Community

battling suicide morecambe

Morecambe: The Fringe, Paul and Staring at Walls

Follow the Battling Suicide Tour and help us make a difference on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter !  We met Matt Panesh at the Edinburgh Fringe. “Come to Morecombe on your way down.” So we did. The Morecambe Fringe is Matt’s baby. He’s coddled it up into his Alt Space shop on Yorkshire road. “We are just planting the acorns,” he

Morecambe: The Fringe, Paul and Staring at Walls Read More »

Hope Virgo for 5asideChess

Guest Post: Is Having Anorexia Glamorous?

Words By: Hope Virgo Follow the Battling Suicide Tour and help us make a difference on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter !  Hope Virgo is the Author of Stand Tall Little Girl and a leading advocate for people with eating disorders. Described by Richard Mitchell, CEO of Sherwood Forest Hospital as “sharing a very powerful story with a huge impact”.  Hope helps employers including

Guest Post: Is Having Anorexia Glamorous? Read More »

battling suicide tour 5asidechess

Hannah’s Story: It Takes a Country to Raise a Nation.

Follow the Battling Suicide Tour and help us make a difference on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter !  Time chides when you’re living in a slum, and Hannah’s upbringing has been a slow one. She is telling me her story in a city in the middle of England. It’s been hot for weeks. The grass on the side of the roads

Hannah’s Story: It Takes a Country to Raise a Nation. Read More »

Battling Suicide Fringe Festival

The Battling Suicide Tour – Edinburgh Fringe 6th-31st August

The 5asideCHESS team set out on the Battling Suicide Tour on July 19th, raising awareness of suicide prevention and promoting good mental health. All through building connections and chatting. And after two weeks are happy to confirm a residency at the: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, at the GrassMarket from August 6th to the 31st Close to

The Battling Suicide Tour – Edinburgh Fringe 6th-31st August Read More »

Art Football and Connection: The Football Tournament in Russia You Don’t Know About

There’s a man dressed in lilac, dolled up in violet, under a plastic purple tree, shuffling along the grey concrete of Moscow. He is a shaded tulip among the dead stone apartments that crawl, grey-legged, into the Russian sky. Even the rotting metal balconies can’t take my eyes off him as he grimaces, dragging a

Art Football and Connection: The Football Tournament in Russia You Don’t Know About Read More »

chess bag travel 5asidechess

What is 5asideCHESS?

What is 5asideCHESS? Do you need 5 players? No, wait, you need 10 players, right? Hold on, is this something to do with football? Thankyou generic person in generic cafe, they are all great questions, but sadly you are generically wrong on all generic accounts. The questions are valid, though, so let me explain what

What is 5asideCHESS? Read More »