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From climate anxiety to climate agency

Coney Associate Director Toby Peach unpacks the programme we’ve been developing for young people with international climate activists Greenpeace.

On trust: what’s at play?

Director Tassos Stevens shares some of the research and practice that emerged from a recent commission, and how this led to a path to better understand the factors in play in building or eroding trust.

Common Ground: reflections and learnings

Associate Director Rhianna Ilube reflects on her time making games with teenagers on heritage sites across the East of England.

Playful Activism, game mechanics and participation

Arts education researchers and friends of Coney Elvira Crois and Free De Backer write on Coney’s practice of social change through play.

The Incognito Society – Parwinder writes

Our fantastic Trainee Producer, Parwinder Kaur, takes you on an exploration of The Incognito Society, a project commissioned by UCL helping new students to foster connections within the isolation of the pandemic.

HOME/CARE – Parwinder writes

Over the last 6 months, Coney’s brilliant Trainee Producer, Parwinder Kaur, has been working across our programme on a wide range of projects. Here, Parwinder takes a deep-dive into our project in-development, HOME/CARE.

Interactive hour at the BMA: Phil Clark writes

Phil Clark – Head of Content and Audience at the British Medical Association (BMA), and a Trustee of Coney since the beginning of this year – reflects on an experience which Coney recently created for the BMA.

Photograph of a man drawing on a large piece of paper with wooden blocks in front of him.

Bridging Youth Work and The Arts

Reflecting on three days in Belgium, full of practice exchange between artists making participatory work for, by, and with young people from Belgium, France, Denmark and the UK.

Screenshot of a zoom meeting of people with their mouthes wide open.

Meeting Makers: sharing, connecting, upskilling

From the beginning of the pandemic, it has been Coney’s top priority to share our practice widely; ranging from performances of flagship Coney productions, to makers Q&As.