Artist Commission: Humour with Compton Verney

03Jul

People United and Compton Verney want to commission an artist or artist collective to celebrate and explore how humour can positively effect emotions and behaviour. Where The grounds of Compton Verney, an art gallery and parkland in Warwickshire. When August– September 2020.  The successful artist(s) will need to be available to start immediately with most […]

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Postponed- Creative Programmes Producer recruitment

30Mar

A message from our CEO regarding the recruitment of a Creative Programmes Producer to the People United team:   In light of the current government advice around self-isolation/social distancing, which understandably restricts social contact and therefore People United’s ability to continue working to the timescales and plans we had in place, I have decided that […]

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Our new training day- Arts and Kindness in Practice

13Nov

Arts and Kindness in Practice: An Introduction Join us for this unique exploration of the role of the arts in growing kindness. Do you want to know more about how Arts and Kindness are connected? Would you like to learn skills and techniques about how to apply kindness to your work, based on psychological research? […]

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Launching our new report – Taking Care, The Art of Kindness

13Nov

We formally launched our third research report at our symposium on Tuesday 12th November 2019, and we have now launched it online. And better yet, it is FREE to download.  This has been a long time in the making and we are very proud of the voices and perspectives that have shaped this report and […]

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Provoking Change: The Arts & Kindness Conversation 2019 – The Speakers

06Nov

We are very excited to announce that we have a whole host of brilliant speakers and facilitators joining us for our 2019 symposium Provoking Change: The Arts & Kindness conversation. The day will be jam packed full of provocation, conversation and debate and below we introduce the array of speakers who will be in attendance at […]

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Scouting for Kindness in Canterbury

01Jul

Scouting for Kindness in Canterbury People United have been working with three Scouting groups from the Canterbury district to explore ideas for a new Arts & Kindness badge. In 2013 we created a Kindness Challenge Badge for Girlguiding with two Brownie and Guide groups, since then it has always been an ambition of ours to explore the […]

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Arrivederci to our outgoing CEO!

06Nov

This week we said ‘arrivederci’ to our outgoing Chief Executive Officer Tina Corri. Tina has been with People United for almost 5 years and during that time she has continued to build on our successful foundations and take the charity from strength to strength. Some of her highlights include growing the People United team, launching […]

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Announcing People United’s new CEO!

02Nov

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Janice McGuinness as People United’s new Chief Executive Officer. Janice comes to People United with an incredibly rich and varied background, having worked in arts and culture for over 30 years. Janice’s career has embraced both large and small organisations, and multiple art forms. She was Assistant […]

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The #proudtobekind campaign | Join the movement today!

02Oct

World Kindness Day 2018 | #proudtobekind A year on from the #bekindsigns campaign In 2017 People United gave away ten LED neon ‘be kind’ signs to inspire acts of kindness across the UK and start a #BeKindSigns revolution. People around the world created their own ‘be kind’ artworks and displayed them on World Kindness Day. […]

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Call Out: Artist/Designer to Create Arts Award Resource with Young People

19Sep

Call Out: Artist or Designer Wanted! Create Arts & Kindness Themed Arts Award ‘Logbooks’ with a Ramsgate Youth Club Artist Brief People United is looking for a talented artist or designer to work with a youth group called ‘Chill Club’ in Newington, Ramsgate to co-create arts and kindness themed ‘logbooks’ for Arts Award Discover and […]

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