Tower Hamlets - It's Our Turn
Community reporting by people living with disabilities
Community reporting by people living with disabilities
The Tower Hamlets – It’s Our Turn project is led by local disabled people from the Tower Hamlets area. We dive deeper into the experiences and ideas of people with disabilities and are currently exploring what it means to be lonely as a disabled person – how it happens and how they’re getting through it.
We want to elevate the voices of disabled people to help make real and meaningful changes in our communities.
Tower Hamlets – It’s Our Turn was created by Real DPO, ICM Foundation and Bromley By Bow centre in partnership with On Our Radar and funded by the Tower Hamlets local authority.
Please note
Some of our reports deal with topics some readers may find triggering.
The Tower Hamlets – It’s Our Turn project is led by local disabled people from the Tower Hamlets area. We dive deeper into the experiences and ideas of people with disabilities and are currently exploring what it means to be lonely as a disabled person – how it happens and how they’re getting through it.
We want to elevate the voices of disabled people to help make real and meaningful changes in our communities.
Tower Hamlets – It’s Our Turn was created by Real DPO, ICM Foundation and Bromley By Bow centre in partnership with On Our Radar and funded by the Tower Hamlets local authority.
Please note
Some of our reports deal with topics some readers may find triggering.
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So like, I am stubborn, yes. But I used my stubbornness towards like, positively to become a positive person, to make things better and easy in my life and to get more relaxed...
Reported 2 years ago by Dr Nadia Ahmed
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Community reporters in Tower Hamlets came together to share what loneliness means to them, how it feels and what they do to get through it. Here is what they told us...
Reported 2 years ago by Karen
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Mark chats with community members in Tower Hamlets and, in this conversation, he explores the frustrations of shielding and how people coped during the pandemic.
Reported 3 years ago by Mark Howard
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At a community sports day in Tower Hamlets, Mark speaks to Jess about the pandemic and how services can be designed to make it easier for everyone to connect.
Reported 3 years ago by Mark Howard
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Mark shares his story of growing up in London, UK, and how he is passionate about volunteering and tackling poverty.
Reported 3 years ago by Mark Howard
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So loneliness is about not having no friends, no one coming to chat with you. And it was being upset, sad, and a bit lonely with no friends...
Reported 3 years ago by Saihan
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Like it makes me kind of feel bored because like loneliness might hurt someone's feelings and other people might feel, might feel like sympathetic to others as well...
Reported 3 years ago by Saihan
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Um, I have been sad cause of loneliness a lot of times cause when my granddad passed away, I was lonely cause my granddad was everything to me. Um, and it made me sad for a bit...
Reported 3 years ago by Saihan
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Loneliness is when you feel left out. And for example, when your friends are playing and then someone comes over and they're not paying much attention to you, that's loneliness...
Reported 3 years ago by Saihan
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Probably no one, probably no one like helping me when I, when I need help or doing stuff and yeah, probably like not talking to me or probably not when we include of that game...
Reported 3 years ago by Saihan
