inclusive menopause project gets the funding go-ahead

I’m delighted to share that I’ve been awarded £26,651 through Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants to deliver ‘Whose menopause? An inclusive socially engaged photography programme.’

Working in partnership with Bolton at Home and supported by NHS Bolton CCG and Indigo Gender Service, this inclusive socially engaged project launches in January 2023 and will use photography to explore, document and share people’s experiences of menopause in Bolton.

A 6-month project, including 10 weeks of socially engaged workshops with 3 different groups, the aim is to collectively change the narrative and reduce stigma around menopause.

This project challenges the normal narrative and brings a range of LGBTQI+, health, and place-based partners together to test and inform a new model of working. Alongside working with cisgender women, it will include trans men, transmasculine, and non-binary participants who are typically excluded from menopause conversations.

If you’re based in Bolton and would like to find out more about the project or are interested in getting involved - either as a participant or partner – please get in touch. I’ll share more information about the project over the next few months.

My new project is supported using public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Additional match funding and support in kind is provided by Bolton at Home.

National Lottery Project Grants is the Arts Council’s open access programme for arts, museums and libraries projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community, and cultural organisations thanks to National Lottery investment. National Lottery players raise over £30 million for good causes each week, funding arts, heritage, sports, voluntary and charity projects around the UK. Over £43 billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery began in 1994.