company Archive

From 2018 to 2025, co-directors Laurel Gallagher, Isla Telford, and Jenny Harper led Urban Wilderness CIC, bringing art, play, and creative collaboration into communities across Stoke-on-Trent and the Midlands. This archive preserves a record of their projects, partners, and impact.

Posts tagged Canal

More Than Water

More Than Water

A creative community project with Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent, Middleport Matters and the Canal & River Trust — exploring life along the Trent and Mersey Canal through art, play and storytelling.

2019, Collaboration, WorkshopJenny Harper11 November 2025Playwork, Photography, Audio, Placemaking, Young People, Working Class, Community-led, Youth Voice, Wellbeing, Brownfield Land, Canal, Commons, Stoke-on-Trent

Tinsley Marina, Sheffield

Tinsley Marina, Sheffield

Youth-led canal-side transformation at Tinsley Marina, Sheffield — shaping place, confidence and connection through creative action.

2019, Collaboration, Public Art, Research & DevelopmentJenny Harper11 November 2025Sculpture, Public Art, Installation, Regeneration, Placemaking, Young People, Disabled, Youth Voice, Safety, Sustainability, Wellbeing, Canal, Commons, Sheffield