94 Acknowledgments I have done my best to remember everyone who has helped out, supported, given us money, time, love, venues, coffee, humour, tears and anything else. If I have missed your name, tell me, and I will add it to the YouTube channel! Firstly, it is important that I thank those who have funded us or given us In Kind support. Arts Council England for providing me with two National Lottery Project Grants in order to run this 2.5 year project and create this publication and the online archive. Rushmoor Borough Council for two town centre grants and also for their support in getting ward grants too, specifically Jenny Atherton and Diane Highet for their continued support throughout the project. To the ward councillors from Aldershot Park Ward, Wellington Ward, North Town Ward and Manor Park Ward for their generosity in sharing their funds to ensure that we had mental health support and Nepali translation for each of the engagement sessions around the town. Special mention to Sophie Porter, Gaynor Austin, Sarah Spalls, Nadia Martin and Jib Belbase who all engaged with the project, came to events, carried around the CWA bag (thanks Sophie!), painted benches (thanks Gaynor!) and genuinely cared about the project and how it could benefit the town. The West End Centre and the team there but especially Bridget Floyer, Alana, Thomas, Simon, Laura, Jules, Daniel and Jonathon for their support, trust, advice, use of the venue for some of our sessions and their gorgeous exhibition space. Hampshire Cultural Trust – support in promoting and interest in the book for their collection! To Simon and Jess, Kath and Lewis, and all the staff from Karuna coffee. Thanks for letting us use your space! The Women’s Art Library, and Althea Greenan for sharing her valuable insights and time to tell us about archiving, and for her interest in having the project archived as part of the WAL at Goldsmiths University in London. During our Initial Research we had help from lots of local people, thank you to: Heather Chalkley, Barney Jeavons, Karen Evans, Viv Dawes, Nikki Acott, Tony McGovern, to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, Labeed from the AMYA and Sameea Jonnud for their contacts, their time interviewing with me, and to Sameea for coming on this journey with us by joining the CWA group! Thank you to the Gurkha Welfare Trust, especially Mehandra, Gary, and Tul who set up the interviews with Gurkha veterans and widows for us in March 2022. To Rohit Gurung and Sushma Gurung, for your unwavering support in the project initially interpreting for us, 95 but in the end being just as much artists as everyone else. Thank you! To the local schools, St Michael’s Junior School, Alderwood Junior School and Alderwood Secondary School for joining in with the 120 Hopes project produced by Candice Camacho and me in association with the West End Centre and Rushmoor Borough Council and Lorna Rees. To the artists who have helped me and the group in so many ways: Jill Kennedy McNeil, in her fascinating work exploring and designing virtual spaces for sharing work and having conversations online/anonymously, including designing and running our virtual exhibition in 2021. Katherine Smith working with me in 2020 exploring distance work, online and recorded conversations and playfulness. Daniel Jeffrey, for his unending support of the project and my work and for his insight into inclusion, neurodiversity and for collaborating with me in testing our performance to camera work. Annis Joslin for mentoring me and sharing your wisdom, love and humour. Daniel Cook who took wonderful photos of our lamppost banners from 2021. El Harper for his incredible tattoo and Sigel designs for exhibition in 2021. Andy Clift, for filming at our exhibition in 2021, tirelessly working with me to make that into a beautiful film, and spending hours photographing, filming and editing for our engagement sessions across 2022! Thanks Andy!! For the artists who worked with the group across the two years, thank you! Annis Joslin for your Film/Photography workshops, Amanda Holiday for your creative writing workshops and Louise Jordan for your music workshops. Lauren Craig and her PA Amanda from Thinking Flowers consultancy, who gently led us through project care, inclusion and legacy. Thank you for holding such a wonderful space for us. Sarah Carne, who quite beautifully guided us in prioritising our giant pile of content, allowing us to create the structure of the archive and book. For the engagement sessions during 2022 Rohit Gurung, Sushma Gurung again for interpreting beautifully as always, to Carl Sharples for unending enthusiasm, energy, practicality, mental health awareness and support for those who engaged with us, and especially for your gazebo experience!! And to our young supporter, Amelie Davies whose friendliness and confidence was essential for our engagement at picnic and pop and at the Cambridge school! Thank you to the local organisations who supported our engagement sessions, Aldershot Lido, Aldershot and Fleet Rugby Club. Picnic and Pop Festival, The Garrison Community
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