Recently, Camerados were successful in their bid from ‘The Emerging Futures Fund’ from the National Lottery. This is a programme that has been created to help “communities move towards recovery and renewal after the impact of COVID-19.” The aim of the fund is to look at how things are changing, what is needed in this […]
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Hip Hop, Gazebos and Neighbourhood Dancing – Q&A with #camerado Charlie
A few weeks back, Charlie from Walthamstow, organised a pop up public living room in her community. However, what we really loved was her adding her own twist and creating a hip hop theme that included socially distanced dancing and human connection. Last week at ‘A #BitOfCompany…Live’ the conversation around not seeking permission but just […]
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Strike a pose!
There is hardly a day that goes by when we are not in a conversation about the hard stuff- there is so much of it out there, to even speak of fun or lightness can be met with ‘are you serious’- well yes, YES WE ARE. Last week we were part of a ‘Bit of […]
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It’s life Jim, but not as we know it?
Live Differently. How we get through tough times needs to change. Divide and conquer and then the few will reign powerful, wealthy and connected. Divided the rest of us will remain small, in our echo chamber, pitted against each other. Male, Female, North, South, Rich, Poor Housed, Fleeing Gay, Straight Black, White Dry, drunk Planet […]
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Road trips, locked doors and setting up a #PublicLivingRoom – Q&A With Alex Dylan
Being a #camerado is as simple as just being there for each other, however sometimes even we are amazed by the actions of those in the movement. The most recent example of this is Alex, who had organised to put on her first pop up Public Living Room at Hettanz conference 2020 in Wellington, New […]
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Black Lives Matter
One of our 6 principles is…..Mix with folk who don’t look like you. This principle should be easy to fulfil but it isn’t even for those of us who have experienced how much better a place is when people from all walks of life join together to look out for each other. Segregation, racism and […]
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Camerados in Schools Pilot Project
The Association of Camerados is launching it’s pilot of Camerados in Schools, if you are a primary school that would like to be one of our 10 innovating partners, then please do watch the video and take a look at the document explaining more about how you can take part.
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#SpoonRoom
#SpoonRoom a way to connect with other camerados. Check out our Saturday #SpoonRoom and register to take part on our What’s Live page.
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When hugs are banned
– when the world finally noticed social distancing Who would have thought we’d live in a world where hugs are discouraged, or handshakes, or spending time together? Surely Netflix have taken it too far by creating a high concept series starring all of us. H.G. Wells could have written it too. Covid-19 will shine a […]
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The Meaning of Life
Camerados attended the Meaning Conference in Brighton in November and took with us a Public Living Room, which we used to decorate the communal part of the conference held in the magnificent Brighton Dome. A collect of sofas, cushions and fairy lights did it’s usual trick of changing a space to allow folk to chat […]
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