The books we make with White Water Writers help the writers get better at writing and feel better at life. I’ve always believed that part of this was the time spent on checking the work – two whole days at the end of the week is nothing but checking. Or so I thought… We’ve been […]
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eQuality Time is offically a registered Charity!
“Dear Contact You have applied to register the above organisation as a charity. We are satisfied that EQUALITY TIME LTD is a charity and it has been entered onto the Register of Charities with the Registered Charity Number 1177233.” Yes, we have finally found time to offically register as a charity! The process involved jumping […]
Open Source Medical Devices
The Open Voice Factory is an Open Source Medical Device, so when I saw a video called “Are We Ready for Open Source Medical Devices?” from Hackaday, I was interested. Althought Ashwin is much more hardware-focused than we are, but it’s worth watching the whole video, and my main highlights were: Ashwin gives a nod to […]
Cover story
The books of White Water Writers have some amazing covers. Here’s two of my favourites. These were make by artists from the same schools as the writers. I love getting great art because yet another student will see their work be part of something really real. Like the writers, the artists work best when they know […]
White Water Writers Newsletter – Nov/17
Introducing Adam, Laura and Richard! Adam, Laura and Richard are the three new members who have joined White Water Writers. Adam is a writer, publisher and creative project manager. He has worked in creative writing and publishing education for several years running projects to improve access to the industry through Silhouette Press. Most recently he managed the Disappear […]
White Water Writers Research Snapshot.
The team at Keele Univesity have sent over their a snapshot of their recent research into the White Water Writers project we run and we thought you might be interested in reading it. There’s a full PDF of the research, and a short summary below. Summary 179 secondary school students were given questionnaires before and after […]
Financial Times Fame
A few months ago, Joe was interviewed by the Financial Times about The Open Voice Factory. The article highlights different assistive technology products that were contenders for the Nesta Inclusive Technology Prize. Other organisations featured in in the article include the fantastic SpecialEffect and Bristol Braille Technology (BBT). Special Effect is a charity that modifies games […]
On Writing Prompts
I was asked for my thoughts on the writing prompts we use in the White Water Writers project today, and rather than write a long email I thought I’d write a medium blog post. For our writing projects, we start from three different places, depending on the situation. I want to talk about the advantages […]
Uber signs up.
Uber’s highly controversial approach splits people, even within disability – I know people who depend on it, and people who are unable to use it because of the accessibility of the cars. I think that a lot of the decisions made by Uber are wrong – I also think some of them are relics of a […]
eQuality Time is adding two staff to the White Water Writers project!
eQuality Time is adding two staff to the White Water Writers project! Adam is a writer, publisher and creative project manager. He has worked in creative writing and publishing education for several years running projects to improve access to the industry through Silhouette Press. Most recently he managed the Disappear Here poetry film project. He lives […]