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ABOUT PHOTOVOICE

PhotoVoice’s Vision and Mission

PhotoVoice’s vision is for a world in which no one is denied the opportunity to speak out and be heard. Our mission is to build skills within underrepresented, disadvantaged and marginalised communities. To achieve this, we utilise innovative participatory photography and digital storytelling methods. These skills enable individuals to represent themselves and create tools for advocacy and communication. Through this, and through working in partnership, we deliver positive social change.

Why photography?

Photography is a highly flexible tool that crosses cultural and linguistic barriers, and can be adapted to all abilities. Its power lies in its dual role as both art form and way to record facts.

It provides an accessible way to describe realities, communicate perspectives, and raise awareness of social and global issues.

Its low cost and ease of dissemination encourages sharing and increases the potential to generate dialogue and discussion.

How do we work?

Working in partnerships with other charities, NGOs and community organisations, PhotoVoice designs and delivers tailor-made participatory photography, digital storytelling and self-advocacy projects for socially excluded groups. Our pioneering and award-winning approach brings together arts, media, development, campaigning, and social change to deliver projects that enable voice, build skills, deliver advocacy and work towards sustainable change. We ensure that we:

• Design and develop projects specific to communities, issues and needs, and based on engagement with them

• Promote the imagery produced from the projects by utilising media, events and exhibitions• Provide consultancy, training, materials and resources to organisations wishing to use

participatory photography in their work• Promote appropriate use of participatory photography by international development

and local grassroots organisations by promoting knowledge sharing, setting standards, providing best practices, training and related consultancy services

• Provide support for UK and International efforts to bring about social change by providing insight, case study, and support for advocacy

Where do we work?

PhotoVoice works in the UK and internationally with individuals, local communities, and partner organisations.

CONTENTS 1. About PhotoVoice 3 2. Message from the Chair 53. Staff and Trustees 64. Projects - World Map 85. International Projects 106. UK Projects 127. Communications and Fundraising 168. Notable Activities 189. Development Progress 2210. Funding 24

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2014-15

‘Friendship means something very beautiful in life. A fake friend is there for you, but when it gets dark they leave you.’© Salha 2014 / World Vision UK / PhotoVoice

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‘My fore fathers learnt through life experience, their education passed down orally to them from their fathers. My own father lived till 153, one of the oldest living human beings, undocumented officially by a birth certificate.’© She Abdulkadir Tuka 2014 / PhotoVoice / Overseas Development Institute

Since being established as a charity in 2003, PhotoVoice has delivered dozens of high-quality participatory photography projects. It has worked all over the world, helping to use photography to ensure that underrepresented communities and individuals are able to have their experiences understood, and their voices heard.

This has led to some major accomplishments over the years, with high-profile exhibitions and events, innovative projects and activities, and a number of dedicated supporters who have championed our work.

To say that PhotoVoice has undergone significant change during 2014-15 might be an understatement. In the twelve months that this report covers, much has altered, including the launch of a new brand and website, major changes to the staff and board of trustees; including a new Chair and CEO, an office relocation as of May 2015, and significant work to ensure that PhotoVoice is able to be responsive to the new challenges and opportunities in the months and years ahead.

This new strategic direction seeks to be faithful to the core values that the organisation was founded on, while making sure it is able to thrive and grow in what can be a challenging environment for small charities.

Increasing efforts are being made to consider the social change that can be delivered through our projects, with renewed emphasis on longer-term projects, rigorous evaluation and in-house learning, and strengthened engagement with organisations which can benefit from the insights that our projects can deliver.

This has already led to some positive stories and feedback from project participants and partners, and engagement with new audiences, partners, and organisations.

PhotoVoice’s future work plans are exciting, and we’re looking forward to continuing the groundbreaking work to help ensure that nobody is denied the opportunity to speak out and be heard.

The last twelve months have also presented challenges as well as opportunities. With funding for many small charities remaining an issue, PhotoVoice has needed to find ways to reduce costs and identify new areas of income, all while delivering an ambitious programme of projects.

