Pick Me Up! 21-Jul-2022

Brainstorming, I took to planning my next university assignment. It was exam season already and after working as a salesperson for the last few years, I wanted to retrain in a career that I really wanted. So, after some careful consideration, I registered for a degree in youth work with The Open University, in 2017. As part of our end of year assignment, we had to submit a work-based project. Growing up, working, and training in Cherry Tree, Romiley, I knew I wanted to help my local community. Living here on a council estate myself when I was younger, it seemed like people were always looked down on. Yet, I could see past this. Romiley was full of individuals who needed help and support, rather than a mean judgement. I…

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Stepping out under the spotlight, my stomach filled with a huge excitement. Turning to my side, I gazed at the glamorous superstar in front of me. And that superstar was my mum, Sam, then 30. At just 11, I was used to seeing my mum dressed to the nines, wrapped up in celebrity life and Hollywood. But anywhere Mum went, my brother Denny, then two, and I got to go, too. This time around, we were joining her on the red carpet for the premiere of Herbie Fully Loaded, starring mum’s boyfriend at the time, Michael Keaton. It was a magical experience, and something children my age would dream to do, so standing there next to my mum, I knew we all very lucky. As cameras flashed, my mum’s beauty…

Deciding to stay at my dad’s for the night, I sat comfortably on his sofa. I would visit him every now and then, living just the next town over from my mum in Essex. Whilst he was finishing his shift at work, I chilled in the living room. Hearing a buzz on the coffee table, I picked up my phone. ‘Hello,’ I cheered, answering the call from my nan Lesley, 68. ‘There’s been an accident… Denny’s dead,’ she cried. ‘Pardon?’ I asked, shocked that she would even say anything like that. Only she repeated the exact same words. ‘What happened?’ I stammered, tears streaming. ‘Denny was on his bike when he went round a bend, there was a reversing car and he hit it,’ she answered. ‘He’ll be OK though,’…

After the success of the first two seasons of The LoveCrafts Show, podcast hosts Merion Willis and Jamie Chalmers, are back with a new line up fabulous guests and discussions on all things craft! Listen now on your favourite podcast platform. How did you both get into craft? Jamie: ‘I started cross stitching nearly 20 years ago as I wanted something to do on a long-haul flight and I thought it would be funny to see how people reacted to a big man getting his stitch on. I fell in love with the meditative, mindful creativity of it pretty quickly!’ Merion: ‘My grandma taught me to knit when I was little, but I always had a passion for making things. I started knitting and crocheting again when my children were…