In Focus

Goodbye 👋 📢 Just a heads up: In Focus will no longer be active on X/Twitter. This account will stay up for a short while, but we won’t be posting any new content here. You can now find and follow us over on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/infocu…

📲We’ve recently moved from X to Bluesky, but it’s feeling a bit quiet over there! Drop your Bluesky @s or links in the comments so we can connect and build our communities together!🦋 bsky.app/profile/infocu…

You may have noticed we’ve gone quiet… We’ve said goodbye to X/Twitter ⛓️‍💥 As a small creative charity, we’re focusing on platforms that better align with our values. We’re still active elsewhere—come find us on Bluesky 🦋 🔗 bsky.app/profile/infocu…

🎬✨ Check out these stop-motions created by Compass School students in their Tuesday sessions! 🎥🎭 Taking inspiration from YouTube Shorts, they brought their own creative ideas to life using props and play-doh 👏💡 #InFocus #CreativeLearning

Yesterday, Dev and Faye visited the @UniSouthampton to meet students from a student innovation project. Their CSR research led to insightful recommendations for In Focus. 💡 Huge thanks to both teams for their hard work, reports, and valuable insights! 👏

Join us for a special @diy_southampton And There It Was… celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday! 🎉📖 This one-off event will be held at @ght_soton Arrive from 7pm to view Jane’s writing desk before we start at 7:30pm! ✍️ Free and all materials provided—no booking required!

🎨📸 The Thursday #DSLR1625 group took on the challenge to recreate album covers—and wow, they delivered! Check out their takes on Have Heart's Songs To Scream At The Sun and Linkin Park's From Zero. 🌟 These young people never fail to impress! 💡🔥

Last Saturday, the Jane Who? Club kicked off at @ght_soton with a badge-making workshop using donated Austen pages! 🎨✨ Next up: Blackout Poetry on Sat, 18 Jan, 10:30–11:30. FREE & no booking needed—come get creative! 🖤✍️ #JaneWhoClub #GodsHouseTower

Tuesday’s #DSLR1625 group got creative with stop-motion animation! They explored ideas from dancing coins to dinosaur extinction and animated illustrations!🦖🎥🪙 Know someone aged 16-25 who’d love to join our FREE workshops? All materials provided! 🎨📸register via our bio!

📩✨ We're very excited to have launched a brand new newsletter!! Get updates, see the work created in our sessions, discover ways to support us, and enjoy other exciting projects- plus be the first to know about upcoming events and exhibitions! 💌  shorturl.at/6ZrYE

🎶✨ Tonight, we shot single/album artwork concepts for one of our young participants! Using off-camera flash, distortion filters, & colored lighting, we crafted an ethereal vibe to match their music. 🌈📸 Excited to explore more creative projects! #DSLR1625 @ace_southwest

Our first sessions of the year start next week, and they’ll continue every week as usual! 🗓️ Tues 7th, 6-7:30pm (LGBTQIA+ 16-25yrs)🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🗓️ Weds 8th, 4-5:30pm (Open to all 16-25yrs)👏🏻 🗓️ Thurs 9th, 1-2:30pm (Open to all 16-25yrs)😄 We can’t wait to see you! #DSLR1625

🥳Hello, 2025! We kicked off the year with a fresh new look for our creative space—and we’re loving the results! It’s bigger, brighter, and now there’s even more room for our beautiful creative chaos! 🎨📸 Dates below for our first sessions back!👇

Kristianne headed to the House of Commons yesterday! Their third invitation to Westminster! Thank you so much to @ace_national @ace_southwest  for the invitation to represent In Focus, and all you do to support us! ❤️ #parliament #houseofcommons #ACEsupported

Paper making- messy, unpredictable, and FUN! 🖐️ Our young volunteer and member of the 'Jane Who?' Club taught us to recycle paper shreds & old Jane Austen pages into handmade paper! ♻️ Now, about 60 sheets are drying in our office! 📄✨

The final And There It Was… For The Curious… of 2024 with @diy_southampton was a blast! 🎄 From Christmas raps to snail stories, dark laughs & mince pies! Next one: Weds 8 Jan 2025 🎉 Still FREE. Everything provided (incl. refreshments). Just turn up! 🙌

🎉 The 'Jane Who' club is off to a great start!  As part of the Jane Austen 250 celebrations, @SotonForward asked us to facilitate an 8-week activity for young people at @ght_soton! Next week is going to be very exciting, as we'll be hand making our own writing paper! 📄

🎉 Exciting news! In Focus Education & Development has received a grant from The @Quilter  Foundation’s Local Community Fund! 💫 Kristianne and our Chair of Trustees Rob Francis attended their annual event to celebrate and learn about their work supporting local charities. 🙌

🌟  Are you passionate about ensuring young people across Southampton can access the arts? 🎭  Apply to join @SouthamptonCEP Steering Group📚 Applications close Thurs 5th Dec! 📆 southamptoncep.org.uk/steeringgroupa… 📸Image credit: Nosa Malcolm.

🌟 We wanted to share some behind-the-scenes magic of November! This month, Kristianne had an incredible time with young people at various professional events 🎟️ We'll be doing monthly celebration posts, revealing the little joys and big wins that make In Focus! 🚀💫