Arts Project
We believe that creative expression can be instrumental not only in the recovery process from trauma but in exploring identity and having your voice heard. It can also be great fun!
The Rees Foundation Arts Project is an ever evolving, exciting project encouraging anyone with care experience to become involved.

Current Projects 2023

Design our new contact card!

Attention all CEP's!

We are running competition to design the new Rees Foundation contact card. The winner will receive a £25 Amazon voucher!

We're looking for a colourful that should be gender neutral and ideally digitally created.

We would like your design to embody the themes of 'hope' and 'support'. If you are hand-drawing your design, this is not a problem, but we will need to recreate your design into a digital format.

You can download a template below!

 Please send your design to contactus@reesfoundation.org. The deadline to submit your design is Monday 31st July 2023.
 
Terms and Conditions: One entry per applicant, design must be original. All entries must be received by Monday 31st July 2023. Competition is open only to care experienced people (i.e. those who have been in foster, residential, kinship care or adopted).

Worcestershire County Cricket Club ticket competition

Do you like cricket? We’ve got two tickets available for a Worcestershire fixture of your choice in 2023! The tickets have been kindly been donated to us by Worcestershire County Cricket Club and can be used throughout the 2023 season.

To enter, all you need to do is tell us – Who is the captain of the Worcestershire County Cricket Club?

Terms and conditions:

​This voucher is valid for two people to attend a fixture of their choice in 2023 which includes all LV=Insurance County Championship, One Day Cup, Vitality Blast and Tourist fixtures at New Road, Worcester during the 2023 season. Please see fixture list here: https://wccc.co.uk/match-centre
 
The season runs from Thursday 18th May until Tuesday 26th September, so the winner will need to redeem this voucher by calling or emailing the ticket office and giving the voucher code.
 
To enter this competition, you must:
  • Be care experienced
  • Submit your answer to the following question to contactus@reesfoundation.org with the subject line ‘Cricket Competition’: who is the captain of the Worcestershire County Cricket Club?
  • Be able to get to New Road in Worcester to attend a match.
 
This competition runs until Tuesday 6th June at 5pm so make sure you email us with your answer to enter.
 
The winner will be notified by email, good luck!

Share your story...

Once again for 2023, we're on the hunt for everyday people - and we think that could be you!

The topic we're encouraging people to talk about is 'what advice would you give your younger self when you were growing up?'. And there are a couple of ways you can send in your entry.

 1. Create a video
Create a 30 second video of yourself, using a mobile phone or tablet device. The video should be no longer than 30 seconds long and should show you discussing 'what advice you would give your younger self when you were growing up'.

2. Write about it
Write a short quote about the topic - no longer than 100 words. Try and think of a specific thought you've had regarding 'what advice would you give your younger self when you were growing up'.

Please send your videos and quotes over to us at contactus@reesfoundation.org. By sending your video or quote in, you agree to us using it on our social media and as part of the Celebrating Everyday People campaign.

The deadline for this topic is May 31st 2023.

The Care Experienced Poetry Book
​Digital version

We are delighted to present the Care Experienced Poetry Book!

The Rees Foundation invited care experienced individuals to contribute poetry to a digital book.

We had some personal and amazing pieces of writing that we put together - the result is a truly inspirational digital book.

If you'd like to read the book, just click the link below!

Heal. Learn. Grow:
The Care Leavers Podcast

Our podcast series, Heal. Learn. Grow is specifically designed with care leavers in mind.

​Host Shab, chats to care experienced guests about various aspects in their lives.

If you'd like to listen to any of the episodes, just click on the links below each one. We are always adding new ones, so check back regularly!

If you would like to appear on the podcast, please get in touch! We'd love you to email contactus@reesfoundation.org with a brief introduction on yourself and potential topics you'd like to chat about.

To listen, just click here!

Celebrating Everyday People

We're Celebrating Everyday People - care experienced people! We've got some pieces of writing from care experienced people about their passions in life and they can be big or small!

Would you like to write something for our Celebrating Everyday People campaign? We're looking for care experienced people to write about a big achievement, or something they're proud of.

It can be about absolutely anything, and always, you can remain anonymous if you'd prefer. Just send over your writing to contactus@reesfoundation.org.

To read, just click here!

Get involved!

If you would like to have more information, or if you would like to pitch an idea relating to any of the arts (Fine art, poetry, writing, photography, drama, art etc) please contact us via contactus@reesfoundation.org