I’m incredibly grateful for the hard work and efforts of both the staff team and trustees in helping to achieve this. I’m also very sad to have said goodbye to a number of valued colleagues both in the team and on the board over the the last twelve months. Their input and efforts have helped PhotoVoice immeasurably.

However, the expertise and support offered by new board members is already starting to make a positive contribution to PhotoVoice’s work, along with new team members who bring a variety of different skills and backgrounds to the important work that we undertake.

I know that the next twelve months will help us to consolidate and grow our important role in helping to ensure that photography remains a powerful tool to deliver positive social change.

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Fiona HammondChair of Trustees

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STAFF AND TRUSTEES

PhotoVoice StaffChief Executive Tom Elkins Institutional Support Nic Pursey Projects Manager Becky WarnockProjects Manager Kate Watson PhotoVoice TrusteesChair Fiona HammondTreasurer Ross Campbell

Other TrusteesSimon Butt Steve MarshallMichaela Petermann Marc Schlossman Howard Sharman Russell WatkinsTom Wipperman

PatronsNick Danziger Sarah Moon

The cable and the shoes they’ve got to be on the booze! © MarcMc 2014 / Healthy n Happy / PhotoVoice

“I feel like I’m flying when I play football.”© Ahd L 2014 / World Vision UK / PhotoVoice

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PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES IN 2014-15

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SELECTED INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS IN 2014-15

Development ProgressBad news about development often crowds out the good, but greater progress is being made today than at any other time in history, with poverty rates falling and quality of life rising for many people around the world.Statistics can tell us a lot about the official story of progress, but what about the experience of those living at the grassroots? What does development look and feel like from the perspective of those who live it every day? To find out, PhotoVoice worked in partnership with the Overseas Development Institute, and ran photography workshops in six countries - Peru, China, Nepal, Tunisia, Ghana, and Ethiopia, to give community members the skills and equipment needed to share their experiences and perspectives.

MAMPUPhotoVoice worked in partnership as part of a programme designed to understand and address issues relating to Indonesian women affected by migrant work. The project, ‘Empowering Indonesian Women for Poverty Reduction’, or Mampu, is part of a series of activities designed to help increase access to jobs and social protection, improve conditions for overseas labour migration, and combat violence against women. To help contribute to this programme, PhotoVoice delivered workshops with 24 women affected by migrant work on two Indonesian islands; West Nusa Tenggara (Central Lombok District) and East Nusa Tenggara (Lembata District).

MyPharmPhotoVoice worked in partnership with Christian Aid as part of on-going programme called MyPharm, which aimed to help rural farmers to increase income from their agricultural activities.PhotoVoice delivered workshops with 42 farmers in 3 districts of Northern Ghana. Participants used photography to capture the benefits, challenges and successes experienced through Christian Aid’s programme over a one year period, thereby building a ‘story of change’.

And We Shall Find Tales in the Shadows PhotoVoice partnered with World Vision UK on a project working with a group of Syrian refugee and host community young people in Jordan.The project worked with survivors of the biggest humanitarian crisis of this century. Hundreds of people are fleeing their homes in Syria every day to become internally displaced or refugees in neighbouring countries, such as Jordan. By sharing their stories through photography, they allow us a unique glimpse into their lives.

© Rukisa / Mampu / Photovoice

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SELECTED UK PROJECTS IN 2014-15

TouchBase – A multi-sensory project with Sense UK

PhotoVoice worked in partnership to develop a pilot sensory photography project with national charity Sense, who support and campaign for people who are deafblind or with sensory impairment. Sense recognise that art is an important tool of expression for adults and children who are deafblind – whether this is as artists, participants or as an audience. To support this aspect of their work, Sense has been expanding their portfolio of arts and wellbeing work. The participatory photography project with PhotoVoice contributed to this on-going programme, as well as providing the opportunity to showcase their latest redeveloped centre, TouchBase South East in Barnet. The pilot will be completed in 2015-16.

Having Our Say

Building on the successful completion of Having Our Say Too, which worked with young people in the UK affected by or at risk of sexual exploitation, a third phase of the project was developed during 2014-15.

Having Our Say3 will look at three new areas where young people are at risk of sexual exploitation and will run until 2017. New resources and toolkits will be developed to help practitioners and other workers to provide more effective support for young people, based on materials generated through the workshops.

