Project Diaries

Tim Farron MP visit to Bellwethers, July 2026Bellwethers

Tim Farron MP visit to Bellwethers, July 2026

"Poetry is permission to connect with other people’s emotions. You can reach out beyond difficulty and touch someone else's human understanding.” Tim Farron, MP Back in 2023, Tim, who’s our…
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Bellwethers – a celebrationBellwethers

Bellwethers – a celebration

It’s hard to speak for a big group of people. Today 25 or so of the Bellwethers makers gathered together at Abbot Hall art gallery in Kendal to see their…
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A Leap Across the Fairy Steps. February 2026Bellwethers

A Leap Across the Fairy Steps. February 2026

Today's a Field Day with Kendal Well - we all meet up in gentle drizzle and head off towards the estuary, along an old railway that I never knew existed.…
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Bellwethers at Rook HowBellwethers

Bellwethers at Rook How

Bellwethers poetry and sound workshops at the iconic Rook How retreat explored connections between creative writing/making and the process of substance recovery. See recent blog.
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Bellwethers

An exploration of fragility and survival, seeking parallels between nature and human society in South Cumbria. Explore the project here.
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The cold wind doth blow. Manna House & Riverside, September 2025Bellwethers

The cold wind doth blow. Manna House & Riverside, September 2025

Photo: Julia Grime   Today we started our autumn workshops at Manna House by letting in the wild wind. The winds that bring change, that can bring damage but also…
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Dragonfly Illuminati. No Fixed Address, September 2025Bellwethers

Dragonfly Illuminati. No Fixed Address, September 2025

Meadowsweet (we say little but listen greatly) In meadow sun, in the backlands, see Dragonflies, nocturnal illuminati. Take a colour photo, we're black & white, In meadows in the backlands,…
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Damage. Manna House/Riverside, September 2025Bellwethers

Damage. Manna House/Riverside, September 2025

It’s really hard to be confronted with serious human damage. We can’t help but imagine our loved ones, ourselves, our past being ripped apart. To incidents are floating around my…
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Living (at the) Well. The Well, September 2025Bellwethers

Living (at the) Well. The Well, September 2025

X’s interview I’ve been at The Well for nearly a year and I’m on my final step of the way. Can’t believe that I’ve made it this far. I was…
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The crow will lose a limb to fly. The Well, September 2025Bellwethers

The crow will lose a limb to fly. The Well, September 2025

The crow will lose a limb to fly. Passing on the knowledge Helping to survive On a hillside with the rains swirling in and Morecambe Bay far, far below, we…
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The weight of the armour. The Well, August 2025Bellwethers

The weight of the armour. The Well, August 2025

There is a huge amount of judgement laid at the doorstep of people who are in substance recovery. Labels like the word addict are so massively loaded, it’s hard to…
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The addiction that ripped us. The Well, June 2025Bellwethers

The addiction that ripped us. The Well, June 2025

A silent page Leave my old behaviours Leave my bad decisions and my goldfish. Behind. Leave propaganda Leave trauma Violence. Leave my past behind But without memory I'm not me……
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