27 May 2021

Stamford Connections is programme is run by Art Pop-Up in partnership with MindSpace and funded by the Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to carry out research into what brings our community together and makes it strong.
We talk about Asset-Based Community Development which means simply looking at what we have rather than poking holes at what we think is missing in our community. Imagine the connections that you have, and that every person in Stamford has, like a net over our town and in order to fill those holes we simply draw people closer together: that’s how Asset Based Community Development works.
We also talk about Connections which is why this project is called Stamford Connections. This year has brought home to us all how important our connections with other people are for positive mental health, they are the strands that tie our community together. So this project will ask the question “How do you connect in Stamford?”.
We want to know where connections exist and how they happen, what they mean to the community, why and how they help.
If we make the connections and their importance really visible, so everyone appreciates their value, we can then make more of them and reach out to everyone: we will have a stronger community.
We are currently recruiting volunteers to be trained and then to hold conversations with friends, family and colleagues in Stamford. Training will be held on Wednesday 3 June from 5.30-6.30 pm. To find out more or to volunteer, please contact lesley@artpopup.co.uk or call 07543 589004