I was really pleased to bring the first iteration of a project I have been thinking about for a while to Stretford Town Centre as part of The Unofficial Stretford Museum a few weekends back. What wide Sea brought me here? is part workshop, part social history gathering and part installation. As a creative way of fighting back against the anti-small boats narrative which is so prevalent in the media, I wanted to take that image and share the positive experience of the journeys we take to the places we end up calling home, either permanently or temporarily. We made small paper boats with people, asked them to share their stories and displayed them to show the diversity of experience that makes up a place. This was a great first run at something I want to go back to again with a wider group of people and connect with asylum or refugee support charities who may be interested in developing this work further. Thank you so much to all the people who attended and shared their stories- your generosity is what made this such a pleasure.