ALT Acts of Kindness card number 24: Celebrating 2024 Together. Photograph of dancers and audience members at our 40th anniversary event. Quote reads: “It was lovely to meet new people and share experiences!” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 23: Playful Pavements. Photograph of some young children from Meadow Well working hard to colour in a street art design on the path. Quote reads: “This space is ours. The space in which we live belongs to us.” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 21: Make It Happen, Emily. Photograph of Emily speaking to a large audience at our 40th Anniversary Celebration event in March this year. Quote from Emily reads: “Helix Arts was really great at giving us the skills to do our own event and giving us confidence.” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 20: Falling On Your Feet. Overhead photograph of Falling On Your Feet participants dancing at our 40th Anniversary Celebration event in March this year. Quote from a participant reads: “My personal life is very stressful, like a roller coaster ride. Dance for me is my therapy, I need dance now. I need it!” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 19 – Artists’ Agency Darlington, Lizzie Lovejoy. Photograph of Lizzie illustrating ideas at our 40th Anniversary Festival. Quote reads: “Helix Arts has been absolutely vital to my practice. The mentorship … has helped me grow as an illustrator and community practitioner, knowing how to engage with different community groups in a way that supports them.” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 18 – Narrative Shift, Amy Langdown. Photograph of Amy in front of green foliage. Quote reads: “Amy creates a safe, open space that fosters freedom of expression and collaboration that I’ve never experienced before. Narrative Shift has been and continues to be a wonderful and healing activity for me as a queer disabled person.” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 17 – Here To There Sunderland. Photograph of a painting of a purple flower by one of the participants. Quote reads: “I believe art changes a lot of things in people’s lives.” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 15 – Younity Mural Project. Photograph of a close up of one of the textile banners made by community members and the artists. Quote from artist reads: “It’s important that we unite in the face of hate and bigotry and … elevate members of the community.” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 14 - #Never. Photograph of #Never performance at Helix Arts with artwork from the workshops behind the actor. Quote from Behnam Khazaeli, Head of Public Health Commissioning at North Tyneside Council reads: “#Never is about getting insights from young people around what will change their thinking around drug use.” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 13 – Living Proof. Image of Living Proof poster from 1992 with photograph of Michael Jeffries collaged on top of the image. Quote from Michael Jeffries reads: “I’m very grateful for that boost of confidence and that sense from Helix Arts that You Can Do This Mike. You Can Make This Work.” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 12 – Here To There Mosaics. Photograph of a colourful mosaic of a parrot by one of our participants. Quote from a participant reads: “Trying new skills has been very therapeutic to my healing.” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 11 – Youthforia. Photograph of one of the Youthforia podcast participants speaking into a microphone. Quote from one of the podcast presenters from John Spence Community High School: “If you can’t love yourself then how the hell are you going to love someone else?” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 10 – Useful Stuff for Artists. Black and white photo of artists at a recent Useful Stuff session at Helix Arts HQ in North Shields. Text reads: “Stimulating discussion – encouraged to reflect on own practice, values and motivation.” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.

ALT Acts of Kindness card number 9 – North Shields Public Art Project. Sneak peek at the initial design for the sculptural art work by artist Aaron Li-Hill. Image two people from different cultural backgrounds intertwined against the backdrop of the land in front of North Shields Magistrates Court where it will be sited. Text reads: “What epitomises North Shields is the people.” Also, QR code and text asking people to donate to Helix Arts.