Free, creative workshops for LGBTQIA+ people who are menopause curious or experiencing menopause
Conversations and support around perimenopause and menopause are typically heteronormative and cisgender focused and don’t always represent the diverse voices of our communities.
A series of new evening workshops delivered by photographic artist Marge Bradshaw will bring members of the LGBTQIA+ community together to explore, share and connect through photography and creative activities focused on menopause. The sessions aim to challenge the narrative about perimenopause and menopause in Greater Manchester.
This project is funded by Arts Council England and supported by Bolton at Home, Indigo Gender Service, NHS Bolton CCG and other community partners.
When and where?
Workshops start on Tuesday 2nd May at 6.30pm and run (with some breaks) through to July.
Option to get involved on a 1-1 or online basis if you don’t feel able to (or can’t make) the face-to-face sessions but still want to be involved.
Workshops will be at the wonderful Bolton CVS, which is a three minute walk or wheel from Bolton train and bus interchange (search for Bold Street, Bolton BL1 1LS). It’s fully accessible, welcoming and friendly.
Want to book/find out more?
We’ve got limited space available, so if you’d like to reserve a place:
Call/text Marge on 07816 296218 or email marge-bradshaw@outlook.com or complete the form below.
Why come along?
Take time out to do something creative to positively contribute towards your own health and wellbeing
Learn some new creative skills including cameraless photography (yup, that’s photography without a camera!)
Meet others from the LGBTQIA+ community experiencing the various stages and impacts of perimenopause and menopause in a safe and welcoming environment
Help change the existing gendered and heteronormative narrative of menopause.
I’m particularly keen to hear from non-binary and trans members of our community. Please feel free to share the opportunity with anyone who you think might be interested. Anyone living or working in Greater Manchester is welcome to take part.
More about the project
I’ve been awarded £26,651 through Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants to deliver ‘Whose menopause? Exploring menopause experiences through an inclusive participatory photography programme.’
Working in partnership with Bolton at Home, 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 cisgender women, it will include trans men, transmasculine, and non-binary people who are typically excluded from menopause conversations.
My new project is supported using public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
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.
