Brave day collaborators & partners
Brave Day regularly collaborates on projects with trusted and like-minded creative partners - purpose-led storytelling specialists and organisations who embrace co-production and co-creation as a valuable way to connect and engage people in a creative and meaningful way.
Caroline is a long-term, valued creative partner of Brave Day.
A brilliant 20-year career, producing creative events for BBC Contains Strong Language Festival, Manchester Libraries Festival, Manchester Literature Festival, RFK Ripples of Hope, and Festival Poetic Declaration.
Her calm, friendly and good-humoured nature makes her a delight to work with and highly regarded by clients.
Freelance Creative Producer
CAROLINE KELLY
Parvez qadir
Creative Director and Writer. Founder of Breaking Barriers CIC
Parvez is a dynamic and talented writer/theatre and film director with a passion for amplifying stories in communities and education for young people.
Brave Day has worked in collaboration with Breaking Barriers CIC for the past 5 years on many projects that aim to educate and change the narrative on issues such as child criminal exploitation, human rights, diversity and inclusion, stereotypes of Muslim young women, mental health and wellbeing in young children and adults, especially during Covid lockdown.
We are currently partnering on
A project for Rochdale Town Hall restoration, creating a binaural audio piece and animated video-photography to be a permanent installation for visitors to enjoy.
A Heritage Lottery-funded film following the progression of a project with Rochdale Connections Trust exploring the canals and environment around Littleborough.
Crossing The Line touring monologue, written by Parvez, to primary schools across Greater Manchester to educate pupils about the dangers of child criminal exploitation.
Jodie is an exceptionally experienced Creative Producer, Programmer, and Project Manager specialising in festivals and city-wide initiatives that engage local communities in the arts.
Proven commitment and ability to successfully deliver high-quality creative events, performances, and festivals, both locally produced and nationally toured.
As well as her work with Breaking Barriers CIC, she has produced events and creative content for Manchester International Festival, HOME Manchester, and is a project manager for Manchester Independents.
Freelance Creative Producer Exec Producer of Breaking Barriers CIC
Jodie Ratcliffe
Nicola Appleby
Communications Specialist Unique Creative Communications
Nicola is a communications specialist, working mainly with NHS, public health, and public sector organisations in Greater Manchester and the North West. She has worked closely with Bury Council and NHS Bury CCG since 2019, most recently with the public health team on video content to support the Health Improvement Fund.
Nicola is a creative, sensitive, and experienced video producer, ensuring that content looks great and has real purpose and impact on organisational objectives.
We recently collaborated with Nicola to run a series of basic and intermediary video skills and storytelling workshops for NHS employees at Greater Manchester Integrated Care. After successful feedback, we are developing the workshops to deliver to more people working within the NHS, and other organisations.
Ryan Murrell Videography
https://www.ryanmurrellvideography.com
Ryan Murrell
Ryan has been a brilliant creative partner and friend of Brave Day for the past 7 years. Having volunteered to help us with a filming shoot, while a student at Salford University, he has been our go-to creative filmmaker, when we need additional help, ever since. This is due to his never-ending friendliness and enthusiasm, as well as his great video skills. He has grown his own successful videography business but loves to help out with our projects whenever he can because he cares about the work we do and wants to remain a part of the team.
Founder of Brilliant Thing CIC Culture-making, creative thinking and strategy design
https://www.brilliantthing.co.uk
kerry tottingham
A Brilliant Thing C.I.C. supports collaborative, community-rooted work to establish, make a difference, and lead positive change through coaching, consultancy, courses and workshops focused on culture-making, creative thinking and strategy design. Her previous experience of being an artist, a team manager in the NHS, and for the community focused charity Action Together, means she has a unique perspective on collaboration, creativity, social value, and connecting people across sectors.
It’s why Kerry and Kirstie creatively collaborate so well together on projects, and are good friends - we both want to create good things in the world that matter and lead to positive change.
Hafsah Aneela Bashir
Award winning Poet and Producer
Hafsah is a Manchester-based poet, playwright, and performer originally from East London. Founder and co-director of Outside The Frame Arts, she is passionate about championing voices outside the mainstream.
Hafsah collaborated with Breaking Barriers CIC and Brave Day for a mixed media, creative project ‘Changing the Narrative’, commissioned by Prof. Farzana Shain of Goldsmiths University, exploring the lived experience of young Muslim women today.
We have since collaborated on several poetry and film projects that help people to explore ideas, themes, and experiences.
@jerwoodarts Poetry Fellow 2019| DIR @poetryhealthservice |Board Trustee @mcrcityoflit | Associate 2020 @oldhamcoliseum | Comm Producer @aiucentre Insta @redwizz1
Founder of JoinedUp Dance Company, and founder member of Feral Arts School, Hull
https://www.joinedupdance.com
https://www.feralartschool.org
Jackie Goodman
Kirstie met Jackie when asked to film a dance and poetry workshop in rehearsal for BBC Contains Strong Language Festival 2017. Kirstie offered to create some video-art projections for the stage and this led to a subsequent 5 year fruitful, creative partnership.
Together we went on to create three pieces of poetry-inspired dance choreography, with video projection being an integral part of the performance.
We also helped to film a series of online art tutorials for Feral Art School.
We are currently working towards a new dance piece for 2023.
our work
Below is a small selection of digital media and video content that we’ve had the pleasure of creating for our clients and collaborative partners - for promotion, education, and case studies.
Brave Day worked collaboratively with RFK Human Rights UK for over a year 2021-2022 to help promote the work they do with schools and communities across the UK, for content on their website and for the Ripples of Hope Festival in @HOME Manchester.
Crossing The Line is written by Parvez Qadir and produced by Breaking Barriers CIC. The promo we produced shows the impact of this touring monologue across 55 primary schools in Greater Manchester to educate children about child criminal exploitation.
BBC Contains Strong Language Festival have been collaborative partners with Brave Day since its launch at Hull City of Culture in 2017. Now in its 7th year, we continue to support with video content for the festival and promotional highlights.
Stories We Tell by Breaking Barriers CIC, is a collaborative mixed media project sharing stories from the diverse community of Deeplish, Rochdale. A 20 minute binaural audio walking tour, with pop up video projection elements, by Brave Day, appearing in shops, windows and playgrounds.
This Is Us is a year long educational project commissioned by RFK Human Rights UK. Breaking Barriers and Brave Day collaborated on creative workshop sessions at Falinge Park High School, to document the experience and create a film for Ripples of Hope Festival @HOME.
The Roots Programme is a pioneering educational initiative bringing together young people and adults from diverse background to find common ground, through connection, compassion and curiosity. Brave Day filmed the sessions to create this promotional film.
testimonial
“Kirstie is a rare mix of super creative and totally grounded - with an excellent and very useful network of creative collaborators.
On our project she’s been a brilliant listener, turning complex ideas and vague hunches into a succinct and compelling film. She’s incredibly patient and great at working with young people. And perhaps most importantly, she’s a lovely human.”
David Heinemann - Co-Director of The Roots Programme
“Thank YOU Kirstie. You have captured the spirit of Contains Strong Language so well in all your films. You have a sharp eye and a big heart. Thanks so much for all your work over the years . You are very much part of the festival.”
Testimonial
Sue Roberts - BBC Audio North head of Culture Arts and & Music