Last month we launched a photo competition to mark Carers Week 2020 on the theme of “making caring visible”. We are now extending the deadline for submissions to 31st July 2020.
Please help us to make the experiences of unpaid carers visible to a wider audience by sending an image that captures an aspect of your lockdown life to centre@coel.org.uk.
You may wish to send a photo that illustrates:
• your resilience or resourcefulness in coping with the lockdown
• a change in your relationships with family, friends or pets
• a funny or touching moment that you captured on camera
• a new appreciation of your surroundings
• a kindness you experienced
• or something else entirely that offers a window on your lockdown life
Please include a brief explanation of why you have chosen the image that you are sharing, and give us permission to display your photo and accompanying explanation, anonymously if you wish, in an exhibition.
Entries will be reviewed by a judging panel that includes carers and board members (but not entrants!). Winning entries will be announced in August 2020. There will be prizes for the winning entry and runner up positions. The judging panel reserves the right to decide the final number of placed photos.
We plan to hold an exhibition of short-listed entries once social gatherings are allowed again. Further details of this event will be announced in due course. In the meantime, we hope to display the photos on our website.
If you need any support with your caring situation, please get in touch on 0131 665 0135.
Take care and keep safe,
Team CoEL