Voice of Freedom

PhotoVoice developed its Voice of Freedom project which began in 2013, and worked with women in Israel who had escaped trafficking in the Sudan and Sinai. The project developed in 2014-15, in partnership with the Helen Bamber Foundation and Leila Segal, with workshops involving women in the UK from a variety of countries who had been affected by trafficking.

Photographs from the project were exhibited at Amnesty International UK and Matrix Chambers.

Thinking Differently

PhotoVoice worked with the Healthy n Happy Community Trust, exploring the role of alcohol in a community in Scotland, leading to exhibitions and dialogue between different ages.

“Scarred by my past.”© Charlie Jo Mavin 2012 / NSPCC / PhotoVoice

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“A dream to make a change and protect migrant workers and their family; I describe migrant worker’s right as a painting of fingers as a symbol of their voice. Realizing the importance of and the increasing number of problems faced by migrant workers, it is expected that destination countries can adopt and apply basic principles on their treatment to migrant workers and their family.”

©NurulHana / 2015 / Mampu / PhotoVoice

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COMMUNICATIONS AND FUNDRAISING

New Website and Brand

In October 2014, PhotoVoice launched a new website, based on a new brand. The event, which was held at the Getty Images Gallery, also launched a new membership scheme.

Membership

In October 2014, as part of a new brand and website relaunch, PhotoVoice launched a new membership scheme. The scheme, designed to provide incentives for supporters of the organisation in the form of discounts on photography prints and services, reductions on other products, and discounts on PhotoVoice events and training.

The membership also offers different tiers to attract different people, ranging from £20 for students, to £1000 for platinum members. By the end of 2014-15, this membership scheme had already generated income which exceeded the previous ‘Friends’ scheme, as well as establishing strong links within the photographic community.

Photo Voices

All PhotoVoice members recieve a quarterly publication ‘Photo Voices’, which showcases photographs from our projects and those of others who are using photography for social change.

theprintspace PhotoVoice Awards

PhotoVoice began a new partnership with theprintspace, launching a quarterly photographic competition. The competition invited submissions which interpreted some of the values which underpin PhotoVoice’s work.

Events and Activities

PhotoVoice held a number of events during the year, including stands and talks at the London Art Fair, the Photography Show, the o2 Hub, Amnesty International UK, Matrix Chambers, the Royal Geographical Society, and others.

“We have seen the impact photographs can have, we have experienced that this is a way of empowering those in need to be heard, and we believe that the participants not only benefit from this themselves, but also that it can inform decision makers about topics that could otherwise have been overlooked.”

Training Participant, Norway

© Amina 2014 / ODI / PhotoVoice

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MAY - JUNE

Fieldwork starts on a project in Jordan with a group of young Syrian refugees in host communities, considering gender in conflict’. Photographs from this project are showcased at the Global Summit for Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict, hosted by the UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and Angelina Jolie in London.

The final fieldwork phase of the ‘CAFOD Wash’ project is completed in Zimbabwe, looking at water and sanitation health. .

Fieldwork starts for Development Progress.

APRIL

Photographs from the project Voice of Freedom are exhibited at Amnesty International UK.

PhotoVoice hosts a fundraising auction of prints, hosted by comedian Jack Dee

Bianca Tennant and Victoria Omobuwajo, PhotoVoice bursary recipients, present awards at the Amnesty International Youth Awards

Fieldwork takes place in Tunisia for Development Progress, the partnership with the Overseas Development Institute.

NOTABLE ACTIVITIES

© Aduku Matilda 2014 / ODI / PhotoVoice

JULY - AUGUST

PhotoVoice gives a keynote plenary talk at the CATS conference in Caux, Switzerland.

FIeldwork continues for Development Progress.

NOTABLE ACTIVITIES

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER

PhotoVoice launches its new strategic direction, website, brand and membership scheme at an event held at Getty Images Gallery in London.

© Christie Lau/PhotoVoice

© Matt Daw / PhotoVoice

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NOVEMBER - DECEMBER

Photographs from the ‘Voice of Freedom’ project are exhibited at Matrix Chambers, London.

