Care-experienced young people present SIX STEPS and share new creative work at a Hull and East Yorkshire event.

The Verbatim Formula presents

CREATIVITY AND CARE EXPERIENCE: Resources and Opportunities in Hull and East Yorkshire

Join us to:

Explore SIX STEPS, a creative digital resource co-designed by care-experienced young people

Learn and exchange information on opportunities for care-experienced young people across Hull and East Yorkshire Region.

The Verbatim Formula (TVF) invites practitioners, participation professionals, youth workers, artists, researchers and organisations working with care-experienced children and young people to a special event to present SIX STEPS, an innovative digital resource designed by care-experienced young people, for care-experienced young people.

This lively morning will offer the opportunity to experience the resource first-hand, hear directly from care-experienced facilitators, and explore how creative practice can strengthen participation, confidence, identity and advocacy within Children in Care Councils and other youth settings.

Rather than a traditional presentation, participants will take part in practical activities drawn from the resource, reflect on their relevance for young people in Hull City Region, and contribute ideas that will help inform the next stage of SIX STEPS' national development.

TVF will also invite attendees to take inspiration from the resource and explore what kinds of creative opportunities we would like to see for care-experienced young people in Hull and East Yorkshire Region. The event is an opportunity to celebrate and spread awareness of the opportunities that already exist, as well as dreaming big about the possibilities for future creative practice in the region.

Details:

Thursday, 19th November 2026

11am to 1.30pm

at University of Hull - Larkin Drama Studio Room

Address:

Event Programme:

10.30am - Arrival, registration and refreshments

11am - 1.30pm (with 10-15min break) - SIX STEPS: Interactive Dissemination Workshop and Discussion on local opportunities:

Experience activities from the digital resource

Meet TVF's care-experienced facilitators

Explore creative approaches to participation

Reflect on local opportunities and gaps for care-experienced young people

Accessibility information:

Please come to the XXXX Street entrance of XXX where you will be met and taken to the event. There is a lift available. Please let us know if you have any other access requirements.

Feel free to have a look at SIX STEPS here:

https://theverbatimformula.org.uk/home/six-steps/ (https://theverbatimformula.org.uk/home/six-steps/)

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SIX STEPS: A Creative Digital Resource developed by The Verbatim Formula.

Made by care-experienced young people for care-experienced young people.

About The Verbatim Formula (TVF)

The Verbatim Formula (TVF) is a participatory arts collective based at Queen Mary University of London, where the project is produced by People's Palace Projects. It is co-led by Dr Maggie Inchley (QMUL) and Dr Sylvan Baker (CSSD) who work alongside care-experienced young adults engaging them as co-investigators within our practice-led research. We use creative techniques and our cross-sector work has contributed to inclusive debates across HE, Social Care, museums, Arts Centres and sometimes theatres. TVF brings experts by experience into policy and legislative spaces. We’ve even performed at the National Theatre!

TVF's work is funded by Queen Mary University of London, The Portal Trust, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Arts Council England and UK Government. TVF has won the Theatre and Research Performance Association prize for Transformative Research (2023), the UK KE Award for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Knowledge Exchange (2024), and was shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award (2024).

Find out more about TVF here: https://theverbatimformula.org.uk/ (https://theverbatimformula.org.uk/)

About Reuben Sisson (freelance drama practitioner)

Reuben Sisson is a doctoral researcher at the University of Hull and submitted his PhD thesis in July 2026. The title of his practice-as-research work was, Platforming Care Experienced Voices using Storytelling, Verbatim and Applied Drama Techniques - A Trauma-Informed, Practice-as-Research Exploration. His work explores engaging the care experienced community creatively whilst prioritising agency surrounding how individuals wish for their stories to be told. Reuben is also care-experienced himself which informs his way of working. His research largely implements an ethics of care through practice and he advocates for more consistent creative work to be conducted in Hull and Yorkshire where this work is inconsistent but needed.

Reuben is a great admirer of TVF. Influenced by their work, Reuben’s research views the care-experienced individuals involved as co-researchers too.

About SIX STEPS

SIX STEPS was designed by TVF co-researchers to be used by participation officers and you

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