for …
Peter Snelling from My Pockets at launch of new My Pockets project. (Also trying to get a better photograph of himself to come up on google images).
We’ve been animating monsters all day at the Big Malarkey Festival. Every kid (and some parents!) made their very own individual monster!!! Thanks to everyone who took part, you were grrrrrrrreat!
We have made a new animation for Hull Truck. The film tells the story of their Inclusion Policy from the perspective of a girl with a toy theatre who has run out of stories. It was great to work on as at My Pockets we know the importance of the stories we tell and hear …
We transformed Hull City Of Culture CEO Martin Green into a puppet for our latest Fuzzfeed. All the evaluation documents are lost and Martin knows just who to call! Watch the film HERE
We put on an amazing, moving and a little chaotic event. 150 young people performed the songs they have made as part of our Growth Spurt project. There was a lot of cheering and support from the young people who had never met before. The support they showed each other was really wonderful. The songs …
We have been working with young people in Hull to create these amazing prints of Hopes and Fears. The project was supported by Headstart Hull and was about getting young people to get their hands dirty, make a mess and express themselves. The project aimed to use these things to improve mental health, it is …