Coinciding with the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, PhotoVoice and Voice of Freedom host an evening of films and photography about modern slavery at the O2 Hub.

PhotoVoice delivers consultancy training in Norway.

NOTABLE ACTIVITIES

JANUARY

PhotoVoice hosts a panel discussion and exhibition as part of the London Art Fair. The panel discussion considers the use of photography and conflict.

© Destah Getaneh / 2013 / Voice of Freedom / PhotoVoice

NOTABLE ACTIVITIESFEBRUARY

The first theprintspace PhotoVoice awards opens, with the theme ‘Stories of Reflection’. Tim Flach is the judge, with Yanina Shevchenko the winner.

The Royal Geographical Society exhibit images from PhotoVoice’s partnership with the Overseas Development Institute, and host a panel discussion on the use of images in international development work.

MARCH

Fieldwork begins on a new project in two islands in Indonesia with the organisation MAMPU. The project looks at the issues affecting women involved with migrant labour.

Simon Norfolk and Tim Flach present talks on behalf of PhotoVoice at the Photography Show in Birmingham.

FIeldwork is completed in Ghana as part of the project ‘MyPharm’ in partnership with Christian Aid.

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DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS

The ‘Through the people’s lens’ project that ODI ran in partnership with PhotoVoice in 2014-2015 has really met and exceeded our expectations in many ways.

The project has gathered a rich, detailed and diverse set of views on the progress achieved by six countries over the last two decades across multiple complex issues.

The stories told by participants reflect the time and skill invested by PhotoVoice facilitators to really draw out their perspectives on an issue and create an environment where they felt able to speak freely and in considerable nuance and depth.

The photographs produced by participants are of a very high standard – attracting the attention of national media – and several researchers across the Institute have remarked on the extent to which the project, far from just being useful from a ‘communications’ perspective, has served to triangulate their research findings and shown them the potential of such innovative research methods as participatory photography.

The two week exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society generated considerable interest – with approx. 1000 visitors – and a special evening event generated further buzz and interest.

From start to finish, we had full confidence in PhotoVoice to source the right local partners, find and engage a diverse set of participants, conduct the workshops both sensitively and ethically, take on board our feedback (reacting flexibly and constructively to suggestions) and deliver the final assets to deadline, budget and quality standards.

We hope the workshops have had far-reaching benefits for the participants and communities involved beyond those experienced by ODI. We look forward to working with PhotoVoice over the coming year to understand these – and also take the photographs and digital stories to a truly global audience at the UN General Assembly and a range of other events.

Katy HarrisCommunications Manager

Overseas Development Institute

“I think the days of the great white photographer coming and taking photographs to show to Europeans is over, or at least I hope it might be. I think what PhotoVoice is doing is much more interesting.”

Simon Norfolk

“This is a male sex worker, hanging out in a place where MSMs gather at night to meet. He became HIV Positive 5 years ago but has not yet started treatment. At the moment he is healthy but he has not been retested for over a year. He is Christian and prefers to trust in God to protect him.

He is worried that if he goes to access services his clients may find out and they will no longer go to him. He relies on sex work for money for his future.He is careful to always carry condoms so as not to spread the disease, but if his status became public he worries that he might lose his livelihood.”

© Arkar 2014 / International HIV / AIDS Alliance / PhotoVoice

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Comic Relief UKNetwork for Social ChangeWilliams Serendipity TrustJocarno FundVovos Better World FundThe Evan Cornish FoundationPositive ViewGarfield Weston Foundation

LIDCLondon Arts FairFujiLeicaThe Photography ShowLevy FoundationThe Worshipful Company of Weavers

PhotoVoice extends its thanks to all our funders as well as the numerous office interns, project volunteers, donors and PhotoVoice members, including:

FUNDERS

HOW FUNDING IS SPENT

Fundraising-­‐10%

Projects-­‐68%

Communications-­‐21%

Support0%

Governance-­‐1%

“I never had any political voice in my community, and nobody ever discussed any issues with me in our youth meetings, but after I been doing this project, the people of my community started to value me more because I was always photographing all the issues that were affecting us.”

Project Participant, Ghana