wild space workshops

A community programme in 2025/2026

We have worked with 9 brilliant organisations to bring ‘Wild Space’ workshops to vulnerable and marginalised groups, including women's groups, refugee communities and LGBTQ+ people.
This programme is funded by the National Lottery Awards for All fund.

We are proud to say that our workshops were inclusive to all women and our facilitators attended a fantastic training day by Gendered Intelligence on Trans & Non-Binary Awareness.

Photos by Emily Appleton at Sherwell Church in collaboration with Feminist Fusion

“You have truly created a safe space where I felt like a child on a playground, free to explore whatever comes my way and free to laugh at myself. It felt great to let loose for a few hours and just enjoy myself and the company of other extraordinary women.” A participant in Plymouth

“It was quite liberating to witness women who had been experiencing a vast amount of trauma, take part in these workshops and find a new sense of belief in themselves. Sian and Alice embraced each and every idea from the women, which gained the women's trust and built a foundation for them to feel comfortable, included and safe” Karen Newbold, Peer Mentor at Women’s Support Centre Surrey

For the majority of our workshops, we decided to document the workshops via illustrations and graphic recording, in order to protect the anonymity of our participants.

Graphic Recordist, Sophie Killingley, captured the full workshop experience in her drawings below:

Illustrator, Elena Corobciuc, captured the mood and spirit of the each workshop room with her sketches and water colour paintings.

Project Partners include:

Feminist Fusion
Phoenix Rising CIO
Women’s Support Centre, Surrey in partnership with Farnham Maltings
Sunflower Women’s Centre
The Pickwell Foundation
CoLab Women
Proud2Be
Refugee Support Devon in partnership with Organic Arts

Scratchworks Theatre Company facilitators attended Trauma-Informed Training with AVA (Against Violence & Abuse) and have achieved Domestic Abuse Awareness Level 1

Lead Facilitators: Laura Doble, Alice Higginson-Clarke, Sian Keen
Illustrator: Elena Corobciuc
Graphic Recording: Sophie Killingley
Evaluator: Helen Bovey
Additional Support Workers: Adriana Munoz-Cordova, Jodie Micciché-Smith