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Our mission is to amplify silenced voices for systems change.
“I appreciate people who dare to think outside the box to broaden their horizons. I appreciate people who feel a lot and open their hearts at the right moment. I appreciate people who go their own ways, get a picture of themselves and do not let themselves be controlled from the outside. I appreciate people who have empathy.
I appreciate people who do not seek their wealth in power, money and other material things, but discover their wealth in themselves. I try to live that way, but not because my mind dictates to me or I learned it at school, but because it is a need of my heart. And that’s why I always feel who I can trust.”
“Ich schätze Menschen, die sich getrauen, über den Tellerrand zu blicken, um so den eigenen Horizont zu erweitern. Ich schätze Menschen, die viel spüren und ihr Herz im richtigen Moment öffnen. Ich schätze Menschen, die ihre eigenen Wege gehen, sich selbst ein Bild machen und sich nicht von außen steuern lassen. Ich schätze Menschen, die Empathie haben. Ich schätze Menschen, die ihren Reichtum nicht in Macht, Geld und anderen materiellen Dingen suchen, sondern in sich ihren Reichtum entdecken. Ich versuche, so zu leben, jedoch nicht, weil es mein Verstand mir vorschreibt oder ich es in der Schule gelernt habe, sondern weil es ein Bedürfnis meines Herzens ist. Und deshalb werde ich immer spüren, wem ich vertrauen kann. ”
Acknowledge our history, build a stage for herstory
Ask questions about our shadows and never forget to dance
The Welcome Tent
VALUES & ACTIVISM
“16,000 miles from Calais to Greece in an ex-army catering tent repurposed for peace.” The Welcome Tent provided the space for our Recipes of HOPE project and journey. Collaborations with The Angel Microbrewery, United Kingdom; Den Nye Havn, Rethinking Activism Festival in Denmark; De Huiskamer, Dutch Design Week, The Netherlands; Hans Sauer Stiftung, Germany; Paris Refugee Ground Support, France; Kamba and Ricetta Milano, Italy; Schmatz, Switzerland; Communitism and Refugee Village for Freedom, Greece.
Felix describing The Welcome Tent journey between October 2017 to January 2018.
The Welcome Tent at Huiskamer, Dutch Design Week, 2017
‘DunDEED’
AWARD-WINNING
Global design research prize awarded by Design Indaba and the European Academy of Design for the Recipes of HOPE project, which uses food as a universal language for inter cultural community building
‘MECS Passy’
in The Welcome Tent
PARTNERSHIPS
Continuing to work alongside Refugee and displaced youth in Haute Savoie, France, now in collaboration with MECS Passy, Chamonix Welcome Collective and Ascensions Festival (Boutch-à-Boutch). In May 2025 food was prepared with young people housed at MECs Passy for the Ascensions Festival crew. Huge thanks to Boutch-à-Boutch for their donation to The Welcome Tent.
We Are The Unheard Academy
SYSTEMS CHANGE
Emma is honoured to be part of the We Are the Unheard Academy. Founder Eve Horne has created an incredible PPL funded programme addressing the critical need for gender equity and diversity in the music industry. The course covers electronic music production and engineering using Ableton Live.
Storytelling
WITH PURPOSE
“Lift one foot and put it in front of the other, if you keep moving the road is created by itself”.
Mukakalisa Mukahagumakuramba, Founder of MukaCariza, sharing her story at Dutch Design Week 2018. Filmed by Dawit Hailu, Founder of Custom Queen Media
Reframing Migration
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
“Migration is social innovation, where "people on the move" are welcomed and collaborate as equals, generating value for everyone. By learning from each other we will find more similarities than differences, that enable us to live well together.” From a report in partnership with the Design for Innovation and Sustainability Network founded by Professor Ezio Manzini.
Peace Garden
Weaving and planting a peace garden in the spirit of The Welcome Tent, in the foothills of the French Alps overlooking Mont Blanc.
“They tried to bury us, they did not know we were seeds”, Dinos Christianopoulos
Rediscovering Celtic folklore
KNOW YOUR ROOTS
Emma is exploring Celtic traditional music and culture from across Europe, notably Ireland and Bretagne. She has been researching folk and maritime songs from past centuries and is performing a lively setlist in English and Breton across Haute Savoie with The Burning Boots.
The Dementia Diaries
CREATIVE INCLUSION
“These are not just diaries, they are a real beacon of hope of the future’, Angela Rippon, OBE
Social Innovation Lab Kent
STARTING WITH PEOPLE
A partnership with Engine Service Design in 2007, SILK was the first social innovation lab in UK government. For ten years, Emma led the team which was described as the “conscience of the organisation” by Debra Exall, Head of Policy, Kent County Council.
Why we have chosen HOPE, a discussion with @yalinidream and @bitter_melanin
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