By Lemn Sissay, who performs at the SCIE Co-production Festival on 4 July 2019.
The power of story
and co-production.
Stories are powerful. They can educate, sustain and also
heal - both the person sharing the story and the person receiving it. A key part of co-production is recognising
that everyone has assets and brings something to the table. Because of our
experience - our story - our point of view is vital. Sharing a story and
supporting someone who is experiencing something similar is sometimes called
peer support.
But I struggle with the idea of people sharing their stories
again and again but not being given the power to change things for the better.
In my documentary Superkids: Breaking Away from Care I saw seven
young people share their stories and experiences and the years of pent-up anger and pain they felt. We
were all honoured to receive a Bafta nomination in recognition of our stories.
I’ve
battled with Wigan Council to put right the wrongs of my appalling
treatment in care since being born up to the age of 18. It wasn’t good enough
for me as an artist to go banging on about my story without getting the
institution (my legal parent) to pay for what they did.
SCIE’s
Co-Production Week is about creating a more equal power balance between people
who use services, carers and professionals. It’s only when everyone’s contribution is valued equally
and power is shared that meaningful co-production can happen.
My friend Lebogang Mashile says beautifully in her poem ‘Tell Your Story’
“Tell your story
Let it nourish you,
Sustain you
And claim you
Tell your story
Let it feed you,
Heal you
And release you
Tell your story
Let it twist and remix your shattered heart
Tell your story
Until your past stops tearing your present apart”.
I don’t believe I can give young people, or anyone receiving
social care services a voice. Their voice is already there. We just need to
listen.
To Ardhanarishwara, the blissfully turing one who resides in the third eye plexus (Ajna Chakra) of each aspirant and who denotes the union of my Param Gurudeva Bhagwan Shiva and my Param Gurudevi Maa Shakti, are offered these salutions, prior this little student continues any further with the text,
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